Backblaze provides backup and cloud storage that’s astonishingly easy to use and inexpensive. As experts in data and cloud backup solutions, Backblaze’s solutions include Personal Backup, Business Backup, and B2 Cloud Storage. The company’s customers use its services to pursue dreams such as curing cancer (genome mapping is data intensive) and archiving the work of some of the greatest artists on the planet (Austin City Limits uses B2 Cloud Storage). Backblaze is entrusted with almost an exabyte of data from customers in more than 150 countries.

2019 was a stellar year for the Backblaze team and the company experienced significant growth and expansion across a number of areas. For example, while remaining profitable, the company’s data under management grew 60% and its staff grew 50%. Further, the company marked a major milestone by opening its first data center outside of the United States, enabling multi-regional storage for customers through a state-of-the-art data center in Amsterdam. Most importantly, Backblaze was able to open a new chapter in its growth story while remaining true to its founding principles of transparency, low prices, and customer friendliness.