About
Mike Potter is Co-Founder and CEO of Rewind, a SaaS data backup and recovery platform serving over 25,000 organizations across more than 16 SaaS platforms. He has led the company for over a decade, working with a team of approximately 100 people based in Canada and Europe.
Co-founder & CEO at Rewind
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Rewind's investors · 13
Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2024Atlassian Ventures$1M – $5M checksBessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checksFirst Round CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $7M checks · since 2024H.I.G. CapitalMiamiInovia CapitalMontreal · $250K – $8M checksInsight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checksLeap Forward VenturesLarkspur · since 2023Mistral Venture PartnersTorontoNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2024PropellerNew Orleans · $500K – $2M checks · since 2023Ridge VenturesSan Francisco · $2M – $7M checksYes VCSan Francisco · $30K – $1.5M checks · since 2023
Co-founders at Rewind
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Experience
- RewindCo-Founder, CEOcurrent2015 — presentGreater Ottawa Metropolitan Area
- RewindMember Board of Directorscurrent2015 — presentOttawa, Ontario, Canada
- Cove SodaInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- Bahia AIAngel Investorcurrent2025 — presentOttawa, Ontario, Canada
- Sales AskSeed Investorcurrent2025 — presentOttawa, Ontario, Canada
- TaxPaySeed Investorcurrent2024 — present
- Function HealthInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- TablzInvestorcurrent2023 — presentOttawa, Ontario, Canada
- TrexityInvestorcurrent2023 — presentOttawa, Ontario, Canada
- HoppierInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- KnakInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- BloksInvestorcurrent2022 — presentOttawa, Ontario, Canada
- SpellbookInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- SigniantSenior Product Manager2014 — 2017Greater Ottawa Metropolitan Area
- Halogen SoftwareHealthcare Segment Manager2013 — 2014Greater Ottawa Metropolitan Area
- AddIn Social (acquired by MyEmma)Founder, CEO2010 — 2012
- Adobe Systems Inc.Senior Product Marketing Manager - Adobe Flash Platform2007 — 2010
- Adobe Systems Inc.Product Marketing Manager2007
- Adobe Systems Inc.Technical Evangelist2005 — 2007
- Adobe Systems Inc.Product Manager2005
- InTheHack.comFounder1998 — 2009
- MozillaCo-Founder, Calendar Project2002 — 2003
- OEone CorporationIntermediate Software Developer2000 — 2003
Skills & more
Human Resources (HR)Digital StrategyCapital MarketsCybersecurityBoard GovernanceProduct Management88SaaS54Product Marketing49Entrepreneurship28JavaScript24Online Marketing26Social Media Marketing23
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Email MarketingEnterprise SoftwareCloud ComputingSoftware DevelopmentManagementBusiness StrategyStart-upsTeam LeadershipThought LeadershipBudgetsStrategic PartnershipsStrategic LeadershipLanguages English · French
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mike Potter?
- Mike Potter is Co-Founder and CEO of Rewind, a SaaS data backup and recovery platform serving over 25,000 organizations across more than 16 SaaS platforms. He has led the company for over a decade, working with a team of approximately 100 people based in Canada and Europe.
- Where does Mike Potter work?
- Mike Potter is Co-founder & CEO of Rewind.
- What companies did Mike Potter found?
- Mike Potter founded Rewind.
- Where did Mike Potter go to school?
- Mike Potter studied at McMaster University (B. Eng., Mechancial Engineering); University of Ottawa (M.B.A., General).
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Also attended University of Ottawa63
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Shared employers
Also worked at Rewind3
Also worked at Adobe Systems Inc.130
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Also worked at Mozilla41
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