CTERA, a leader in hybrid cloud data management, secures $80million in primary and secondary funding from PSG Equity, a leading growth equity firm focused on software and technology-enabled services companies.
As part of the transaction, Ronen Nir, Managing Director at PSG, has joined CTERA’s board of directors alongside existing shareholders Benchmark, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Red Dot Capital Partners.
It, named the top Leader and Outperformer in the GigaOm Distributed Cloud File Storage Radar for three consecutive years, combines an edge-accelerated global file system across public and private cloud environments with AI-based ransomware protection and data intelligence services. CTERA is at the core of hybrid cloud initiatives at some of the world’s largest banks, healthcare organizations, global media groups, and government agencies, in deployments that scale to tens of petabytes.
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Unstructured data is a critical component of any enterprise storage strategy, representing about 80% of organizational data distributed across branch offices, endpoints, on-premises, and cloud data centers. Within this space, hybrid cloud file storage is one of the fastest-growing segments. According to Gartner®, “By 2027, 60% of I&O leaders will implement hybrid cloud file deployments, up from 20% in early 2023.”1
The proliferation of AI technology helps make unstructured data management more crucial than ever before, as data access is needed not only for users and applications but also for AI workflows. The new enterprise AI platforms depend on timely access to corporate data for training models and for augmented data retrieval to ensure relevance and accuracy.
Liran Eshel, Founder and Chairman of the Board of CTERA said, “We believe CTERA is setting the standard for the modern hybrid data platform, with military-certified security and unparalleled performance, The strategic partnership with PSG will enable us to further drive our expansion while delivering top service to our customers, and implement our vision for AI data services.”
Ronen Nir, Managing Director, PSG said, “This investment is evidence of CTERA’s robust business model and the opportunity it represents,” “We are excited to partner with CTERA as they embark on capturing, what we believe will be an inflection point in the hybrid cloud data market, leveraging both organic and inorganic opportunities to strengthen CTERA’s position and deliver even greater value to its customers.”
About CTERA
CTERA is a leading hybrid cloud data platform that provides a cloud-native global file system over public and private object storage, with a rich data services ecosystem that enables enterprises to help gain control of their data for optimal edge performance, data insight, and governance.
