“Our roots are in helping startups navigate the fundraising process and empowering entrepreneurs to chase their dreams by giving them more visibility and control over the pitch process,” DocSend Chief Executive Russ Heddleston said in a statement. Startups were DocSend’s original focus when it launched in 2013. Such information can be useful in a range of scenarios, DocSend says, such as when a startup’s leadership shares a financial presentation with potential investors and may want to know if they viewed the file. The service can send a notification when a recipient opens a document and provides related data such how long they spent reading it. To enhance its customers’ email-based file sharing workflow, DocSend also provides a number of more specialized features, which are at the center of Dropbox’s decision to acquire the startup.ĭocSend includes an analytics console that allows users to track how recipients interact with shares files.

Users can organize their documents in cloud-based folders and send links instead of attachments when they wish to include a file into an email. The deal, announced today, is expected to close by the end of the month.ĭocSend’s namesake service provides many of the same features as Dropbox.

is spending $165 million to acquire DocSend Inc., a San Francisco startup with a service that enables workers to share documents via email more easily. The role has three direct report currently, t wo partner managers and a partnership associate, with the potential to build out a larger team as new partner programs get rolled out. Join us to lead long-term, lasting impact for an exciting part of Dropbox’s business.

Docsend by dropbox