Andrew Houston Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 35

  • Portfolio
  • 19

  • Exits
  • 12

Exits

Andrew Houston General Information

Description

Mr. Andrew Houston is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Dropbox. Mr. Houston serves as an Advisor at Imbue and PlayerZero. He serves as Board Member & Member of the Compensation, Nominating & Governance Committee at Meta Platforms. He co-founded Dropbox in 2007 and has led its growth from a simple idea to a service used by hundreds of millions of people around the world. He is responsible for setting the overall direction and product strategy for the company. He has a BS degree in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2006. He is an Angel Investor.

Business Details

Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • San Francisco, CA
  • United States

Andrew Houston Investments (35)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
Speak 17-Oct-2023 Later Stage VC Educational Software Generating Revenue
Mother Science 02-Feb-2023 Personal Products Generating Revenue
Imbue 20-Oct-2022 Software Development Applications Generating Revenue
Regard 29-Jun-2022 Enterprise Systems (Healthcare) Generating Revenue
Certa 03-Mar-2022 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Journey Colab 01-Nov-2021 Drug Discovery Pre-Clinical Trials
Ongo 05-Oct-2021 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Superhuman 28-Jun-2021 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
PlayerZero 17-Mar-2021 Seed Round Software Development Applications Generating Revenue
Twingate 28-Oct-2020 Early Stage VC Network Management Software Generating Revenue

Andrew Houston Exits (12)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Balsa (Software Development Applications) 05-Jan-2024 Merger/Acquisition
Convoy (Road) 01-Nov-2023
Triplebyte 16-Mar-2023
NextLesson 01-Dec-2021
Navigator (Communication Software) 09-Sep-2021
Kite (Software Development Applications) 01-Jan-2021
Highfive Technologies 01-Sep-2020
IfOnly 27-Aug-2020
Incident Technologies 28-Aug-2018 Out of Business
Earn.com 16-Apr-2018 Merger/Acquisition

Andrew Houston Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

Investments by Industry

Investments by Year

Investments by Region

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Andrew Houston Co-Investors (107)

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Andrew Houston FAQs

  • Who is Andrew Houston?

    Andrew Houston is an angel Investor who has made 35 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Andrew Houston?

    Andrew Houston is an angel investor.

  • What does Andrew Houston do?

    As an angel investor, Andrew Houston invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • How many board seats does Andrew Houston hold?

    Andrew Houston holds a board seat in Meta Platforms.

  • What has Andrew Houston invested in?

    Andrew Houston has made numerous investments in companies like Speak, Mother Science, and Imbue within the Educational Software, Personal Products, and Software Development Applications industries.

  • What has Andrew Houston invested in recently?

    Andrew Houston's latest investment was on 17-Oct-2023 in Speak, a company within the Educational Software industry.

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