Founding History of Dropbox
Founded by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi.
Purchased the getdropbox.com domain name in December 2006.
Started design and development work in January 2007.
Unveiled a first version of the Dropbox PC application in April 2007.
Incorporated as Evenflow Inc. in May 2007.
Launched in private beta in August 2007.
Launched commercially at TechCrunch50 in September 2008.
Purchased the dropbox.com domain name and amended the company name to Dropbox Inc. in October 2009.
Raised over $1.7 B USD in seven rounds of funding.
Started trading on the NASDAQ in February 2018.
Headquartered in San Francisco, USA.
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Year 1 of Dropbox
Version 1 of Dropbox (Website)
Stats of Dropbox (Pre-IPO)
Full Year 1 of Dropbox

JAN to DEC 2007
Extras of Dropbox

YC application
Dropbox April 2007 Demo for YC

Articles of Incorporation
Dropbox March 2008 Demo for Reddit & Digg
Dropbox launch at TechCrunch50

Name Amendment
Founder Stories: Dropbox Part 1
Founder Stories: Dropbox Part 2
Founder Stories: Dropbox Part 3
Founder Stories: Dropbox Part 4
Founder Stories: Dropbox Part 5
Founder Stories: Dropbox Part 6
Founder Stories: Dropbox Part 7
On Starting and Scaling Dropbox

Form S-1