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Dropbox Ventures

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San Francisco · Seed–Series A · 4 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Early-stage AI startups receive founder-led mentorship, product collaboration and integration with Dropbox products like Dash, plus access to 700+ million users as design partners and distribution channels.

Stage
Seed–Series A
Check
$100K – $1M
HQ
San Francisco, California, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Last 12 months
4 investments
Tracked investments
18
Unicorns
1
Acquisitions
1

Team · 4 people

from public directories
Donald Tucker· Head of Corporate Development & Ventures

What they invest in

from 13 of 18 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×12Enterprise Software ×8Developer Tools ×7SaaS ×6Data & Infrastructure ×4Cloud Computing ×2Cybersecurity ×2B2B Marketplaces ×1

HQs:United States×10Israel×1

Investments · 18 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 12025 · 72024 · 32023 · 12022 · 113 dated

Bardeenbardeen.aiinApr 2022

Bardeen is an automation and workflow platform that connects to CRMs, communication, lead generation, and customer success tools to automate repetitive tasks like data entry, outreach, and reporting.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US

Pascal Weinberger(Founder)inArtem Harutyunyan(Founder)Artem Harutyunyan Pascal Weinberger(Founder)

BoardFlorian Leibert(Director)

Co-investorsActivant CapitalFirstMark CapitalHubSpot VenturesInsight Partners10x Group468 Capital+1 more

Cartwheelgetcartwheel.comSeed · Jun 2024 · $6M

Cartwheel is a browser-based AI platform that turns text, video and motion libraries into editable, rigged 3D character animation.

Alex Vasilkin(Founder)inAndrew Carr(Founder)Daniel Tartakovsky(Founder)Joe English(Founder)Jonathan Jarvis(Founder)Juliana Chen(Founder)

Co-investorsAccelCraft VenturesTenOneTen VenturesTIRTA Ventures37 AngelsAct One Ventures+11 more

Convexconvex.devin𝕏Series A · Nov 2025 · $24M

Convex is a technology company building a database and backend platform, founded by a team with backgrounds in synchronization, storage, and databases.

Cloud ComputingConstruction TechData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSGlendale, US

Jamie Turner(Co-founder & CEO)inVahe Kuzoyan(Executive Officer, Director)Ara Mahdessian(Executive Officer, Director)James Cowling(Founder)inDavid Sherry(Executive Officer)

BoardWilliam Hsu(Director)in

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBessemer Venture PartnersEmergence Capital PartnersFounders Circle CapitalIndex Ventures+11 more

Created by Humanscreatedbyhumans.aiin𝕏Seed · Jan 2025 · $6M

Created by Humans is a platform designed to bridge human creators with AI companies, enabling creators to control and monetize their work in the age of AI.

AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesCreator EconomyMarketing Tech

Jen Singerman(Founder)inEdward Igushev(Founder)in

Co-investorsDaft CapitalFloodgateGiant Ventures Global LlpMaiora Rebel VenturesRebel FundSoma Capital+2 more

Fastinofastino.aiin𝕏May 2025

Fastino is an applied research lab developing specialized small language models and APIs for structured data extraction, classification, reasoning, and production AI workflows.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US

Ashley Lewis(Executive Officer, Director)Ash Lewis(Founder)inGeorge Hurn-Maloney(Founder)in

BoardGeorge Mathew(Director)in

Co-investorsDeepwater Asset ManagementLoup VenturesM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Insight PartnersKhosla VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)+1 more

Form CRSframerusercontent.com

Adam Kirk(Founder)Ajay Kulkarni(Founder)Alberto Taiuti(Founder)Alex Yu(Founder)Alexandra Mysoor(Founder)Alexis Rivas(Founder)

Co-investorsOpen Field Capital01 Advisors1984 Ventures Management, Llc359 Capital8VCAcrew Capital+59 more

Halcyonhalcyon.aiin𝕏Nov 2024

Halcyon builds a dedicated anti-ransomware platform that operates across the full attack chain — from initial access to data exfiltration and encryption — adding a detection, protection, and recovery layer within an organization's existing security stack.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Diego, US

Jon Miller(Chief Scientist & Co-Founder)inRyan Smith(CTO & Co-Founder)inJeff St. Clair(Chief Revenue Officer)Jeff Williams(President)inMarvin Tien(Director)

BoardEnrique Salem(Director)in

Co-investorsBain Capital VenturesCisco InvestmentsDell Technologies CapitalDnx VenturesEvolution Equity PartnersGula Tech Adventures+6 more

Lakeralakera.aiinAcquired

Check Point Software Technologies is a cybersecurity company that provides threat prevention solutions for enterprises, governments, service providers, small and medium businesses, and consumers.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSTel Aviv, IL

