

Which is notable given the sheer heft of many tech companies we’ve seen go public lately. That means that Backblaze is going public as a non-unicorn. Quick extrapolation indicates that at the top end of its price range, Backblaze’s IPO could value the storage firm at $684.3 million. Notably the company’s fully diluted valuation is quite a bit higher, with Renaissance Capital reporting that at $16 per share, Backblaze’s valuation inclusive of shares that have been earned, if not yet exercised via options or similar, to be $644 million. And it has, namely an S-1/A filing indicating that the company expects to price its IPO between $15 and $17 per share.Īt its IPO price range and 28,545,893 shares expected to be outstanding after its IPO, Backblaze is worth $428.2 million to $485.3 million. Since it was smaller in revenue terms than most tech companies going public these days, we deferred on judging its worth until Backblaze itself provided some guidance.
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But when it came to pricing, we had little idea of how to value the company.

With a central core of content to help power customer acquisition and a huge swath of customers, it was an interesting cloud storage play.

When Backblaze first filed to go public, TechCrunch found it a compelling company.
