{"id":441,"date":"2020-06-04T12:02:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T12:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/?p=441"},"modified":"2020-06-04T16:02:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T16:02:47","slug":"wasabi-raises-30-million-in-funding-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/wasabi-raises-30-million-in-funding-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Wasabi Raises $30 Million in Funding Round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-414\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2020\/04\/VAST-Data-Raises-100-Million-in-Series-C-Funding.jpg\" alt=\"Wasabi Raises $30 Million in Funding Round\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2020\/04\/VAST-Data-Raises-100-Million-in-Series-C-Funding.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2020\/04\/VAST-Data-Raises-100-Million-in-Series-C-Funding-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2020\/04\/VAST-Data-Raises-100-Million-in-Series-C-Funding-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2020\/04\/VAST-Data-Raises-100-Million-in-Series-C-Funding-540x270.jpg 540w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2020\/04\/VAST-Data-Raises-100-Million-in-Series-C-Funding-162x81.jpg 162w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2020\/04\/VAST-Data-Raises-100-Million-in-Series-C-Funding-360x180.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>Hot cloud storage company, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wasabi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"external\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wasabi,<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wasabi.com\/press-releases\/wasabi-builds-explosive-growth-30-million-funding-round\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"external\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">recently announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> it has closed a $30 million financing round led by Forestay Capital, the technology innovation arm of Waypoint Capital, along with participation from Wasabi\u2019s previous investors. With this round, Wasabi has raised a total of $110 million. During this accelerated global migration to the cloud, the amount of new data Wasabi stores has grown by 4x over the same period last year. Wasabi offers hot cloud storage for businesses across the globe. It enables organizations to store and instantly access an infinite amount of data, tier-free.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"box box3\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Our <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/data-storage-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Buyer\u2019s Guide for Data Storage<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> helps you evaluate the best solution for your use case and features profiles of the leading providers, as well as a category overview of the marketplace.<\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This funding will be primarily used to expand Wasabi\u2019s infrastructure and capacity to meet growing global demand for storage in the $90 billion public cloud storage market. Wasabi plans to extend its hot cloud storage service to Canada and additional markets in Europe, APAC, and Latin America through Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and other channel partners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a press statement, David Friend, CEO and co-founder of Wasabi said, \u201cin an extremely difficult funding market, we\u2019ve been able to raise money at a significant uptick in valuation. We focus 100 percent of our attention on doing one thing really, really well: storing data in the cloud. Our investors recognize the power of our business model and the virtually limitless market opportunity that we are addressing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Frederic Wohlwend, Managing Partner of Forestay Capital also added, \u201cin just three years, Wasabi has harnessed the complex technology that powers its storage and built a strong distribution channel in record time. Technology decision-makers don\u2019t want to be locked into a single cloud ecosystem \u2014 they want choice, and Wasabi is empowering them to choose limitless storage at an unbeatable price. We are proud to be leading this financing round, and excited by the company\u2019s future prospects.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To learn more about Wasabi, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wasabi.com\/press-releases\/wasabi-builds-explosive-growth-30-million-funding-round\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"external\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">click here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"speedbump-3\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/data-storage-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" title=\"Data Storage Buyer's Guide\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2019\/07\/data-storage-speedbump.jpg\" alt=\"Download Link to Data Storage Buyer's Guide\" width=\"800\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hot cloud storage company, Wasabi, recently announced it has closed a $30 million financing round led by Forestay Capital, the technology innovation arm of Waypoint Capital, along with participation from Wasabi\u2019s previous investors. 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