David Haber(Founder)inMateo Rojas-Carulla(Founder)Matthias Kraft(Founder)

Co-investorsAtomicoBrightmindExpedite VenturesFly VenturesRain CapitalCiti Ventures+2 more

Lightbeamlightbeamhealth.comin𝕏Feb 2024

Lightbeam offers an AI-enabled population health platform along with actuarial and clinical advisory services to help hospitals and providers manage CMS value-based care models such as TEAM, ACCESS, and LEAD.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaS

Pat Cline(Executive Chairman & Founder)in

Co-investors7wire VenturesBlue Hour VenturesNueterra CapitalVertex Ventures8VCVillage Global

LlamaIndexllamaindex.aiin𝕏May 2023

LlamaIndex provides document parsing and AI agent workflows that automate document-based administrative operations such as invoice matching, contract data extraction, form processing, and compliance reporting.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Jerry Liu(Founder)inSimon Suo(Founder)inShun Da Suo(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsAlt CapitalGreylock PartnersNorwest Venture PartnersDatabricks Ventures

Momenticmomentic.aiin𝕏Nov 2025

Momentic builds an AI-powered end-to-end testing platform that automatically writes, runs, and maintains tests for web and mobile applications.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Wei-Wei Wu(Founder)inJeff An(CTO)inHenry Haefliger(Founding Engineer)Nathan Wenzel(Bright Hire)Kaytlin Louton(GTM)Brooke Lacina(Recruiter)

Co-investorsEight CapitalFundersClubKarman VenturesStandard CapitalTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator+8 more

Multimodalmultimodal.devin𝕏

Multimodal is a New York-based agentic AI company whose platform, AgentFlow, automates document-heavy lending, compliance, and operational workflows for credit unions, community banks, and regional banks.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US

Ankur Patel(Founder)in

Co-investorsBanyan VenturesKickstart InnovationSemperVirens Venture CapitalNVIDIA

Onlookonlook.comin𝕏Seed

Onlook builds developer and design tools that bridge the gap between creative teams and implementation, using AI to enhance the creative process.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Daniel Farrell(CEO)inKiet Ho(CTO)inSatya Patel(Engineer)in

Co-investorsDG Daiwa Venturesgener8torLeonis CapitalLobster CapitalPioneerTranspose Platform Management+4 more

PlayerZeroplayerzero.aiin𝕏Seed · Jul 2025 · $5M

PlayerZero builds AI agents for support engineering that coordinate work across teams by delegating questions to the right owners and consolidating answers into a single thread.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Animesh Koratana(Founder)in

Co-investorsFoundation CapitalGreen Bay VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)SV AngelWndrCoBLH Venture Partners, LLC+5 more

Sundialsundial.shSeries A · Jul 2025 · $23M

Sundial is an AI-powered analytics platform that unifies data modeling, visualization and agentic analysis to guide business decisions.

Chandra Narayanan(Founder)in

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesAmjad MasadElectric CapitalRuchi SanghviSequoia CapitalSlow Ventures+3 more

Textqltextql.comin𝕏

TextQL builds AI data analyst agents, led by an agent named Ana, that let business teams query their existing data warehouses and SaaS tools in plain English through interfaces like Slack, dashboards, and scheduled playbooks.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Mark Hay(Founder)

Co-investorsHawk Hill VenturesHOF CapitalPage One Ventures.406 VenturesAllison Pickens VenturesDCM Ventures+2 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Blueprint Bryan JohnsonPayam Music

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Dropbox Ventures made?
Dropbox Ventures has 18 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 9 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Dropbox Ventures invest at?
Dropbox Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
What is Dropbox Ventures's typical check size?
Dropbox Ventures typically writes checks of $100K – $1M.
What sectors does Dropbox Ventures focus on?
Dropbox Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Future of Work.
Where is Dropbox Ventures located?
Dropbox Ventures is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
Does Dropbox Ventures lead rounds?
Dropbox Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

Behind the founder: Drew Houston (Dropbox)

Lenny's Podcast · Drew Houston

Dropbox founder Drew Houston on why distribution is more important than product

Startup Archive · Drew Houston

Build A Culture that Survives Change — Drew Houston, Dropbox | Enterprise Ready Conf 2025

WorkOS · Drew Houston

Why building Dropbox changed my life | Reflections on success with Dropbox CEO Drew Houston

CultRepo · Drew Houston

Drew Houston's Incredible Stories from the Early Days of Dropbox

The Social Radars Podcast · Drew Houston

Dropbox ft. Drew Houston - How the Cloud Pioneer Reinvented Itself

Sequoia Capital · Drew Houston

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