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发帖数: 10330 | 1 Dropbox Raises About $250 Million at $10 Billion Valuation
BlackRock Is Leading the Deal Alongside Previous Backers
By DOUGLAS MACMILLAN CONNECT
Jan. 17, 2014 4:52 p.m. ET
Dropbox Inc. has closed on about $250 million in a funding round that values
the online-storage provider at close to $10 billion, according to two
people familiar with the deal.
A BlackRock Inc. BLK -0.33% investment fund is leading the deal, which also
includes previous backers, said one of these people, who declined to
provide more detail.
Dropbox wasn't immediately available to comment.
At $10 billion, Dropbox is one of the most highly valued companies backed by
venture capitalists. The company's valuation has more than doubled since
late 2011, when investors valued the San Francisco-based company at $4
billion. The company also got a higher price than expected when it
approached investors as recently as November.
Dropbox raised $250 million in its 2011 financing from Goldman Sachs and
venture-capital firms including Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures and Accel
Partners.
The Wall Street Journal previously reported that Dropbox had expected sales
of more than $200 million in 2013. The company made $116 million in sales in
2012, according to people familiar with the company's financials, more than
doubling its $46 million in revenue in 2011. The year before, it nearly
quadrupled sales from $12 million.
--David Benoit contributed to this article.
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