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Best Enterprise Storage Companies in Canada

The 46 best Enterprise Storage companies in Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Rewind.

46companies tracked
$132.1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
11have raised
Sources & further reading
  • Enterprise storage market knocked by COVID-19, but may bounce back
  • ‘India can leapfrog to flash-based storage’
  • Enterprise storage: Trends and predictions

Ranked: Best Enterprise Storage companies in Canada

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Rewind
Cloud based enterprise data backup management software
67Tech top 21%Funding top 31%Moat top 31%Growth top 45%
All 8 signals ▾
Techtop 21%
Fundingtop 31%
Moattop 31%
Growthtop 45%
AItop 45%
Markettop 49%
Talentbottom 49%
Globalbottom 39%
Tech: 66 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services
Funding: Raised $89.9M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 6 yrs (0.5/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100
$90M45 mo agoSeries BJames C
Co-Founder & CTO
2015WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+47——
2Clickfree
Limited information available
$25M192 mo agoSeries ABryan McLeod
CEO
2005Cart FunctionalityShopifyShop Pay+22——
3Sekur Private Data
Provider of cybersecurity, data management, and IT solution services
72Growth top 15%Partners top 18%Product top 18%Innovation top 23%
All 9 signals ▾
Growthtop 15%
Partnerstop 18%
Producttop 18%
Innovationtop 23%
Newstop 25%
Fundingtop 35%
Marketbottom 48%
Talentbottom 42%
Globalbottom 25%
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Partners: 5 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 5 deals
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100
$5M7 mo agoPublicAlain Ghiai
Founder & CEO
2012———
4iWeb
Cloud hosting, server hosting and virtualization
$4M215 mo agoAcquired—1996———
5Swan Chain
AI-based computing and decentralized applications
24AI top 45%Tech top 48%Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 42%
All 6 signals ▾
AItop 45%
Techtop 48%
Talentbottom 49%
Fundingbottom 42%
Globalbottom 38%
Marketbottom 25%
AI: Product described with: ai-based
Tech: 21 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100
$4M22 mo agoSeedCharles Cao
Co-Founder & CEO
2021GitBookNode.jsReact+10——
6ColdStack
Cloud & AI-based decentralized data storage management solution provider
$2M63 mo agoSeed—2020SentryReactlit-html+10——
7Functionland
Blockchain based networked attached storage
$1M52 mo agoSeedEhsan Shariati
Founder
2021WordPressMySQLPHP+13—4 launchs
8Geminare
Recovery as a Service
$500K192 mo agoAcqui-Hired—2006—10 patents
Fault‑tolerant data and application continuity solutions for high‑availability computing systems.
—
9N-able
Provider of cybersecurity and IT management solutions for MSPs and IT
$367K61 mo agoPublic—2000WordPressSentryApple iCloud Mail+40—1 launch · 1 expansion

Top 11 Enterprise Storage companies in Canada

#1
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2012
$5.5Mraised
▾

Provider of cybersecurity, data management, and IT solution services

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 15%
Partners
top 18%
Product
top 18%
Innovation
top 23%
News
top 25%
Funding
top 35%
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Partners: 5 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 5 deals
Product: 9 product launch events in 12 mo, 2 the year before · Company stage: Public
Audience (LinkedIn): 984 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Post IPO$1.1M
  • Jun 2025Post IPO$1.1M
  • May 2025Post IPO$50.2K
  • Apr 2025Post IPO$76.1K
Founders & team
Alain GhiaiFounder & CEO
#2
Seed · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2021
$3.9Mraised
▾

AI-based computing and decentralized applications. It offers a layer two blockchain for AI computing and AI integration with comprehensive storage solutions. It also offers cross-chain infrastructure for Web3 projects integrating data, computing, and payment into one suite.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 24how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 45%
Tech
top 48%
Talent
bottom 49%
Funding
bottom 42%
Global
bottom 38%
Market
bottom 25%
AI: Product described with: ai-based
Tech: 21 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Hsts, Http/3
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Seed$850K
  • Jan 2023Seed$3M
Founders & team
Charles CaoCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Binance, SNZ, Waterdrip Capital, FBG Capital, Protocol Labs, UHV
#3
Series B · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2015 · 105 employees
$89.9Mraised
▾

Cloud based enterprise data backup management software. It provides features that include backup rewind, CSV file management, third party application integration, data restoration, account level access management, data security management, and compliance audit management.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 21%
Funding
top 31%
Moat
top 31%
Growth
top 45%
AI
top 45%
Market
top 49%
Tech: 66 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services · Observability: New Relic, Sentry
Funding: Raised $89.9M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 6 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Series B (Nov 2022)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 29k LinkedIn followers — 22.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2022Series B$10M
  • Sep 2021Series B$65M
  • Jan 2021Series A$14.9M
  • 2020Seed—
Founders & team
James CCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Inovia Capital, Ridge Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, FundFire, ScaleUP Ventures, Mistral
Tech stack
AdaAhrefsAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAtlassian StatuspageBootstrap
#4
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2005
$25Mraised
▾

