Tech Company Financing Transactions

Backblaze Funding Round

On 7/26/2012, Backblaze raised $5 million in investment from TMT Investments.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
7/26/2012
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$5,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Proceeds Purpose
San Mateo, Calif.-based Backblaze will use the money to staff up and expand its marketing efforts -- and attack the masses of people who still do not back up their computers, CEO Gleb Budman said in a recent interview.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Storage
Mailing Address
500 Ben Franklin Ct.
San Mateo, CA 94401
USA
Email Address
Overview
Backblaze is a pioneer in robust, scalable low cost cloud backup and storage services. Personal online backup to enterprise scale data storage solutions.
Profile
Backblaze LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Backblaze Company Twitter Account
Company News
Backblaze News
Facebook
Backblaze on Facebook
YouTube
Backblaze on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Gleb Budman
  Gleb Budman LinkedIn Profile  Gleb Budman Twitter Account  Gleb Budman News  Gleb Budman on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Brian Wilson
  Brian Wilson LinkedIn Profile  Brian Wilson Twitter Account  Brian Wilson News  Brian Wilson on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Casey Jones
  Casey Jones LinkedIn Profile  Casey Jones Twitter Account  Casey Jones News  Casey Jones on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Tim Nufire
  Tim Nufire LinkedIn Profile  Tim Nufire Twitter Account  Tim Nufire News  Tim Nufire on Facebook
VP - Marketing
Ahin Thomas
  Ahin Thomas LinkedIn Profile  Ahin Thomas Twitter Account  Ahin Thomas News  Ahin Thomas on Facebook
VP - Sales
Nilay Patel
  Nilay Patel LinkedIn Profile  Nilay Patel Twitter Account  Nilay Patel News  Nilay Patel on Facebook


 

 

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