Dropbox
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- Sector
- Cloud storage & collaboration
- Business model
- B2C + B2B SaaS (cloud storage)
- Founded
- 2007
- Founders
- Drew Houston, Arash Ferdowsi
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, US
- Offices
- San Francisco, Dublin, Austin, Sydney
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The team on Day One
Hear from the team
Milestones
- May 2007 Founded as Evenflow Inc. by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi en.wikipedia.org
- Oct 2009 Renamed Dropbox and acquired the dropbox.com domain en.wikipedia.org
- Mar 2013 Acquired Mailbox for US$100M en.wikipedia.org
- Mar 2018 IPO on Nasdaq; shares rose 42% on debut en.wikipedia.org
- Jan 2019 Acquired HelloSign for US$230M en.wikipedia.org
- Aug 2024 Acquired Reclaim.ai en.wikipedia.org
What others say about Dropbox
Moments from other conversations on the network where Dropbox comes up.
it gives you the power of Git with the simplicity of something like Dropbox or a shared drive, which is really what 90% of the time what people want and how people expect these things to work.”
Dan Borthwick Founder, NiceGit Pick My Brain · NiceGit: Making Git usable for everyone,… · 4:11 ▶ Dropbox hasn't been the world's biggest company, but it started with like the most obvious feature and built kind of a relatively, you know, solid business on the back of that thing that everyone could have easily discounted.”
James TynanFormer Partner, Square Peg First Cheque · How James Tynan from Square Peg Invests… · 38:10 ▶ there are examples, right, where like, you know, Dropbox has been able to maintain both both of those go-to-market motions.”
Cheryl MackCEO & Co-founder, Aussie Angels First Cheque · From Zero to One: Why Founders Make Exce… · 38:50 ▶ I think Dropbox ran the wave of product-led growth, free install and expansion into first paid contract. And, you know, it started with individuals that moved to teams and then they sandwiched it with an enterprise and partner channel strategy later on.”
Matthew BrowneManaging Partner, Black Nova Venture Capital First Cheque · From Zero to One: Why Founders Make Exce… · 39:20 ▶ More operator companies on Day One
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