Dropbox Raises $250 Million in Series B Funding

Dropbox has completed a $250 million Series B financing.

The company will use the funds to accelerate its rapid growth, make acquisitions, pursue strategic partnerships, and grow the team. Dropbox has more than 45 million users saving one billion files every three days, and is on track to triple its user base in 2011.

The financing was led by Index Ventures and includes participation from new investors Benchmark Capital, Goldman Sachs, Greylock Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, RIT Capital Partners, and Valiant Capital Partners. Early investors Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, and Hadi and Ali Partovi also participated. Dropbox has received a total of $257.2 million in funding.

"Our goal has always been to build a service that hundreds of millions of people would love and trust. We’re inspired by the consumers and businesses who depend on Dropbox, and we will continue to make sure that the world’s devices, services, and apps work together seamlessly," said Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of Dropbox. "We’re thrilled to have such world-class investors joining forces with us."

"We are delighted to have led this financing and believe Dropbox has the potential to become an iconic technology company," said Danny Rimer, general partner at Index Ventures. "Over the past four years, Dropbox’s talented team has created a great service with a very strong business model, and we look forward to helping the company build upon this outstanding foundation."

Dropbox lets people bring their docs, photos and videos everywhere and share them easily. The service has more than 45 million users in 175 countries saving one billion files every three days.

Dropbox was founded in San Francisco in 2007 by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi.

Read also this complete article on the start-up from Forbes:
Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech’s Hottest Startup