As his fast-growing tech firm continues its rapid scaleup journey, Ottawa’s Mike Potter says he welcomes the heightened expectations that come with making a market splash.
Potter, the CEO of data protection software firm Rewind, makes his point using an example from another business where there’s a lot on the line: professional sports.
The engineer-turned-entrepreneur recently watched an episode of the Netflix documentary series
The Playbook that focused on Doc Rivers, the new coach of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers. Rivers’s philosophy of dealing with pressure instantly hit home with Potter.
“His attitude is exactly what I want my company to take, which is, you embrace (pressure),” says the rising tech exec, who co-founded Rewind with software engineer James Ciesielski.
Ottawa cloud backup startup Rewind raises $19 million CAD Series A
Ottawa-based Rewind has closed a $19 million CAD ($15 million USD) Series A round of financing as it looks to capitalize on and expand its “backup-as-a-service” business.
The almost six-year-old startup has developed a platform that helps businesses backup and restore (if needed) their software-as-a-service (SaaS) and cloud data.
The Series A round represents significant financing for the startup as it looks to grow its customer base within the platforms it currently operates on, like Shopify and BigCommerce, as well as new platforms like Trello.
“Rewind provides solutions that are pivotal to the growth and proper utility of the cloud.”