![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Another competitor in the backup and storage space considering an IPO, Veeam, was funded to the tune of $500 million. So what's the motivation for Backblaze going public now? "We're actually hoping this shows that it is possible for companies to successfully become public companies without having to wait as long as some companies are feeling they need to wait today," Gleb Budman, CEO and co-founder of Backblaze, told Insider.įor comparison, DigitalOcean, which offers cloud storage competitive to Backblaze's B2 offering, raised $456.4 million before going public earlier this year. And regulatory filings show that last year, Backblaze booked a net loss of $6.6 million on revenues of $53.78 million - nothing to sneeze at, but it only represents a small piece of a market worth tens of billions. By the closing bell on Friday, Backblaze was trading at $22.04 a share, giving it a market cap of $645.18 million.īetween its founding in 20, San Mateo, California-based Backblaze raised less than $3 million in outside equity, followed by $10 million in convertible notes in August. But unlike most cloud software startups, it got there without taking on the bonkers levels of venture capital that has become commonplace in the industry. Backblaze's CEO says he wants to prove high revenue and VC backing aren't needed to go public.Ĭloud backup and storage service Backblaze debuted on the Nasdaq exchange Thursday, priced at $16 per share and popping 24.38% by the end of the day. ![]() The company sells itself as an affordable cloud storage solution, competing with the Big Three.Backblaze IPO'd at $16 per share after taking in little funding and revenue for a cloud company. The Company is traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. The Company’s objective is to generate an attractive rate of return for shareholders, predominantly through capital appreciation. TMT Investments invests in high-growth technology companies across a number of core specialist sectors and has a significant number of Silicon Valley investments in its portfolio.įounded in 2010, TMT has a current investment portfolio of over 50 companies and net assets of US$218 million as of 30 June 2021. is a portfolio company of TMT Investments. LONDON, UK: Backblaze Inc., a leading cloud storage platform has priced its initial public offering of 6.25 million shares of its Class A common stock at a price to the public of $16 per share, for gross proceeds to Backblaze of $100 before underwriting discounts, commissions, and offering expenses payable by Backblaze.īackblaze’s Class A common stock is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Market on 11 November 2021 under the ticker symbol “BLZE.” The offering is expected to close on 15 November 2021, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.Īt the placing price of $16 per share, the value of TMT’s investment in Backblaze is valued at approximately $59.8 million, which represents a revaluation uplift of $1.8 million (or 3.2 per cent) in the value of TMT’s investment in Backblaze, compared to the previously announced valuation as of 30 June 2021 (adjusted for the value of TMT’s additional investment made in Backblaze in the second half of 2021).īackblaze Inc. ![]()
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