US-based cloud-to-cloud backup service Backupify was acquired by backup and disaster recovery service Datto for an undisclosed sum on Thursday, allowing security software provider Symantec to exit.
Backupify had raised $19.5m across five funding rounds, including $9m from a 2012 series C round featuring Symantec. The company’s other investors included General Catalyst Partners, Lowercase Capital, Avalon Ventures, First Round and a host of angel investors.
Backupify enables users to back up data from one cloud storage provider to another, ensuring files are safe even when they are accidentally deleted from one cloud backup.
Datto meanwhile is able to create a virtual instance of a company’s computer infrastructure within seconds when surrounding physical infrastructure fails or is damaged, meaning the company can keep functioning normally.
Backupify will continue to operate as a separate company but will move backups away from third-party cloud platform Amazon Web Services to Datto’s data centres. The two companies will also work together to offer customers a complete platform of data protection.