Limited information available

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2010Series A$15M
  • Apr 2009Series A$10M
Founders & team
Bryan McLeodCEO
Investors
Tandem Expansion Fund, Jefferson Partners, Intel Capital, Plaza Ventures
Tech stack
Apple PayBazaarvoice ReviewsCart FunctionalityCloudflareCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#5
Acquired · Montreal, Montreal · founded 1996 · 92 employees
$4.3Mraised
▾

iweb is offers cloud solutions ranging from colocation in data centers to infrastructure as a service solution. Its solutions in the cloud are compute environment, Microsoft private cloud, virtualization, and dedicated cloud services. It also provides solutions in storage such as networked or block storage, back up and disaster recovery. iweb also operates in network space with products and services in website security, CDN, firewalls, virtual private rack, and performance networking.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2008Conventional Debt$22M
  • Feb 2008Conventional Debt$1M
  • Nov 2007Series A$4.3M
  • Apr 2007Conventional Debt$1.3M
Investors
BMO, National Bank Financial Wealth Management, Stifel, Cormark Securities, Goldman Sachs, Angel Street Capital
Tech stack
DrupalCart FunctionalityPhpGoogle AdsUpsGoogle Ads Conversion Tracking
#6
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2021 · 14 employees
$1.1Mraised
▾

Blockchain based networked attached storage. The platform offers blockchain attached storage solutions that enable members to share storage and CPU power with others. The software sets up, creates instant backups, syncs with the devices, and gives users access to a new open source platform. It offers customizable storage solutions that allow members to extend the storage or CPU power of the Box.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 4 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2022Seed—
  • Jan 2022Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
Ehsan ShariatiFounder
Investors
Techstars, Outlier Ventures, Protocol Labs, Master, Delta Blockchain Fund, Tenzor Capital
#7
Seed · Canada · founded 2020 · 11 employees
$1.6Mraised
▾

Cloud & AI-based decentralized data storage management solution provider. Features include cloud aggregator management, API integration management, data storage management, cloud data migration, NFT support management, built-in file management, digital asset storage management, NFT marketplace, cryptographically verification management, hybrid dataset management, cold storage management, AI-based pipeline management, and etc.

Funding rounds
  • May 2021ICO$1.6M
  • Apr 2021Seed—
Investors
DFG, Vendetta Capital, Tenzor Capital, Hash Ventures, JRR, Meta Deposit Fund
#8
Public · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2000 · 1567 employees
$367.5Kraised
▾

Provider of cybersecurity and IT management solutions for MSPs and IT. The company offers endpoint management, data protection, and security operations. These solutions aim to minimize risk, reduce attack impact, and maintain business continuity. The offerings include remote monitoring and management, backup and disaster recovery, and email security.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 75k LinkedIn followers — 59.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2021PE—
  • May 2021Grant (prize money)$50.4K
  • Nov 2020Grant (prize money)$37.1K
  • Mar 2020Grant (prize money)$29.4K
Investors
Accel-KKR, Europa, CPP Investments, Laurence Capital, Silver Lake, VenVest Capital
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAngularApple Icloud MailAura
#9
Acqui-Hired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2006 · 20 employees
$500Kraised
▾

Geminare enables companies to transition existing licensed-based software into Cloud-based Recovery as a Service offerings through its patented CORE Platform. The CORE Platform is a cloud-hosted software platform that can rapidly transition Enterprise software from on-premises solutions to Cloud-enabled services.The company also offers tools for Cloud management platform with DRaaS on VCloud and Google App engine.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2010Seed$500K
Investors
MaRS IAF, BEST Funds, Tier One Capital
#10
Acqui-Hired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2012 · 9 employees
—raised
▾

HTBase is providing a software-defined application 'HTVCenter' which combines storage, compute and networking into one solution providing the efficiency of a converged infrastructure. HTVCenter being hardware agnostic can be deployed on any storage appliance and has integration with all major open source and commercial storage technologies.

