Startup profile for Actifio: latest funding, latest known valuation, total disclosed funding, investors, status, sources, and why the company is interesting. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker startup directory.
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Actifio funding, valuation and investors

Copy data virtualization and disaster recovery — acquired by Google Cloud in 2020.

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Funding, valuation & investors

Answer-first snapshot

Latest funding

Series E

$100M · 2014

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$133M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

acquired

acquired · Waltham, Massachusetts

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Tiger Global Management

Other: Greylock Partners

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-07-25

Overview

Actifio provided copy data virtualization and disaster recovery software helping enterprises manage backup copies and business continuity in data centers. Google Cloud completed the acquisition in December 2020 per TechCrunch. Actifio raised through Series E ($100M, 2014, led by Tiger Global) and reached unicorn status before exit. Andreessen Horowitz led the Series C in 2011; Greylock also invested.

Why Actifio is interesting

Actifio pioneered copy-data management before Google Cloud acquired it — reached unicorn status on reducing backup storage sprawl, a16z-led Series C in 2011.

Product & use cases

Copy data virtualization platform — deduplicating and managing backup copies for disaster recovery and test/dev environments in enterprise data centers.

  • Reducing storage sprawl from redundant backup copies
  • Disaster recovery and business continuity orchestration
  • Test/dev environment provisioning from production copies

Key facts

  • Acquired by Google Cloud (Dec 2020) per TechCrunch
  • Series E (2014): $100M led by Tiger Global
  • Series C (2011): $33M led by a16z
  • Pioneer in copy-data management / backup virtualization

Funding history (newest first)

Series E

2014 $100M

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/02/google-acquires-actifio-to-step-into-the-area-of-data-management-and-business-continuity/

Series C

2011 $33M

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/02/google-acquires-actifio-to-step-into-the-area-of-data-management-and-business-continuity/

Investors in our directory

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Andreessen Horowitz Greylock Tiger Global Management

Competitive landscape

Edge: Pioneered copy-data management category before broad industry adoption — acquired for Google Cloud data management portfolio.

Copy-data management validated the category Actifio pioneered; Google acquisition ended independent competitive path. Legacy tech informs modern backup consolidation trends.

  • Cohesity direct

    Secondary storage and backup; post-Actifio era competitor.

  • Rubrik direct

    Cloud data management; overlapping backup modernization.

  • Veeam incumbent

    Backup and recovery incumbent.

Notable stories

  • Reached unicorn status on copy-data thesis before 2020 Google Cloud exit.
  • a16z Series C (2011) followed by Tiger-led Series E scaling to acquisition.

Industries

Enterprise SaaS Infrastructure & Cloud

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Copy data virtualization and disaster recovery — managing backup copies and business continuity.
a16z (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) led Series C; Greylock (/fund/greylock-partners) and Tiger Global (/fund/tiger-global-management) also backed the company.
Google Cloud acquired Actifio in December 2020.
Managing redundant backup copies efficiently — Actifio's core innovation reducing storage waste.
Both addressed backup modernization; Actifio acquired by Google, Cohesity remains independent.
Series E stage ($100M, 2014) before 2020 Google acquisition.
No — part of Google Cloud since Dec 2020.
Category pioneer in copy-data virtualization reaching unicorn status before strategic exit.
Google Cloud (Alphabet).
Waltham, Massachusetts.
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