When was Memblaze founded?

Memblaze was founded in 2011 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is Memblaze located?

Memblaze is headquartered in Beijing, China.

How many employees does Memblaze have?

As of Jul 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Memblaze is 95.

Is Memblaze a funded company?

Memblaze is a funded company, having raised a total of $53.5M across 5 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series A round, raised on Jul 26, 2012.

When was the latest funding round of Memblaze?

Memblaze's latest funding was a $***** Series E round on Mar 01, 2021, with participation from 1 investor. Its primary sector is Enterprise Storage. In China, the Enterprise Storage sector has seen $14.7M in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Memblaze rank among its competitors?

Memblaze ranks 8th amongst 115 active competitors, of which 16 are funded. It stands 4th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Open Drives, which secured an undisclosed amount in Jan, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Memblaze?

Memblaze's top competitors include Seagate, SanDisk and EMC. Among them, Open Drives secured the most recent funding round in January, 2026.

Memblaze - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Memblaze is an innovations company around solid state drives based on PCIe. In 2011, Memblaze worked on NAND based flash and they have developed their native flash accelerator which is used today in PBlaze line of products. Key features of their products are hot pluggability, write speeds upto 2.5GB/sec, temperature protection etc. Earlier this year memblaze also released 'FlashRAID', a data protection and storage management system developed for NVMe SSD.

Website: memblaze.com
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Founded Year

2011

Location

Beijing, China

Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$53.5M in 5 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series E, Mar 01, 2021, $*****

Investors

Infinity Group & 15 more

Ranked

8^th among 115 active competitors

Employee Count

95 as on Jul 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Seagate & 105 more

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Memblaze has raised a total funding of $53.5M over 5 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jul 26, 2012. Its latest funding round was a Series E round on Mar 01, 2021 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Memblaze has 16 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Memblaze:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Mar 01, 2021	1530976	Series E	9687504	3042673	9096271	1815642
Nov 16, 2020	8748447	Series D	8515325	5825074	6516933	Tongyou Technology & 4 more
Dec 21, 2015	2094163	Series C	8021390	5421269	3172408	General Technology Venture Capital & 1 more

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The founders of Memblaze are Xiangfeng Lu and XueBing Yin.

Here are the details of Memblaze's key team members:

Xiangfeng Lu: Co-Founder & CTO of Memblaze.
XueBing Yin: Co-Founder of Memblaze.

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Memblaze's employee count trend

Memblaze has 95 employees as of Jul 26. Here is Memblaze's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Memblaze include Seagate, SanDisk and EMC. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Memblaze, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Seagate 1979, Scotts Valley (United States), Public	Manufacturer of data storage solutions including hard drives and SSDs	-	August Capital, Silver Lake & 15 others	78/100
2nd	SanDisk 1988, Milpitas (United States), Public	Manufacturer of solid state drives, memory cards, and flash drives	-	Endeavour Vision, Oak Investment Partners ... & 5 others	78/100
3rd	EMC 1979, Hopkinton (United States), Acquired	Dell India: Computers, monitors, and technology solutions provider	-	Norwest, GTCR	67/100
4th	Open Drives 2011, Santa Monica (United States), Series B	Enterprise data management and storage solutions provider enabling data-intensive workflows	$35M	IAG Capital Partners, Tull Investment & 4 others	61/100
5th	Cavium Networks 2001, San Jose (United States), Acquired	Intelligent networks using ARM and MIPS processors	$77.5M	Alliance Venture, Saints Capital & 8 others	57/100
6th	Swissbit 2001, Bronschhofen (Switzerland), Acquired	Manufacturer of industrial storage and security products for embedded applications	-	-	52/100
7th	CNEX 2013, San Jose (United States), Series E	NVMe controller for SSDs with PCIe	$122M	Dell Technologies Capital, M12 & 14 others	51/100
8th	Memblaze 2011, Beijing (China), Series E	Solid state memory innovator	$53.5M	Qualcomm Ventures, SBVA & 14 others	50/100
9th	Anobit 2006, Herzliya (Israel), Acquired	Provider of flash storage systems for enterprises	$72M	Dell Technologies Capital, Western Digital Cptl ... & 3 others	48/100
10th	Solidigm 2021, San Jose (United States), Funding Raised	Direct attached enterprise storage solutions	-	-	46/100