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"Singapore-based website and email back-up company Dropmysite has landed an investment from 500 Startups, not long after the startup announced an undisclosed deal with the US accelerator.\r\n\r\nThe investment is worth US$250,000, and it places Dropmysite alongside Taiwanese messaging service Cubie, Canada/Singapore-based Payroll Hero, India-based Zipdeal, and others among 500 Startup's portfolio companies in Asia.\r\n\r\nDropmysite offers two services: email back-up product Dropmyemail\u00A0and Dropmysite, its original service which\u00A0provides website owners with a layer of protection against hacking, server failures and website crashes.\r\n\r\nDeals with\u00A0GMO Cloud in Japan \u2014 which\u00A0also provided a seven-figure investment\u00A0\u2014 and Mexico-based\u00A0Xpress Hosting in Latin America\u00A0are helping Dropmysite to increase its global presence, and a tie-in with 500 Startups is sure to help the firm increase its presence in the US, where it opened an office last year.\r\n\r\nIn addition to providing capital to enable Dropmysite to grow, 500 Startups says it will &amp;quot;recommend&amp;quot; the back-up services to its network of companies and investors worldwide. That might see it land a number of influential new customers, and generally raise its awareness globally.\r\n\r\n\u201CVery few people think about backing up their e-mail, voicemail, or SMS until it's too late, and most carriers and ISP's can't help you if they lose your data,&amp;quot; said\u00A0\u00A0George\u00A0Kellerman, Venture Partner of 500 Startups. &amp;quot;Dropmysite, however, solves that problem and allows any SMB to backup their e-mail or whatever else they need simply and cost-efficiently. It's a great cloud-based business that has the potential to go global.\u201D\r\n\r\n\u201CThis partnership is yet another an endorsement of our vision of keeping all data safe in the cloud,\u201D commented John Fearon, CEO and founder of Dropmysite.\r\n\r\nThe startup\u00A0revamped the latter enterprise-focused service\u00A0-- which is priced upwards of\u00A0US$19.99 per month for a 10 GB allocation --\u00A0earlier this month, as it prepares to reach 500,000 users worldwide.\r\n\r\nDropmyemail launched at DEMO Asia in March 2012 and quickly racked up 650,000 users within its first three months. The company opened a US office last year to grow the email-backup service\u2019s presence in North America.\r\n\r\nImage Credit: 401K (2013)/Flickr"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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