By Iuliia Shnai & Marc Seitz
DocSend was acquired by Dropbox and became expensive. Founders raising money needed a simpler, more affordable way to share pitch decks with tracking.
Launched in 2023 as an open-source project. Grew from $1K to $45K MRR in about a year. Crossed $500K ARR by early 2025.
Open source as a growth strategy — giving away the code while building a sustainable business on top of it.
To be the default tool founders and sales teams use to share important documents.
