HYCU
American software company
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HYCU, Inc. (pronounced /ˈhaɪkuː/) is an American software company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The company specializes in backup and disaster recovery software for on-premises, SaaS, and hybrid cloud environments.[1][2]
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Software, Data protection |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Founders | Simon Taylor, Goran Garevski |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Data protection and disaster recovery software |
Number of employees | 200+ (2024) |
| Website | hycu |
History
HYCU was established in 2018 as a spin-off from Comtrade Software, focusing on data protection technology initially developed for Nutanix environments.[3][4] Founded by Simon Taylor and Goran Garevski, the company became independently funded in 2018 and launched its Protégé platform for data protection and migration.[5]
The company expanded its offerings to support additional platforms, including Dell EMC, Google Cloud Platform, and Atlassian.[6][7] In 2021, HYCU secured $87.5 million in a Series A funding round, followed by a $53 million Series B round in 2022, bringing total funding to over $140 million.[8][9]
Products
HYCU’s primary platform, R-Cloud, provides automated backup, disaster recovery, and data migration across cloud and on-premises applications.[10] Its R-Graph tool offers visualization of data protection coverage across SaaS, cloud, and on-premises environments.[10]