Funding rounds
  • May 2017Seed—
Investors
NorthSpring Capital Partners, MaRS Discovery District, Canadian Technology Accelerator, Good News Ventures, Service Ventures
Tech stack
Adobe Experience ManagerJavaUnixYoutubeOpensslApache Http Server
#11
Deadpooled · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2013 · 3 employees
—raised
▾

ioFabric develops flash-enabled storage virtualization software, scaling through low-cost hardware purchases. Its product vicinity provides on-demand QoS based storage automation for distributed storage. The company provides its product on an annual subscription-based model and aims to deliver Storage as a Service across the sector. The company has won the most innovative enterprise at the flash memory summit.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2015Seed—
Investors
Real Ventures, MaRS Discovery District

Funding & investor landscape

$132.1Mtotal disclosed funding
9companies funded
36disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
MaRS Discovery District2 rounds
Outlier Ventures2 rounds
Protocol Labs2 rounds
Tenzor Capital2 rounds
Accel-KKR1 rounds
Andreessen Horowitz1 rounds
Angel Street Capital1 rounds
Atlassian1 rounds
BEST Funds1 rounds
BMO1 rounds

Notable founders

Alain Ghiai
Founder & CEO · Sekur Private Data
Charles Cao
Co-Founder & CEO · Swan Chain
James C
Co-Founder & CTO · Rewind
Bryan McLeod
CEO · Clickfree
Ehsan Shariati
Founder · Functionland
Prism market signals · Canada · country-scoped Prism corpus, 48,091 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Enterprise Storage coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Canada

How research on Memory & Storage Tech is moving in Canada

A read on the academic research around Memory & Storage Tech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 162 Canada-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820182025
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 37% → 61% across 2008–2025.
top research entities
  • University of Toronto21
  • University of Alberta16
  • University of Waterloo15
  • University of British Columbia12
  • Ministry of Education11
leading researchers
Jie Han · Fabrizio Lombardi · Ramon Lawrence · Tianzheng Wang · Duo Liu · Yi Wang · Pilin Junsangsri · Zili Shao
▲ Breakthroughs78 · 48%
▲ 43%→64% share
▲1.5× share momentum8 median citations35% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (43%→64% of field), led by Optoelectronics.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Optoelectronics4→8
  • Neuromorphic engineering1→4
  • Memristor3→4
Newly emergingFerroelectricity 0→8
Landmark Bztree · 90 cites
◆ Advancements63 · 39%
▼ 40%→24% share
▼0.6× share momentum3 median citations29% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (40%→24% of field), led by Non-volatile memory.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Non-volatile memory21
  • Optoelectronics14
  • Flash memory11
  • Flash (photography)10
  • Memristor6
Landmark Existence of Resistive Switching Memory and Negative Differential Resistance State in Self-Colored MoS2/ZnO H · 62 cites
▼ Concerns10 · 6%
▼ 9%→6% share
▼0.7× share momentum0 median citations30% since 2021mostly position pieces
Concerns are cooling (9%→6% of field), led by Flash (photography).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Flash (photography)5
  • Non-volatile memory4
  • NAND gate3
  • Flash file system3
  • Flash memory emulator3
Landmark Building high-performance smartphones via non-volatile memory · 51 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Canada

Where memory storage is researched across Canada

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Vancouver22 · +0.50
Hot · Resistive random-access memoryAdvancing · Flash file systemOpportunity · Thin filmConcern · Non-volatile memory
Toronto21 · +0.60
Hot · NAND gateAdvancing · Flash memoryOpportunity · Dot product
Edmonton/Calgary18 · +0.71
Hot · Static random-access memoryAdvancing · Computer hardwareOpportunity · Ferroelectricity
Waterloo/Hamilton16 · +0.75
Hot · OptoelectronicsAdvancing · Non-volatile memory
Montreal11 · +0.63
Hot · OptoelectronicsAdvancing · Nanotechnology
Ottawa/Kingston7 · +0.86
Hot · TransistorAdvancing · Optoelectronics
PATENT SIGNAL · Canada

Who's filing memory storage patents in Canada

Canada memory storage patent filing is cooling — 96 filings from 81 assignees (2016–2024), led by Mosaid Technologies, Intel, KIM Jin-ki; annual filings 21→3.

96 filings81 assigneespeak 21/yr2016–2024
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2024)
top patent filers
  • Mosaid Technologies292
  • Intel96
  • KIM Jin-ki56
  • Sidense30
  • Pyeon HONG BEOM16
  • ATI Technologies ULC13
  • Mosaid TECH12
  • Research IN Motion9

Common questions

How many Enterprise Storage companies are there in Canada?
Radar tracks 46 indexable Enterprise Storage companies headquartered in Canada that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Enterprise Storage companies in Canada?
The Enterprise Storage companies in Canada on this list have raised a combined $132.1M in disclosed equity funding across 9 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Enterprise Storage company in Canada?
Rewind is the highest-funded Enterprise Storage company in Canada, with $89.9M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Enterprise Storage companies in Canada are funded?
9 of the 46 Enterprise Storage companies in Canada on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Enterprise Storage unicorns are there in Canada?
None of the Enterprise Storage companies in Canada on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Canada Enterprise Storage companies?
The most active investors in Canada Enterprise Storage companies on this list include MaRS Discovery District, Outlier Ventures, Protocol Labs, Tenzor Capital, Accel-KKR.
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