Plakar, an open source backup and recovery platform, announces the general availability of its first stable release, accompanied by a $3 million pre-seed funding round led by Seedcamp. This round includes participation from leading venture capital firms such as HelloWorld, IrregularExpression, Galion.exe, Kima Ventures, OPRTRS, and renowned angel investors, including Olivier Pomel (Datadog), Solomon Hykes (Docker), and Alexandre Yazdi (Voodoo).
Plakar’s modern architecture enables users to protect and orchestrate diverse data types across a diverse set of environments quickly, reliably, and resource-efficiently. Plakar doesn’t just store files; it preserves the full context of applications and AI pipelines. It de-duplicates and compresses data online, encrypts it end-to-end, and organizes it into a structured, searchable repository.
Unlike traditional backup solutions, where data becomes a dormant cost, Plakar transforms backup storage into an active and valuable resource. Its architecture enables seamless reuse of protected data for production workflows, such as AI model training, data analytics, compliance auditing, or offloading intensive tasks from production systems, thereby harnessing new operational efficiencies and accelerating innovation.
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“With Plakar, we provide an open-source solution that simplifies backup and recovery processes while making enterprise-grade data resilience accessible to businesses of all sizes,” said Julien Mangeard, co-founder and CEO of Plakar. “This product launch, coupled with this funding announcement, marks a major milestone in our development, and we are thrilled to embark on this journey with the support of such renowned partners and investors.”
“At a time when AI systems are generating and processing unprecedented volumes of data, ensuring the integrity and security of that data is paramount,” said Sia Houchangnia, Partner at Seedcamp. “Plakar’s approach of combining open source flexibility with enterprise-class features aligns with our belief in empowering developers and businesses with accessible, reliable, and effective tools.”
Plakar’s engine, called Kloset, transforms each backup into a compact, self-contained, and immutable data unit that travels with its own structure, metadata, and encryption. Like a container for data, it eliminates the need for coordination or external dependencies, enabling fast, secure, and portable backups in any environment, whether local files or distributed systems in the cloud.
Plakar’s end-to-end workflow makes every backup lean, secure, and instantly recoverable with the following features:
- Data Collection : Immutable, content-aware snapshots capture incremental versions of datasets and model checkpoints to keep experiments fully reproducible while reducing redundant storage by up to 90%.
- Data visualization : Snapshots are searchable, navigable, and verifiable without restoration, and restorations are instant and faithful.
- Data Security : Plakar uses the same end-to-end encryption to ensure compliance with strict data protection regulations.
- Resource efficiency : By combining advanced deduplication and compression techniques, Plakar minimizes storage requirements, allowing for more restore points with less space.
- Interoperability : Plakar seamlessly integrates with various storage environments, including cloud storage, S3-compatible solutions, on-premises servers, NAS, SAN, tape drives, and Kubernetes volumes.
With this new funding, Plakar plans to expand its engineering team to accelerate feature development and improve the platform’s scalability. The company also aims to grow its customer base by targeting AI-focused startups and enterprises looking for efficient, secure, and reproducible data management solutions.
Source: BusinessWire