Slide
85 employees on LinkedIn · 5 known investors
Slide builds an encrypted backup and disaster recovery (BCDR) platform, including its own hardware appliances, designed for managed service providers (MSPs). The product offers an open API, workflow automation, and search across devices, backups, and files.
Also known as Project Orca, Inc.
Founders & leadership
Investors · 5
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountSeries AJun 2025Source ↗
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Slide develops a business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) platform positioned as always-encrypted and aimed at managed service providers. The company states the platform was built from scratch without legacy technical debt, and highlights three core capabilities: an open API for integrating, extending and automating Slide inside existing MSP tools and workflows; workflow automation that converts repetitive backup, recovery and management tasks into hands-off processes; and a search function covering devices, backups, files and events.
Alongside the software, Slide offers a hardware appliance. Published specifications include NVMe SSD storage in 1TB, 2TB, 3TB, 5TB, 6TB and 8TB capacities on M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x2 slots, 32GB DDR5 4800MHz memory on 1-2TB configurations and 64GB on 3-8TB configurations, an AMD Ryzen 7 HX 255 CPU with 8 cores / 16 threads, a 3.8 GHz base clock and 16MB L3 cache, and connectivity comprising one 40Gbps USB4 port, one 40Gbps USB Type-C port, two 10Gbps USB 3.2 ports, two USB 2.0 ports and a 10Gbps LAN port. The website operates under the corporate name Project Orca, Inc.
Business model
Slide sells its BCDR platform to MSPs on month-to-month subscriptions with no long-term commitments, bundling unlimited agents and direct-to-engineer technical support, and supplies accompanying appliance hardware in a range of storage capacities.
Subscription pricing billed month-to-month, without long-term contractual commitments, and with unlimited agents included.
Traction
The company states that over 1,000 MSPs have partnered with Slide to protect their data.
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Market position
Markets itself as a security-focused alternative to established BCDR vendors for the MSP channel, reporting partnerships with more than 1,000 MSPs.
Positions itself against legacy backup solutions on the basis of always-on encryption, a from-scratch architecture, an open API, month-to-month terms with unlimited agents, and direct access to engineers for support.
Technology
A purpose-built BCDR platform described as always-encrypted and built without legacy technical debt, exposing an open API, workflow automation and cross-entity search over devices, backups, files and events, paired with x86 appliances using AMD Ryzen 7 HX 255 processors, DDR5 memory and NVMe SSD storage.
Go-to-market
Direct engagement through website demo requests, positioning around ease of migration from incumbent backup vendors, and channel-oriented messaging to MSP partners.
Managed service providers responsible for protecting client data; the company describes an "MSP-first" approach.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Competitors · 1
by search overlap
Companies competing with Slide for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
In the news
Waiting For A Trigger, Ready To Slidebarchart.com · Jul 2026▸Research sources · 1
primary sources listed
- Slideslide.tech · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Slide do?
- Slide provides an always-encrypted backup and disaster recovery platform, with its own appliances, built for MSPs.
- Who founded Slide?
- Slide was founded by Austin McChord, Michael Fass.
- Who are Slide's investors?
- Slide's investors include Connecticut Innovations, Glynn Capital Management, Outsiders, Vine Ventures, Benchstrength Partners.