simplyblock
Berlin, DE · Founded 2022 · 21 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
Simplyblock provides software-defined block storage built on NVMe-over-TCP and the Storage Performance Development Kit (SPDK), delivering low-latency, scale-out storage on standard x64 and ARM64 hardware. It serves infrastructure and platform teams across environments such as VMware, Proxmox, Kubernetes, and cloud, supporting hyper-converged, disaggregated, and hybrid deployment models.
Founders & leadership
simplyblock was founded in 2022 by Rob Pankow and Michael Schmidt.
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Rob PankowFounder
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Michael SchmidtinCo-Founder & CTO
Investors · 2
Frequently asked questions
- What does simplyblock do?
- Simplyblock provides software-defined block storage built on NVMe-over-TCP and the Storage Performance Development Kit (SPDK), delivering low-latency, scale-out storage on standard x64 and ARM64 hardware. It serves infrastructure and platform teams across environments such as VMware, Proxmox, Kubernetes, and cloud, supporting hyper-converged, disaggregated, and hybrid deployment models.
- Who founded simplyblock?
- simplyblock was founded by Rob Pankow, Michael Schmidt in 2022.
- Who are simplyblock's investors?
- simplyblock's investors include 42CAP, Begin Capital.
- Where is simplyblock headquartered?
- simplyblock is headquartered in Berlin, DE.


