Tech Company Financing Transactions

Backupify Funding Round

Backupify, based in Cambridge, received $5 million from Avalon Ventures, General Catalyst Partners and Lowercase Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
9/8/2011
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$5,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Avalon Ventures (Lead Investor) (Brady Bohrmann)

General Catalyst Partners (David Orfao)

Lowercase Capital (Christopher Sacca)

Proceeds Purpose
The money will go to product development for Backupify's software that helps companies using Google Apps back up, search, and restore their data.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Storage
Mailing Address
17 Sellers St.
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
Email Address
Overview
Backupify is not just about backup, it is about controlling your data yourself instead of having it stored in hundreds of services all around the web. Your online data is just as important as the data on your computer.
Profile
Backupify LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Backupify Company Twitter Account
Company News
Backupify News
Facebook
Backupify on Facebook
YouTube
Backupify on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Robert May
  Robert May LinkedIn Profile  Robert May Twitter Account  Robert May News  Robert May on Facebook
Chief Marketing Officer
John Bigay
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Chief Technical Officer
Matthew Conway
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Co-Founder
Vik Chadha
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VP - Engineering
David Block
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VP - Product Management
Emily Glass
  Emily Glass LinkedIn Profile  Emily Glass Twitter Account  Emily Glass News  Emily Glass on Facebook


 

 

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