Dropbox snags $250M in funding at $10B valuation, says report
The latest round of funding values the startup at $10 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Investors have poured another $250 million in funding into cloud-storage company Dropbox, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
With this latest round, the 7-year-old company is valued at $10 billion. Investment firm BlackRock led the funding round, unnamed sources told the Journal. Also, two other investors are in discussions with the company, which could bring an additional $100 million to $150 million to Dropbox, according to a report from Recode.
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This latest infusion of cash nearly doubles the amount Dropbox has raised from investors. The company had previously raised $257 million. Bloomberg reported in November that the company was seeking funding that would value the company at $8 billion.
More than 200 million people and 4 million businesses use the file-sharing service.
Update, 4:49 p.m. PT: Added information from a Recode report.