Founding History of Box
Founded by Aaron Levie, Dylan Smith, Jeff Queisser, and Sam Ghods.
Started design and development work in October 2004.
Purchased the box.net domain name in November 2004.
Launched a beta version in January 2005.
Incorporated as Box.Net Inc. in April 2005.
Purchased the box.com domain name in September 2011.
Amended company name to Box Inc. in November 2011.
Raised more than $550 M USD in 11 funding rounds.
Started trading on the NYSE in January 2015.
Headquartered in Redwood City, USA.
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Year 1 of Box
Backstory
Month 1
Month 2
Month 3
Month 4
Month 5
Month 6
Month 7
Month 8
Month 9
Month 10
Month 11
Month 12
Version 1 of Box (Website)
JAN 2005
Stats of Box (Pre-IPO)
2004 to 2007
2008 to 2011
2012 to 2015
Full Year 1 of Box
Y1 of Box.pdfOCT 2004 to SEP 2005
Extras of Box
Articles of Incorporation.pdfAPR 2005 Articles of Incorporation
JAN 2011 Delivering innovation for the enterprise by Aaron Levie
JAN 2012 Aaron Levie of Box at TWiST
Form S-1.pdfMAR 2014 Form S-1
OCT 2014 How to start a startup by Aaron Levie
APR 2017 How to build a product by Aaron Levie