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Arash Ferdowsi

Unicorn founder

Co-founder & CTO at Dropbox

San Francisco, CA

Writes $50K – $200K checks · typically $100K

FoundedDropbox$12B · YC

30 Under 30 2013 · Consumer Technology

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473 people in our graph share verified history with Arash — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Kyle DohertyunlockedArash: together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2004)
×8Arash: together at Dropbox
×3Arash: together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

About

Arash Ferdowsi co-founded Dropbox with Drew Houston in 2007, dropping out of MIT to do it, and served as CTO through the company's rise to a 2018 IPO. He led engineering during the years when Dropbox's sync reliability was its entire competitive moat against far larger incumbents. He stepped back from the CTO role in 2016 and now invests in early-stage companies.

Co-founder & CTO at DropboxYC S07

Intro paths

YC

Arash went through Y Combinator (Summer 2007) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Arash can intro founders to Dropbox's investors below.

Dropbox's investors · 15

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2014Altos VenturesBurlingame · $1M – $3M checks · since 2014BenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2014BlackRockWilmington · since 2014Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks · since 2014Garage CapitalWaterloo · since 2014Great Oaks Venture CapitalNew York · $50K – $500K checks · since 2014Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks · since 2014Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2014IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks · since 2014RBC Capitalsince 2014RIT Capital PartnersLondon · since 2014SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Palo Alto · since 2014Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2014Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2007

Co-founders at Dropbox

DHDrew Houston
Drew HoustonCo-Founder and Co-CEO

Experience

  1. DropboxCo-Foundercurrent2007 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. DropboxBoard Member2007 — 2020San Francisco, California, United States
  3. DropboxChief Technology Officer2007 — 2016San Francisco, California, United States
  4. GoogleSoftware Engineer Intern2006Kirkland, Washington, United States

Skills & more

Software Engineering29Software Development16Algorithms7Web Development4Dropbox4Security1Computer Science2Product Management2Start-ups11Cloud ComputingLinux10Databases2
+1 morePython

Languages English · Farsi · French

From Arash's professional profile.

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Arash Ferdowsi

How Arash Ferdowsi is Inspiring the Next Generation of Innovators Worldwide- Dropbox Inventor

Charlene Birk, MA, PCC

Arash Ferdowsi is the Dropbox co-founder who prefers to stay out of the spotlight. | By Forbes

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Network30

Balaji SrinivasanScout
Angel investor and founder of The Network School
Ashton KutcherScout
Co-founder of Sound Ventures; launching a new deep-tech venture firm with Morgan Beller
Drew HoustonScout
Co-founder & CEO of Dropbox
Amjad MasadScout
Co-founder & CEO of Replit
Guillermo RauchScout
Founder & CEO of Vercel
Eoghan McCabeScout
Co-founder & CEO of Fin (formerly Intercom)
Ajay VasheeScout
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Alejandro GalvezScout
Managing Partner at 99 Startups
Andrew J ScottScout
Founding Partner at 7percent Ventures
Anil DharniScout
Angel
Barbry McGannScout
Senior Vice President and Managing Director at Workday Ventures
Ben UretskyScout
Angel
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Frequently asked questions

Who is Arash Ferdowsi?
Arash Ferdowsi co-founded Dropbox with Drew Houston in 2007, dropping out of MIT to do it, and served as CTO through the company's rise to a 2018 IPO. He led engineering during the years when Dropbox's sync reliability was its entire competitive moat against far larger incumbents. He stepped back from the CTO role in 2016 and now invests in early-stage companies.
Where does Arash Ferdowsi work?
Arash Ferdowsi is Co-founder & CTO of Dropbox.
What check size does Arash Ferdowsi write?
Arash Ferdowsi typically writes checks of $50K – $200K.
What companies did Arash Ferdowsi found?
Arash Ferdowsi founded Dropbox.
Where did Arash Ferdowsi go to school?
Arash Ferdowsi studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Computer Science).
What podcasts and interviews feature Arash Ferdowsi?
Tracked appearances include "How Arash Ferdowsi is Inspiring the Next Generation of Innovators Worldwide- Dropbox Inventor", "Arash Ferdowsi is the Dropbox co-founder who prefers to stay out of the spotlight. | By Forbes".

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