Founding and early years (2011–2020) Miro was founded in 2011 under the name RealtimeBoard by Russian entrepreneurs Andrey Khusid and Oleg Shardin. Originally designed as a simple visual whiteboarding tool, the product attracted global remote teams because its real-time collaboration features differentiated it from traditional diagramming software. In 2018, the company raised $25 million in Series A funding led by
Accel, with participation from
Altair Capital and
Scale Venture Partners. By then, it had grown to over 2 million users. In 2019, the company rebranded to Miro, inspired by the Spanish artist
Joan Miró, to reflect its vision beyond whiteboarding into end-to-end visual collaboration.
Global expansion and investment (2021–2023) In January 2022, Miro raised $400 million in Series C funding, co-led by ICONIQ Growth, Accel,
Atlassian,
Dragoneer, GIC, and
Scale Venture Partners, reaching a valuation of $17.5 billion. The company has expanded its global workforce and is jointly headquartered in
Amsterdam and
San Francisco. It has also established offices in
Austin and
Sydney. The
COVID-19 pandemic accelerated Miro's adoption, as teams sought cloud-native
remote work alternatives to in-office whiteboards and meeting rooms.
Becoming an innovation workspace (2024–present) In 2024 Miro started its transition from visual collaboration platform to innovation workspace. The company aims to tackle common organizational challenges that impede innovation, such as fragmented workflows and communication breakdowns. == CEO and leadership ==