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Dropbox - About the company

Dropbox is a public company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2007 by Arash Ferdowsi, Drew Houston and Anjali Shiyal. It operates as a Cloud-based enterprise collaboration platform for enterprise file sharing. Dropbox has raised $607M in funding from investors like Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator and Morgan Stanley. The company has 755 active competitors, including 102 funded and 85 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Box, WeTransfer and Egnyte.

Company Details

Cloud-based enterprise collaboration platform for enterprise file sharing. The product modules include file hosting and security solutions, cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and more. It offers a suite of tools to help users create, share, manage, and track content. It provides features such as a pdf editor, file engagement tracking, compliance management, signature request approval, document scanning, video transcriptions, text and image search, API integration, and more. It is the tool available on the subscription-based pricing model.
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Email ID
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Registered Address
San Francisco, California
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2007
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Public
Total Funding
$607M in 12 rounds
Ranked
Annual Revenue
$1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
Employee Count
4,215 as on Jul 31, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
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Exit Details
Public

Dropbox's IPO details

Dropbox got listed on Mar 23, 2018.
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Dropbox's funding and investors

Dropbox has raised a total funding of $607M over 12 rounds. Its first funding round was on Aug 16, 2007. Its latest funding round was a Post IPO round on Jun 08, 2021 for an undisclosed amount. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Dropbox has 62 institutional investors and 2 angel investors.

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Date of Funding
Funding Amount
Round Name
Post-Money Valuation
Revenue Multiple
Lead Investors
Other Investors
Jun 08, 2021
Undisclosed
Post IPO
-
-
-
Feb 24, 2021
$1.31B
Post IPO
-
-
-
-
May 14, 2018
Undisclosed
Post IPO
-
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-
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Dropbox's founders and board of directors

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The founders of Dropbox are Arash Ferdowsi, Drew Houston and Anjali Shiyal. Drew Houston is the CEO of Dropbox.
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Dropbox's employee count trend

Dropbox has 4,215 employees as of Jul 26. Here is Dropbox's employee count trend over the years:
Employee count trend for Dropbox
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Dropbox's Competitors and alternates

Top competitors of Dropbox include Box, WeTransfer and Egnyte. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Dropbox, ranked by Tracxn score:
Rank
Company Details
Short Description
Total Funding
Investors
Tracxn Score
1st
Logo for Box
Box
2005, Redwood City (United States), Public
AI based platform for secure collaboration, content management, and workflow
$693M
80/100
2nd
Logo for Dropbox
Dropbox
2007, San Francisco (United States), Public
Cloud-based enterprise collaboration platform for enterprise file sharing
$607M
76/100
3rd
Logo for WeTransfer
WeTransfer
2009, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Acquired
Cloud-based file sharing and file transfer application
$63.8M
74/100
4th
Logo for Egnyte
Egnyte
2006, Mountain View (United States), Series F
Platform that offers data governance and file sharing solutions
$136M
74/100
5th
Logo for Conga
Conga
2006, Broomfield (United States), Acquired
Provider of document automation, contract lifecycle management, and revenue solutions
$140M
72/100
6th
Logo for BitTorrent
BitTorrent
2004, San Francisco (United States), Acquired
Cloud-based file sharing software provider
$35.8M
70/100
7th
Logo for Cortex
Cortex
2019, San Francisco (United States), Series C
Developer of an internal developer portal using AI technology
$112M
69/100
8th
Logo for SpiderOak
SpiderOak
2007, Northbrook (United States), Series C
Provider of zero-trust security solutions for data protection and access control
$35M
67/100
9th
Logo for Kiteworks
Kiteworks
1999, Palo Alto (United States), Series D
Provider of private data network for secure and compliant data exchange
$650M
65/100
10th
Logo for pCloud
pCloud
2013, Baar (Switzerland), Series A
Enterprise cloud storage
$3M
-
64/100
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Dropbox's Investments and acquisitions

Dropbox has made 14 investments in companies including Momentic and Halcyon. Dropbox has also acquired 32 companies including Mobius Labs and Nira.
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Date of Investment/Acquisition
Type
Company Name
Founded Year
Location
Nov 14, 2025
Investments
2023
San Francisco (United States)
Oct 23, 2025
Acquisition
2018
Berlin (Germany)
Oct 31, 2024
Investments
2021
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