Gleb Budman
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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
Yeah, it's actually $30 million ARR today.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
So we're growing quick.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
We launched the company 10 plus years ago in 2007.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
2007.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
No, we actually, so five of us started Backblaze together.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
We were, we all have actually worked together for about 20 years.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
So we did a company back in 99 during the first dot com boom.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
It was a traditional venture funded company.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
We built it.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
It was bought by Excited Home at the time.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
We worked there.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
Then we did another.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
Yeah, it was a great deal.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
We started and built this company.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
There were some other people that were original founders there.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
In nine months from the first round, the company got acquired for $120 million.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
How much did you raise?
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
Seven.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
It was actually a great, quick build.
SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1204 $30m ARR Cloud Backup Company Almost Bankrupt from Thailand Floods
Revenue?