Runa Capital Led $2 Million Investment In BackupAgent

Online, March 18, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Venture Capital firm Runa Capital has led a $2 million investment round in BackupAgent, the leading provider of cloud backup technology from The Netherlands. The rapidly growing company sold a minority stake and obtained access to Runa Capital's unique network in hosting universe for strengthening global market presence. Also, the investment will help with further development of its software platform with a central, browser-based management interface to manage all backups across cloud services and devices in company networks. Previous investor Solid Ventures also participated in the financing.

"The market opportunity for cloud backup is huge, and BackupAgent has built an impressive technology platform to best serve this sector. Having strong business leadership within its headquarters in the Netherlands and an exceptional team of engineers in Ukraine, BackupAgent is a very attractive investment for us. It fits perfect with Runa Capital's mission to serve as an accelerator for the hosting and cloud industry, allowing us to further enhance our ecosystem for internet service providers", said Dmitry Chikhachev, Managing Partner of Runa Capital. "We are confident that our market and technical experience gained from building Parallels and Acronis will accelerate BackupAgent's growth towards global market leadership".

"It is exceptional to find a VC with such an extensive experience in the technology and products in fast growing markets like ours. Runa Capital entrepreneurial DNA includes strong backup experiences and a wealth of market knowledge in the service provider industry which we will greatly benefit from," according to Roland Sars and Robbert van Geldrop, Founders of BackupAgent. "Runa Capital's team supports our vision is that data will be scattered across mobile devices, cloud services and company networks and business owners will require a backup solution that covers them all. Our next generation backup technology will anticipate this market development".

About BackupAgent
BackupAgent is a privately held company with headquarters in Delft, Netherlands. The cloud backup technology of BackupAgent is used by over 400 service providers, hosting companies and telcos in over 50 countries worldwide. BackupAgent was ranked 8th on the Deloitte Fast 50, the list of the fastest growing technology companies. The company's growth is guaranteed by developing a unique innovative solution and a successful partner model. More about BackupAgent: www.backupagent.com

About Runa Capital
Runa Capital is $135 mln technology-focused venture capital firm whose investments have created or incubated companies with more than US$10 billion in assets. It was established to seek growth opportunities in the rapidly growing areas of the tech sector, with specific focus on cloud computing and other hosted services, virtualization and mobile applications. The key execution point is to select promising teams and drive and support them in the global marketplace, turning them into international champions. More about Runa Capital: www.runacap.com