Dropbox went public this morning to great fanfare, with the stock shooting up more than 40% in the initial moments of trading as the enterprise-slash-consumer company looked to convince investors that it could be a viable publicly-traded company. And for one that Steve Jobs famously called a feature, and not a company, it certainly was […]
View More Drew Houston on wooing Dropbox’s IPO investors: ‘We don’t fit neatly into any one mold’Category: Dropbox
Dropbox finishes up 36% on first day of trading
Dropbox was off to the races on its first day as a public company. After pricing above the range at $21 per share, raising $756 million, Dropbox kicked off its first day soaring to $31.60, and closing the day at $28.48. This is up almost 36%. It’s surely a sign of public investor enthusiasm for […]
View More Dropbox finishes up 36% on first day of tradingDropbox and Box were never competitors
As Dropbox had its IPO moment this morning, more than 10 years after launching, we can finally put one myth to rest. Dropbox and Box were never targeting the same customers. As Anshu Sharma, founder at Prekari, a stealth startup and former partner at Storm Venture tweeted earlier today: If you are a VC and […]
View More Dropbox and Box were never competitorsY Combinator’s Jessica Livingston on Dropbox IPO: “It was just a dream of ours”
Dropbox, after more than a decade, finally went public this morning — and the stock soared more than 40% in its initial trading, making it a marquee success for one of the original Web 2.0 companies (at least for now). While we still have to wait for the dust to settle, it’s been a very […]
View More Y Combinator’s Jessica Livingston on Dropbox IPO: “It was just a dream of ours”Dropbox soars more than 40% in its debut as a publicly-traded company
It’s a big day for Dropbox — the first marquee Web 2.0 name to go public this year and one of the biggest since Snap last year — which made its public debut today, with the stock soaring nearly 43% to around $30 in its first moments of trading. Today’s debut for the enterprise-slash-consumer company […]
View More Dropbox soars more than 40% in its debut as a publicly-traded companyDropbox prices above its original range at $21 as it heads toward an IPO
Dropbox is pricing above the range it originally set ahead of its public listing tomorrow, handing the company a valuation inching ever-closer to its original $10 billion valuation, according to a report by CNBC. Dropbox earlier this week said it would price its initial public offering in a range between $18 and $20 per share, […]
View More Dropbox prices above its original range at $21 as it heads toward an IPODropbox boosts its price range for its IPO as it nears an $8B valuation
Dropbox said it would be increasing its IPO price range – the range for which it will sell its shares for its initial public offering — from $16-$18 per share to $18-$20 per share, giving the company a valuation that could reach close to $8 billion, according to an updated filing with the Securities and […]
View More Dropbox boosts its price range for its IPO as it nears an $8B valuationEnterprise subscription services provider Zuora has filed for an IPO
Zuora, which helps businesses handle subscription billing and forecasting, filed for an initial public offering this afternoon following on the heels of Dropbox’s filing earlier this month. Zuora’s IPO may signal that Dropbox going public, and seeing a price range that while under its previous valuation seems relatively reasonable, may open the door for coming […]
View More Enterprise subscription services provider Zuora has filed for an IPODropbox announces deeper integration with Salesforce ahead of IPO
Dropbox is not messing around. Two weeks ago it announced its IPO. Just last week it announced a big partnership with Google and today comes news that it is integrating more deeply with Salesforce. Dropbox and Salesforce have danced a bit in the past as cloud companies tend to do, but today’s announcement is a bit broader. It involves having Dropbox folders embedded in Salesforce… Read More
A brief history of Dropbox
Dropbox first appeared on the startup scene with its debut at Y Combinator Demo Day way back in the summer of 2007. Since then, the company has grown to hundreds of millions of users and to a value of more than $10 billion dollars — putting it in a cherry position for a much-anticipated initial public offering. But how did this cloud storage company take on the world, beating out so… Read More
A brief history of Dropbox
Dropbox first appeared on the startup scene with its debut at Y Combinator Demo Day way back in the summer of 2007. Since then, the company has grown to hundreds of millions of users and to a value of more than $10 billion dollars — putting it in a cherry position for a much-anticipated initial […]
View More A brief history of DropboxDropbox to add native G Suite integration in new partnership with Google
It’s been an eventful week for Dropbox coming off its announcement last Friday that it was finally going public, but that doesn’t mean the business stops. The company announced plans to partner with Google today to bring native G Suite integration to Dropbox storage. The fact is that more than 50 percent of Dropbox users have a G Suite account — which includes GMail along… Read More