Wasabi Closes $250 Million in New Funding, Total at $534 Million

Wasabi Technologies, Inc. has achieved unicorn status following $250 million in new funding.

It raised $125 million in Series D equity led by L2 Point Management with participation from Cedar Pine, LLC an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management; and returning investors including Fidelity Management & Research Company and Forestay Capital, bringing the company’s valuation to over $1.1 billion. It also expanded its existing debt facility with MGG Investment Group to $125 million.

Barclays acted as sole placement agent on the transaction.

Wasabi provides fast, affordable, and reliable cloud storage for businesses all over the world at 1/5th the cost of large hyperscale providers or on-premises storage, with no charges for egress or API requests and no complex tiering.

The company’s revenue more than doubled from 2020-2021, and it now has more than 40,000 customers in over 100 countries, 13,000 partners, 250+ global employees and 13 storage regions across North America, Europe, and AsiaPac. The new equity will drive expansion into additional vertical markets and geographies, enhance firm’s channel partnerships, and scale the company’s go-to-market team and global brand strategies. Meanwhile, the debt will be used to finance capital equipment and infrastructure in Wasabi’s storage regions around the world, and to invest in firm’s technology capabilities to lay the groundwork for a new gen of cloud storage architecture.

“Closing a large up round in this environment speaks to the spectacular growth of Wasabi, the magnitude of the cloud storage opportunity, and our leadership as the industry’s largest pure-play cloud storage vendor. At Wasabi, we focus on just one thing: cloud storage. We do it better than anyone else in the industry. Because of this singular focus, our team has achieved best-in-class performance and security at the lowest prices in the industry,” said David Friend, co-founder and CEO.

Kerstin Dittmar, managing partner of lead investor, L2 Point, will join Wasabi’s board of directors.

“Wasabi provides a game-changing product that offers customers a simpler, faster, and more economical solution to their cloud storage needs. We believe this capital raise will allow Wasabi to continue to expand its offering across additional services and geographies to meet their global customers’ needs,” he said.

“We are proud to partner with Wasabi to provide innovative solutions in cloud storage and security,” added Sam Barnett, PhD, executive chairman of Cedar Pine. “The importance of Wasabi’s technology is increasing in every industry.”

Kevin Griffin, CEO, MGG Investment Group LP, commented: “We seek to partner with best-in-class entrepreneurs and companies and are excited to continue supporting Wasabi and their global expansion.“

In addition to the performance of Wasabi hot cloud storage, the company partners with over 350 technology companies, including most of the world’s leading backup, DR, and surveillance companies. Wasabi is used to store data across a range of industries, including professional sports, energy and natural resources, finance, surveillance, education, manufacturing, consumer technology, healthcare, scientific research, and M&E.

“As our data needs continue to evolve, from player analytics, IoT, digital assets and even security, this presents an enormous learning opportunity for the organization,” said Brian Shield, senior VP and CTO, the Boston Red Sox. “Wasabi provides a cost-effective cloud-based solution that enables us to retrieve content quickly and improve the level of video analysis and production we do here at the Red Sox.”