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Box.net

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After starting as a college business project in 2005, Box.net was officially launched in March of 2006 with the vision of connecting people, devices and networks. Box.net provides over 1.4M users with secure online file storage and sharing functionality. They say their platform “allows personal and commercial content to be accessible, sharable, and storable in any format from anywhere.”

Milestones

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  Box.net received $7.1M in Unattributed funding. (10/15/09)
  Posted 10/6/09 at 9:44am
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  Box.net acquired Increo Solutions. (8/09)
  Posted 10/6/09 at 9:49am
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  Box.net — File Comments, Box Enterprise, and Twitter, and more! (6/08)
  Posted 6/24/08 at 1:41pm
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  Box.net received $6M in Series B funding. (1/23/08)
  Posted 4/29/08 at 11:37am
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  Box.net received $1.5M in Series A funding. (10/1/06)
  Posted 7/17/07 at 6:00pm
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  Box.net added Sam Ghods as VP of Technology.
  Posted 7/17/07 at 5:45pm
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  Box.net added Aaron Dunn as Director of Product Marketing.
  Posted 7/17/07 at 5:46pm
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  Box.net added Alex Scialom as Director of Strategic Marketing.
  Posted 7/17/07 at 5:45pm
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  Box.net added Karen Appleton as VP of Business Development.
  Posted 7/17/07 at 5:46pm
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  Box.net added Jeff Queisser as VP of Operations.
  Posted 7/17/07 at 5:45pm
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  Box.net added Dylan Smith as CFO.
  Posted 7/17/07 at 5:44pm
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  Box.net added Aaron Levie as CEO.
  Posted 7/17/07 at 5:44pm
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  Box.net added Vasily Kilin as Lead Developer.
  Posted 7/17/07 at 5:47pm
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  Box.net added Josh Stein as Board.
  Posted 2/6/08 at 6:22pm
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  Box.net added Jim Herbold as VP of Sales.
  Posted 12/15/08 at 2:37pm
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  Box.net added Jen Grant as VP of Marketing.
  Posted 4/20/09 at 8:19am

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Above: Box.net Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 1/20/10

Products

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Box.net

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Website	box.net
Stage	Live
Launch Date	July 17, 2007
Tags	file-sharing, backup, file-storage

Founded in 2005, Box.net provides Cloud Content Management for over 3.5 million users and companies ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. Box.net’s dynamic, flexible content management and collaboration solution empowers users to access and share content online, and gives IT professionals unprecedented visibility into how content moves within their organizations and beyond.

The Box platform enhances productivity and collaboration with flexible workflow, full-text search, organic content discovery and trackable sharing at a significantly lower cost than traditional enterprise software services, and connects users to other best-of-breed cloud solutions - such as Salesforce.com and Google Apps - through its OpenBox platform.

There are a few different pricing options available: Box Enterprise, Box Business, Box Individual and Box Lite - more info at http://www.box.net/pricing

Above: My Files
Uploaded: 9/4/08

Above: Box.net Screenshot -- #2
Uploaded: 9/16/09

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4. Box.net Adds $7.1 Million In Funding For Digital File Storage (paidcontent.org) [edit]
5. File Comments, Box Enterprise, and Twitter, and more! [edit]