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Scality is a technology company.
Scality provides object storage software for organizations with extensive data management needs. Its core product delivers S3-compatible, scale-out object storage designed for hybrid cloud architectures, emphasizing cyber-resilience and massive scalability. This infrastructure supports critical applications including artificial intelligence, enterprise data archives, and robust backup solutions.
The company was established in 2009 by co-founders Jérôme Lecat, Giorgio Regni, Daniel Binsfeld, Serge Dugas, and Brad King. Their founding insight recognized the growing challenges from escalating data volumes and the necessity for resilient, flexible storage. They aimed to develop a new data management paradigm addressing future demands.
Scality serves data-intensive enterprises contending with complex storage requirements. Its mission is developing future-proof storage software that enables businesses to grow efficiently and secure their vital data. The long-term vision focuses on empowering organizations to expertly navigate expanding data environments, preserving performance and operational flexibility.
Scality has raised $231.0M across 7 funding rounds.
Scality has raised $231.0M in total across 7 funding rounds.
Scality has raised $231.0M in total across 7 funding rounds.
Scality's investors include Silverpeak, Johan Kampe, David Ibnale, Canaan Partners, Operator Collective, Cynthia Ringo, Eric Ver Ploeg, Harbert European Growth Capital, Doug Carlisle, Iris Capital, Frederic Le Brun, Hiroshi Fujiwara.
Scality is a San Francisco-based technology company specializing in software-defined storage (SDS) solutions, particularly scale-out file and object storage for hybrid and multi-cloud environments.[1][2][3] It builds products like RING (unified file and object storage for petabyte-to-exabyte scale, supporting AWS S3 API, NFS, SMB, with geo-redundant protection and self-healing) and ARTESCA (S3-compatible object storage focused on immutable backups, AI workloads, and cyber resilience).[2][3][5][6] Scality serves global enterprises, government, healthcare, media, banks, cloud providers, and research labs, solving challenges like unpredictable data growth, ransomware threats, performance demands for AI/big data, and hybrid cloud management—delivering infinite scalability, 100% uptime, cost savings (e.g., 59% reduced TCO), and end-to-end cyber protection via patented MultiScale Architecture and CORE5 technology.[1][3][4][5][6] With recognition as an 8-time Gartner Magic Quadrant leader and adoption by over 1,000 enterprises managing exabytes for 700M+ users, Scality shows strong growth in data-intensive sectors.[2][6]
Scality was founded in 2009 in San Francisco (with development in Paris) by five internet infrastructure veterans: Jerome Lecat (current CEO), Giorgio Regni (CTO), Brad King, Serge Dugas, and Daniel Binsfeld, from companies like UUnet, Software.com, Sun Microsystems, and Bizanga.[2][7] They launched amid the "fourth industrial revolution," recognizing enterprises needed new data management for competitiveness as data became central to value creation—moving beyond traditional storage to software-defined solutions for hybrid/multi-cloud realities.[2][4] Early traction came with RING's 2010 release, a multitiered platform scaling to exabytes under one namespace; distributed via partners like HPE and Cisco, it open-sourced AWS S3 API implementation, validating 60+ ISVs and establishing leadership per Gartner/IDC.[2][7] Pivotal moments include evolving to cyber-resilient offerings like ARTESCA for AI/backup, powering mission-critical workloads globally.[3][5][6]
Scality rides the explosive growth of unstructured data, AI/ML workloads, hybrid/multi-cloud adoption, and rising cyber threats, where traditional storage fails on scalability, cost, and resilience.[3][4][6] Timing aligns with post-2020 data surges (e.g., AI training needing petabytes) and regulations pushing on-premises control, favoring software-defined over hardware lock-in.[2][4][8] Market forces like ransomware (targeting backups) and cloud economics (e.g., S3 costs) boost Scality's edge in providing exabyte-scale, S3-compatible alternatives with better TCO and speed.[3][5] It influences the ecosystem by open-sourcing S3 APIs, partnering with HPE/Cisco/Veeam, and enabling sectors like healthcare (imaging archives), media (content delivery), and finance (analytics)—pioneering "shared-nothing" SDS for sustainable, future-proof infrastructure.[2][5][6][8]
Scality is poised to dominate cyber-resilient storage for AI-driven data lakes, with expansions in ARTESCA for immutable backups and RING's performance gains targeting massive workloads.[3][5] Trends like AI exascale needs, zero-trust security, and edge computing will amplify demand, especially as regulations tighten data sovereignty. Its influence may grow via deeper integrations (e.g., more ISVs) and global expansion, solidifying leadership in a market shifting to software-defined freedom—empowering data creators amid unpredictable growth, just as its founders envisioned.[2][4][6]
Scality has raised $231.0M across 7 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $20.0M Other Equity in January 2021.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2021 | $20M Venture Round | — | — | Announced |
| Apr 17, 2018 | $60M Venture Round | Silverpeak | Johan Kampe | Announced |
| Apr 1, 2018 | $60M Series E | Silverpeak | David Ibnale, Canaan Partners, Operator Collective, Cynthia Ringo, Eric VER Ploeg, Harbert European Growth Capital | Announced |
| Aug 1, 2015 | $57M Series D | Doug Carlisle | David Ibnale, Canaan Partners, Iris Capital, Operator Collective, Cynthia Ringo, Eric VER Ploeg, Frederic LE Brun, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Galileo Partners, Matthieu Baret, Renaud Poulard | Announced |
| Jul 1, 2013 | $22M Series C | Iris Capital, Doug Carlisle | David Ibnale, Canaan Partners, Operator Collective, Cynthia Ringo, Eric VER Ploeg, FSN PME, Galileo Partners, Idinvest Partners, Omnes Capital | Announced |
| Feb 25, 2011 | $7M Series B | Matthieu Baret | Jerome Lecat, Cape, Galileo | Announced |
| Jun 7, 2010 | $5M Series A | Renaud Poulard, Francois Duliege | — | Announced |