Rewind
Founded 2015 · 133 employees on LinkedIn · 16 known investors
Rewind provides backup, restore, and copy functionality for critical data across SaaS and cloud applications, serving over 25,000 organizations globally across eCommerce, accounting, productivity, and development use cases.
Founders & leadership
Rewind was founded in 2015 by Mike Potter and James.
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Mike PotterinCo-founder & CEOMike Potter is the co-founder and CEO of Rewind, which provides backup, restore, and copy functionality for critical data across SaaS and cloud applications, protecting over 25,000 organizations across 16+ platforms with a team of around 100 people in Canada and Europe.
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JamesinCo-founder of Rewind, which provides backup, restore, and copy functionality for critical data across SaaS and cloud applications.
Investors · 16
Atlassian Ventures$1M – $5M
Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M
H.I.G. CapitalMiami
Inovia CapitalMontreal · $250K – $8M
Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M
Mistral Venture PartnersToronto
Ridge VenturesSan Francisco · $2M – $7M
Andreessen HorowitzreportedMenlo Park · $500K – $50M
First Round Capitalreported · 2 sourcesSan Francisco · $1M – $7M
Leap Forward VenturesreportedLarkspur
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)reportedMenlo Park · $200K – $40M
PropellerreportedNew Orleans · $500K – $2M
Yes VCreportedSan Francisco · $30K – $1.5M
Also in the syndicate · 3
FrontierMensch VCZora
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountSeries AApr 2024
a16z, First Round Capital, NEA
Source ↗ - Undisclosed amountseed fundingNov 2023
Frontier, Leap Forward Ventures, Mensch VC, Propeller, Yes VC, Zora
Source ↗
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Competitors · 7
by search overlapAtlassian618 shared keywordsAtlassian offers a teamwork platform combining project planning, knowledge management, and AI orchestration tools for teams and their AI agents. Its products help organizations plan, execute, and deliver work at scale.
GitLab351 shared keywordsGitLab is an intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps that enables teams and AI agents to collaborate on the full software development lifecycle, from planning through deployment, with integrated security and compliance capabilities.
Graphite295 shared keywordsGraphite is an AI-powered code review platform that provides AI reviews on pull requests, stacked PRs, a stack-aware merge queue, and a modern PR page, integrated with GitHub and Git. It serves software development teams looking to review and ship code faster.
Acronis270 shared keywordsAcronis provides a cloud-native platform for managed service providers (MSPs) offering cyber protection, data backup and recovery, endpoint security, and governed AI productivity services. Its offerings serve service providers across more than 150 countries, with integrated tools for data protection, threat detection, and managed AI capabilities.
DataCamp259 shared keywordsDataCamp is a learning platform for teams that teaches data and AI skills through hands-on coursework accessible via web browser and mobile app. It serves enterprise customers and development teams seeking to build technical capabilities.
Netezza227 shared keywordsIBM is a global technology company whose business spans enterprise software (including Red Hat, HashiCorp, and Confluent), IT infrastructure such as mainframes, servers, and storage, and IT consulting services. The company is also investing heavily in quantum computing and AI-based enterprise offerings, including its Lightwell open-source software security clearinghouse and the Anderon quantum wafer foundry.
Backblaze189 shared keywordsScalable low-cost cloud backup and storage services.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Rewind do?
- Rewind provides backup, restore, and copy functionality for critical data across SaaS and cloud applications, serving over 25,000 organizations globally across eCommerce, accounting, productivity, and development use cases.
- Who founded Rewind?
- Rewind was founded by Mike Potter, James in 2015.
- Who are Rewind's investors?
- Rewind's investors include Atlassian Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, H.I.G. Capital, Inovia Capital, Insight Partners, Mistral Venture Partners, Ridge Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and 5 more.








