# Dropbox

> Dropbox is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Artificial Intelligence and Apps. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/dropbox
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Dropbox
- Website: http://www.dropbox.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Dropbox

Dropbox is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Artificial Intelligence and Apps. Dropbox provides secure file sharing, collaboration, and storage solutions. It aims to unleash the world’s creative energy by designing a more enlightened way of working. 500 million registered users around the world use Dropbox to work the way they want, on any device, wherever they go.Founded in 2007 by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi, Dropboxis headquartered in San Francisco, California. Moreover, the company has more than 12 offices around the world, with locations in San Francisco, Austin, Dublin, Herzliya, London, New York, Paris, Seattle, Sydney, Hamburg, Washington DC, and Tokyo.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Dropbox. Shizune tracks 14 team members at Dropbox. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/dropbox?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 67% |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Video | 1 | 33% |
| EdTech | 1 | 33% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Drew Houston | Co-founder & CEO | 42 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drew-houston |
| Arash Ferdowsi | Co-Founder | 111 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arash-ferdowsi |
| Daniel Liem | Product Manager | 4 | — |
| Hiten Shah | Product & Growth | 44 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiten-shah |
| Jamie Perlman | VP Business Development | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ozone | Ozone develops an AI-powered video editing platform that allows users to collaborate remotely. It also enables editing high-definition footage, creating video mockups in seconds, color-correcting footage with a pinch of a color wheel, and seeing what the end result will look like before exporting it. | $7.1M | Seed | Nov 08, 2023 |  |
| BetterCloud | The SaaS Operations leader: Transform employee experience, centralize data protection, and maximize operational efficiency. | $5M | Corporate Round | Sep 25, 2019 |  |
| Volley | In residence at JPMorgan Chase with >$10 million in backing from Zuckerberg Ventures, Fathom Capital, and Silicon Valley Bank (SVB); senior execs from Apple, Facebook, and Goldman Sachs; and a Silicon Valley team of machine learning and enterprise EdTech innovators from Google, the NSA and CIA, Carnegie Mellon, and Goldman, Volley (volley.com)is on mission to synthesize the world’s enterprise knowledge. The platform offers autonomous knowledge management and learning technologies for the enterprise, used in the Fortune 100 for training in cybersecurity, operational risk management, BPM, anti-fraud, corporate knowledge, sales enablement, and more. With Volley, firms accelerate time-to-expertise by automatically generating intelligent “microlearning” or "microbriefing" experiences personalized to employees or customers while pinpointing hidden knowledge gaps. Volley is the first such member of the UC Santa Cruz Center for Excellence in Data Science Research and a private sector advisor to the U.S. Advisory Committee on Artificial Intelligence. | $2.3M | Seed | Mar 10, 2016 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Apple](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apple) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blackboard](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackboard) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bluewatch Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluewatch-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chan Zuckerberg Initiative](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chan-zuckerberg-initiative) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fresco Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fresco-capital-advisors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Dropbox invest in?

Dropbox invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Apps and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Dropbox?

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### Who are the partners at Dropbox?

The team at Dropbox includes Drew Houston (Co-founder & CEO), Arash Ferdowsi (Co-Founder) and Daniel Liem (Product Manager), among 14 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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