Prospects for an IPO The difference between Dropbox and its closest competitor, Box, is, that more data processing processes are built into the interface, which is closer to OS X, than Windows. Dropbox also has special features, sharpened for heavy graphic files and video, and allows you to better control the joint work on documents, of which there are already more than several billion in the service. The reason for the company's IPO, normally, therein, that she needs money, and therefore it may well offer favorable conditions for the purchase of securities, which usually have a growth potential of +10% to +30%. Equity replenishment avoids the cost of raising borrowing costs. Unlike the private equity market, in which the cost estimates are sometimes too high, from companies, going public, usually, there is an urgent need to raise funding. As a result, downround is organized - sale of shares at a reduced price, and them, in exchange for publicity, have to show investors past financial performance.