Dropbox Startup Ideas

2 years ago

The first YC-backed startup to reach unicorn status was Airbnb, in 2009. Airbnb was followed by Dropbox, Stripe, Uber, Instacart, and Wayfair.

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2 years ago

Y Combinator has funded a wide variety of companies such as Airbnb, Dropbox, Stripe, and Reddit.

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2 years ago

As of 2018, YC has graduated over 2,000 companies, including some of the most well-known startups in the world, including Dropbox, Airbnb, Stripe, Reddit, and Lyft.

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3 years ago

A digital dashboard for people to keep track of their personal and professional goals. The startup is based in San Francisco, and has just closed a $2.5 million round led by former Dropbox executive Adam D’Angelo.

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3 years ago

Built on Python, Dropbox for Business is a collaboration and file sharing platform that works with Dropbox and Google Docs. The company was acquired by Dropbox in late 2018 for $100 million.

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3 years ago

The company’s goal is to create a cloud-based service that’s cheaper, more secure, and more scalable than Dropbox, Box, and other cloud storage companies.

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1 year ago

Just launched in August 2019, this is a platform for machine learning chatbots. The company uses the messaging platform for large-scale online shopping and is backed by a group of investors including Dropbox and Salesforce.

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2 years ago

DropBox for consumer goods, allowing you to send an item to your DropBox account, get a notification when it arrives, and have it sent back to you.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps users create digital assets and manage them. It's a sort of self-hosted Dropbox for the digital world.

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2 years ago

A platform that helps people make music together using the tools they’re already using. The startup has raised $1.6 million in seed funding from investors including Union Square Ventures, SV Angel, ZipCar founder Robin Chase, and Dropbox founder Drew Houston.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps users organize their pictures and videos through a mobile app. The startup has partnered with Facebook, Instagram, and Dropbox.

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2 years ago

A tool that turns your Dropbox account into a

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2 years ago

A music app that lets you share a playlist with other people in real time, rather than sending them a link to a Dropbox or Google Drive copy.

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2 years ago

A “hybrid” of Google Docs, Slack, and Dropbox. It’s a platform for teamwork and communication that’s meant to be secure and easy to use. Available on iOS and Android.

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1 year ago

A company that helps people store and manage content on Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, OneDrive, and Microsoft OneDrive.

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8 months ago

A new startup is trying to be a sort of digital safe deposit box for all your files. Instead of keeping your digital assets on a single cloud, on one platform, the company’s solution will keep them on as many as four different cloud platforms, and in an easy-to-access location. The company wants to replace your password-protected Dropbox, Google Drive, and iCloud accounts with a single, secure place on their platform.

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8 months ago

A storage management system for businesses, similar to Box.com or Dropbox but built for businesses that have to comply with data security regulations.

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1 year ago

A digital signature app for the iPhone and iPad. The startup is already working with some Fortune 500 companies like Google, Dropbox, and American Express.

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8 months ago

A dropbox alternative for artists and creatives who want to collaborate on projects. The company is building out a digital community for sharing files and ad-free storage.

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2 years ago

A company that aims to make it easy for you to create your own version of Dropbox or Google Drive.

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7 months ago

A startup that takes the Dropbox platform and adds social features, making it easier to collaborate with other business or family members.

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8 months ago

A solution that allows teachers to create a student Google Drive and Dropbox account from anywhere. The startup provides the tools for teachers to create this student account and then share their documents with the student. The student can then use these tools to keep their work secure and in sync, and create a digital repository for their work.

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1 year ago

A startup that helps users save the data they want in a digital storage system. You can save to a Dropbox account and have it automatically backed up, with a separate app that syncs it between devices.

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1 year ago

A startup that automatically creates and saves content from your phone's camera and gallery to your Dropbox account and automatically syncs to your computer. The app is free and available for both iOS and Android.

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4 months ago

This startup is aiming to do for India the same work that Dropbox has done for the US.

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7 months ago

A P2P storage marketplace that helps people manage their data in a very similar way to DropBox.

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1 year ago

A single-page application that lets you login to a variety of services, including LinkedIn, Gmail, Dropbox, etc.

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1 year ago

A startup that helps people manage their own data by bringing together a range of disparate sources, like Facebook, Twitter, and Fitbit. It’s working with companies like Airbnb, Dropbox, Spotify, and Square.

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1 year ago

M-Files is a cloud-based file storage service that’s integrated with Dropbox. It is a subscription service. It also has a desktop client.

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1 year ago

This startup is working on a service that promises to create a digitized version of your personal library, which you can then share with friends to read, sync with Dropbox, or print.

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6 months ago

A hybrid SaaS/PaaS startup that helps companies manage their documents. It’s a mix of Box, Dropbox, and Google Apps.

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1 year ago

Working with 25 enterprise customers, including YC, Slack and Dropbox.

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1 year ago

A secure email service for businesses, which works on Dropbox's infrastructure and offers a free option for small businesses and startups.

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4 months ago

“Dropbox for videos”, a video product that allows users to store and edit videos.

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5 months ago

A Chrome extension that takes screenshots of text on a page and sends them to a Dropbox folder, so you can easily search through them later.

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3 months ago

A cloud-based scheduling solution for employers, currently available in trials with many large companies including BlackRock and Dropbox.

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2 months ago

A mobile app that lets you scan documents and send them to other services, such as Google Docs or Dropbox.

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17 days ago

A tool that helps you connect your online accounts (like Gmail, PayPal, and Dropbox) into one master account.

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3 days ago

A platform that allows users to create a “vault” of content that can be shared with other people—think a private Dropbox. The platform allows small businesses to build off of websites they own, giving them the ability to create multiple stores coming from one website.

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3 years ago

Idea: A startup that provides a tool for people to learn how to code Think of it as a kind of Dropbox for lessons: users can watch/test/correct video lessons on their own time

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Dropbox Startup Ideas

The first YC-backed startup to reach unicorn status was Airbnb, in 2009. Airbnb was followed by Dropbox, Stripe, Uber, Instacart, and Wayfair.

Y Combinator has funded a wide variety of companies such as Airbnb, Dropbox, Stripe, and Reddit.

As of 2018, YC has graduated over 2,000 companies, including some of the most well-known startups in the world, including Dropbox, Airbnb, Stripe, Reddit, and Lyft.

A digital dashboard for people to keep track of their personal and professional goals. The startup is based in San Francisco, and has just closed a $2.5 million round led by former Dropbox executive Adam D’Angelo.

Built on Python, Dropbox for Business is a collaboration and file sharing platform that works with Dropbox and Google Docs. The company was acquired by Dropbox in late 2018 for $100 million.

The company’s goal is to create a cloud-based service that’s cheaper, more secure, and more scalable than Dropbox, Box, and other cloud storage companies.

Just launched in August 2019, this is a platform for machine learning chatbots. The company uses the messaging platform for large-scale online shopping and is backed by a group of investors including Dropbox and Salesforce.

DropBox for consumer goods, allowing you to send an item to your DropBox account, get a notification when it arrives, and have it sent back to you.

A startup that helps users create digital assets and manage them. It's a sort of self-hosted Dropbox for the digital world.

A platform that helps people make music together using the tools they’re already using. The startup has raised $1.6 million in seed funding from investors including Union Square Ventures, SV Angel, ZipCar founder Robin Chase, and Dropbox founder Drew Houston.

A startup that helps users organize their pictures and videos through a mobile app. The startup has partnered with Facebook, Instagram, and Dropbox.

A tool that turns your Dropbox account into a

A music app that lets you share a playlist with other people in real time, rather than sending them a link to a Dropbox or Google Drive copy.

A “hybrid” of Google Docs, Slack, and Dropbox. It’s a platform for teamwork and communication that’s meant to be secure and easy to use. Available on iOS and Android.

A company that helps people store and manage content on Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, OneDrive, and Microsoft OneDrive.

A storage management system for businesses, similar to Box.com or Dropbox but built for businesses that have to comply with data security regulations.

A digital signature app for the iPhone and iPad. The startup is already working with some Fortune 500 companies like Google, Dropbox, and American Express.

A dropbox alternative for artists and creatives who want to collaborate on projects. The company is building out a digital community for sharing files and ad-free storage.

A company that aims to make it easy for you to create your own version of Dropbox or Google Drive.

A startup that takes the Dropbox platform and adds social features, making it easier to collaborate with other business or family members.

A startup that helps users save the data they want in a digital storage system. You can save to a Dropbox account and have it automatically backed up, with a separate app that syncs it between devices.

A startup that automatically creates and saves content from your phone's camera and gallery to your Dropbox account and automatically syncs to your computer. The app is free and available for both iOS and Android.

This startup is aiming to do for India the same work that Dropbox has done for the US.

A P2P storage marketplace that helps people manage their data in a very similar way to DropBox.

A single-page application that lets you login to a variety of services, including LinkedIn, Gmail, Dropbox, etc.

A startup that helps people manage their own data by bringing together a range of disparate sources, like Facebook, Twitter, and Fitbit. It’s working with companies like Airbnb, Dropbox, Spotify, and Square.

M-Files is a cloud-based file storage service that’s integrated with Dropbox. It is a subscription service. It also has a desktop client.

This startup is working on a service that promises to create a digitized version of your personal library, which you can then share with friends to read, sync with Dropbox, or print.

A hybrid SaaS/PaaS startup that helps companies manage their documents. It’s a mix of Box, Dropbox, and Google Apps.

Working with 25 enterprise customers, including YC, Slack and Dropbox.

A secure email service for businesses, which works on Dropbox's infrastructure and offers a free option for small businesses and startups.

“Dropbox for videos”, a video product that allows users to store and edit videos.

A Chrome extension that takes screenshots of text on a page and sends them to a Dropbox folder, so you can easily search through them later.

A cloud-based scheduling solution for employers, currently available in trials with many large companies including BlackRock and Dropbox.

A mobile app that lets you scan documents and send them to other services, such as Google Docs or Dropbox.

A tool that helps you connect your online accounts (like Gmail, PayPal, and Dropbox) into one master account.

A platform that allows users to create a “vault” of content that can be shared with other people—think a private Dropbox. The platform allows small businesses to build off of websites they own, giving them the ability to create multiple stores coming from one website.

Idea: A startup that provides a tool for people to learn how to code Think of it as a kind of Dropbox for lessons: users can watch/test/correct video lessons on their own time