Rewind, an Ottawa, Canada-based data security software company, raised $65 million in Series B round to fuel its expansion into new countries, bringing its total funding for 2021 to US$80 million.
New York-based Insight Partners led the new round, which also included previous investors Besserer Venture Partners, FundFire, Inovia Capital, Ridge Ventures, and ScaleUP Ventures as well as new investors Atlassian Ventures and Union Ventures.
The firm plans to use the money to boost its team of developers and hire more marketing experts as it expands into new markets.
Company: Third Blink Software Inc.
Raised: $65.0M
Round: Series B
Funding Month: September 2021
Lead Investors: Insight Partners
Additional Investors: Besserer Venture Partners, FundFire, Inovia Capital, Ridge Ventures, ScaleUP Ventures, Atlassian Ventures, and Union Ventures
Company Website: https://rewind.com/
Software Category: Data security software
About the Company: Founded in 2015, Rewind provides solutions for businesses to protect their SaaS and cloud data applications giving immediate access to comprehensive backups so they can quickly recover from a tiny data-entry error or a massive data disaster. The platform enables companies to back up, restore and copy the critical data that drives their business. Rewind specializes in software that backs up and recovers customer data for Shopify merchants and users of other cloud-based software platforms. It now stores data from more than 40,000 customer accounts on encrypted servers, ensuring sensitive information is protected from events such as power outages or cyber-attacks.
Source: https://www.obj.ca/article/techopia/rewind-roll-ottawa-software-firm-lands-us65m-series-b-round