Dropmyemail Set to Pursue Opportunities in Japan, Brings on New Country Manager

Readers may remember earlier in the year when we featured Singapore-based DropMySite, a startup that aims to back up various aspects of your digital life and work, including email, chat, and calendars. Dropmyemail was subsequently launched in March at DEMO Asia, and in April announced that it had passed half a million users. I’m told that the service currently has 690,000 users in total.

Today the startup is announcing that Dropmyemail is making a push for the Japanese market, enlisting the help of Yutaka Shinohara, who will take on the role of country manager in Tokyo. In its announcement, the company notes that its partnership discussions in Japan have “come to a critical point” which requires someone on the ground in Tokyo. I’m told that Shinohara will eventually develop a team to work with partners and customers in Japan.

Overall Dropmyemail now has a five locations globally from which to push its services, including Singapore, Buenos Aires, Mumbai, and Dallas. There are 14 total staff, and the company is in the process of hiring more.

Back in June Dropmysite acquired US-based cloud backup and sharing solution OrbitFiles, further adding to the company’s overall user base of about 911,000 users (in addition to its Dropmyemail users).