Startup profile for Box: latest funding, latest known valuation, total disclosed funding, investors, status, sources, and why the company is interesting. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker startup directory.
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Box funding, valuation and investors

Cloud content management and collaboration for enterprises (NYSE: BOX).

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Funding, valuation & investors

Answer-first snapshot

Latest funding

Series D expansion

$81M · October 2011

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$129M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

public

public · Redwood City, California

Investors in latest funding

Other: Bessemer Venture Partners , New Enterprise Associates , Andreessen Horowitz

Latest tracked event: IPO (January 2015). It is shown separately because it is not counted as disclosed equity funding.

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-07-25

Overview

Box provides cloud content management and collaboration software for enterprises — secure file sharing, workflow automation, and integrations that replaced on-premise document servers. Founded by Aaron Levie in 2005, it raised growth rounds from Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, NEA, and Coatue before going public on the NYSE in January 2015.

Why Box is interesting

Aaron Levie's enterprise file sync defined a category — Bessemer and NEA in growth rounds with a16z before the 2015 NYSE IPO.

Product & use cases

Enterprise cloud storage, file sharing, e-signature, and workflow tools with security and compliance controls for IT departments.

  • Secure enterprise file sharing and collaboration
  • Workflow automation for document-centric processes
  • Compliance-ready content management for regulated industries

Key facts

  • Series D (Feb 2011): $48M led by Meritech with a16z
  • Series D expansion (Oct 2011): $81M; Bessemer, NEA, a16z participated
  • IPO (2015): NYSE: BOX

Funding history (newest first)

IPO

2015-01 NYSE: BOX

Source: https://www.box.com/investors/

Series D expansion

2011-10 $81M

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/04/box-net-raises-81-million/

Series D

2011-02 $48M

Investors in our directory

Funds linked from Box's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.

Andreessen Horowitz Bessemer Venture Partners New Enterprise Associates (NEA) Coatue

Competitive landscape

Edge: Early enterprise file sync category creator with deep security certifications and Fortune 500 customer references.

Enterprise file sync is mature and commoditized. Box competes on security, compliance, and workflow depth versus platform bundling from Microsoft and Google.

  • Dropbox direct

    Consumer-origin file sync; Box leads on enterprise security and compliance.

  • Microsoft SharePoint incumbent

    Bundled with Microsoft 365 enterprise suites.

  • Google Drive incumbent

    Workspace integration for cloud-native enterprises.

Notable stories

  • Aaron Levie founded Box at 20 — became a reference founder for enterprise SaaS go-to-market.
  • Box's 2015 IPO preceded the SaaS public wave of 2020-2021.
  • Competed early with Dropbox before diverging toward enterprise security positioning.

Industries

Enterprise SaaS

Market / IPO context

Ticker: BOX (NYSE)

IPO status: public

Editorial / static context — not a live quote.

FAQs about Box

Practical answers founders, operators, and investors typically search for.

Box offers enterprise cloud storage, file sharing, e-signature, and workflow tools so teams collaborate on documents with security and compliance controls.
Andreessen Horowitz (/fund/andreessen-horowitz), Bessemer (/fund/bessemer-venture-partners), NEA (/fund/new-enterprise-associates), and Coatue (/fund/coatue) backed Box through growth rounds before its 2015 IPO.
NYSE: BOX since January 2015.
Box targets enterprise security and compliance; Dropbox started consumer-first before adding business tiers.
Public since January 2015 (NYSE: BOX). Late private rounds included an $81M Series D expansion in 2011.
Aaron Levie co-founded Box in 2005.
Check latest SEC filings for current profitability.
Aaron Levie's company helped define enterprise file sync and share — a reference point for every collaboration and security vendor selling into IT departments.
Redwood City, California.
Over $400M in venture funding including $81M Series D expansion in 2011.
No — Box remains an independent public company.
SharePoint is bundled with Microsoft 365; Box is best-of-breed with multi-cloud positioning.
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