GlobalScape buys file sharing startup TappIn for up to $17 million

Chris Hopen

In the past few months, file sharing and cloud storage startups Box and Dropbox have raised massive amounts of cash at whopping valuations. Now, a third, much smaller Seattle startup has decided to sell out. TappIn, a 2-year-old upstart formerly known as HomePipe Networks, has agreed to sell to San Antonio, Texas-based GlobalScape for as… Read More…

Commentary: Why we had to leave Seattle to build Box.net

Photo via Razvan Orendovici

Just to start off, let me say that Seattle is an amazing city. I definitely couldn’t have asked for a better place to grow up, and everyone I know loves it up there. But it’s not so amazing for professional sports and early stage startups. Or at least that was the case in the summer… Read More…

Rappin’ for TappIn to make files available wherever you wander

tappin-cloud1

There’s no shortage of services that allow consumers to access files in the cloud, from Dropbox to Box.net to SugarSync to Google Docs. But even with all of the competition and clutter in the market, Seattle’s TappIn believes it can carve a niche. The company, which until today was known as HomePipe Networks, has added a… Read More…

Box.net: A case study in why Seattle needs to hold onto young tech talent

Box.net co-founder Aaron Levie

Call it the one that got away. That’s how I felt after reading a detailed profile of Box.net today, the fast-growing storage and online collaboration service which just landed a huge deal with Procter & Gamble and is on track to raise another round of cash at a whopping $500 million valuation. The 240-person company is… Read More…