It looks like Dropbox is talking to bankers to prep for an IPO, although, a deal isn’t likely to happen until the second half of 2013.
Dropbox is a top file-sharing service that makes it super-easy to store content across any platform, whether from the desktop or mobile devices like Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone. It now has over 100 million users, who save about 1 billion files every day.
For the most part, Dropbox has been aimed for consumers. But the company has recently moved into the enterprise market by adding features like security and file permissions.
All in all, IPO investors are likely to eat up shares of a Dropbox IPO (it looks like the current valuation is about $4 billion). Consider that cloud-based companies have been strong lately, as seen with offerings from companies like Workday (NYSE:WDAY) and ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW).