{"id":103386,"date":"2021-11-11T10:01:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T18:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=103386"},"modified":"2025-12-11T13:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:02:35","slug":"backblaze-is-now-a-public-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-is-now-a-public-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze Is Now a Public Company"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today is a big day for Backblaze\u2014we became a public company listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BLZE!<\/p>\n

Before I explain what this means for us and for you, I want to give my thanks. Going public is an important milestone and one we couldn\u2019t have accomplished without your support. Thank you.<\/p>\n

Whether you have believed in us from the beginning and have been a customer for over a decade, or joined us yesterday; whether you entrust us to back up a single computer or to run your entire company\u2019s infrastructure on the Backblaze Storage Cloud; whether you\u2019ve partnered with us to bring our services to one individual or thousands of companies, whether you\u2019re a first-time visitor to our site or you\u2019ve been a reader all along: Thank you. We really appreciate you working with us and supporting us.<\/p>\n

What Does Becoming a Public Company Mean for Backblaze?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It means we have more resources with IPO proceeds to increase investment in the development of our Storage Cloud platform and the B2 Cloud Storage and Computer Backup services that run on it.<\/p>\n

The future is being built on independent cloud platforms, and ours has been 14 years in the making. Today, we take the next big step in being the leading independent cloud for data storage.<\/p>\n

Additionally, while we help about 500,000 customers already, we plan to expand our sales and marketing efforts to bring Backblaze to more businesses, developers, and individuals that would benefit from easy and affordable data storage that they can trust.<\/p>\n

Finally, we have built Backblaze with not only a focus on the products we provide, but with a deep care for what it is like to work here. With these proceeds, we plan to continue to significantly grow our team, and are looking for many more kind, smart, talented people to join us. (Is that you? We\u2019re hiring!)<\/p>\n

And Most Importantly, What Does It Mean for You?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

My short answer is: It means more of the good things you\u2019ve come to expect from us at Backblaze.<\/p>\n

I want to emphasize that while we\u2019ll be doing \u201cmore\u201d for you, today\u2019s events don\u2019t mean that we\u2019re \u201cdifferent\u201d on any fundamental level. We\u2019re still guided by the same principles and the same team. As a reminder, here\u2019s the core of the values that we\u2019ve been committed to since our founding (as written by Brian Wilson, Co-founder and CTO):<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Backblaze, we want to provide a quality product for a fair price. We want to be honest and up front with our customers as to what we can and cannot do, and we want to be paid only the money honestly owed to us, and never engage in sleazy or misleading business practices where customers are misled in any way or pay for a service they do not receive. We are the \u2018good guys,\u2019 and we act like it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The only thing that\u2019s changing today is we now have a more robust structure and additional funding to deliver on these values for more customers and partners.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to share your thoughts, we\u2019d love to hear from you in the comments section below. We’re looking forward to helping you store and use your data with astonishing ease now and for whatever comes next.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Time to Blaze On!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is a big day for Backblaze\u2014we want to thank you, and tell you more about what it means.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[131,121,111,7],"tags":[468],"class_list":["post-103386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backblaze-bits","category-backing-up","category-entrepreneurship","category-cloud-storage","tag-b2cloud","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBackblaze Is Now a Public Company<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As of November 11, 2021, Backblaze is a public company under the ticker symbol BLZE. 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