Box (service)
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Type of site
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Public |
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| Traded as | : BOX |
| Headquarters | Redwood City, California |
| Founder(s) | Aaron Levie, Dylan Smith, Sam Ghods, Jeff Queisser |
| Key people |
Aaron Levie (CEO) Dan Levin (COO, President) Dylan Smith (CFO) |
| Industry | Cloud storage, File hosting |
| Employees | 1400 (as of 2017) |
| Website | www |
| Alexa rank |
 559 (December 2015[update]) |
| Launched | 2005 in Mercer Island, Washington |
Box (formerly Box.net), based in Redwood City, California, is a cloud content management and file sharing service for businesses. The company uses a freemium business model to provide cloud storage and file hosting for personal accounts and businesses. Official clients and apps are available for Windows, macOS, and several mobile platforms. Box was founded in 2005.
Box was originally developed as a college project of Aaron Levie while he was a student of the University of Southern California in 2004. Levie left school to pursue the company full-time in 2005. Levie became CEO, while his childhood friend Dylan Smith became CFO.
In October 2009, Box made its first acquisition, buying Increo Solutions for its document collaboration and preview technology.
In July 2012, Box secured $125 million in a funding round led by growth equity firm General Atlantic, joined by investors Bessemer Venture Partners, DFJ Growth, New Enterprise Associates, SAP Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, and Social + Capital Partnership.
In December 2013, eight investors participated in a $100 million series F funding round. Investors included Coatue Management, DFJ Growth, , Macnica Networks Corp., Mitsui & Co, Telefónica Digital, Telstra, and Telstra Ventures.
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