When was Quobyte founded?

Quobyte was founded in 2013 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is Quobyte located?

Quobyte is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

How many employees does Quobyte have?

As of Jul 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Quobyte is 22.

Is Quobyte a funded company?

Quobyte is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round, a Series A round on Sep 16, 2014.

When was the latest funding round of Quobyte?

Quobyte's latest funding was a $***** Series A round on Sep 16, 2014, with participation from 2 investors. Its primary sector is Enterprise Storage. Globally, the Enterprise Storage sector has seen $983M in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Quobyte rank among its competitors?

Quobyte ranks 37th amongst 137 active competitors, of which 37 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was VAST Data, which secured $500M in Mar, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Quobyte?

Quobyte's top competitors include DDN, Nutanix and DataCore. Among them, VAST Data secured the most recent funding round in March, 2026.

Quobyte - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Quobyte is a series A company based in Berlin (Germany), founded in 2013 by Felix Hupfeld, Bjorn Kolbeck and Jan Stender. It operates as a Cloud-based software-defined storage infrastructure. Quobyte has raised an undisclosed amount in funding from Target Partners and HTGF. The company has 137 active competitors, including 37 funded and 19 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like DDN, Nutanix and DataCore.

Company Details

Cloud-based software-defined storage infrastructure. It converts servers into horizontal software-defined storage infrastructure. It decouples configuration and operations from hardware and offers a complete file system, full distribution running on any commodity hardware. The clients include AIRBUS, MX1, SysEleven, and more.

Website: www.quobyte.com/
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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2013

Location

Berlin, Germany

Stage

Series A

Latest Funding Round

Series A, Sep 16, 2014, $*****

Investors

Target Partners & 4 more

Ranked

37^th among 137 active competitors

Employee Count

22 as on Jul 31, 2026

Similar Companies

DDN & 80 more

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Quobyte is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Quobyte GmbH CIN: HRB149012B , Germany, Active	Apr 07, 2013	-	15 (As on Dec 31, 2021)

Quobyte has raised funding over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Sep 16, 2014 for $*****. 2 investors participated in its latest round. Quobyte has 5 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Quobyte:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Sep 16, 2014	7690473	Series A	8525316	2873974	3986574	3603391

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The founders of Quobyte are Felix Hupfeld, Bjorn Kolbeck and Jan Stender.

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

Felix Hupfeld: Co-Founder of Quobyte. They serve on the board of 1 company.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Bjorn Kolbeck: Co-Founder & CEO of Quobyte. They serve on the board of 1 company.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Jan Stender: Co-Founder of Quobyte. They serve on the board of 1 company.

Quobyte's Board of Directors

Quobyte's board has 3 active members. Felix Hupfeld, Bjorn Kolbeck and Jan Stender are part of team.

Here is the list of Quobyte's board of directors:

Name	Type	Representing	Status	Duration
Felix Hupfeld	Team	-	Current	13y 5m
Jan Stender	Team	-	Current	13y 5m
cwhmwvo	Team	-	Past	7y 5m

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Quobyte's employee count trend

Quobyte has 22 employees as of Jul 26. Here is Quobyte's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Quobyte include DDN, Nutanix and DataCore. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Quobyte, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	DDN 1998, Chatsworth (United States), Series B	Platform offering big data and HPC storage appliances for businesses	$310M	ClearLight Partners, Blackstone & 3 others	75/100
2nd	Nutanix 2009, San Jose (United States), Public	AI powered cloud management software for enterprises	$317M	Goldman Sachs, Sapphire Ventures & 32 others	75/100
3rd	DataCore 1998, Fort Lauderdale (United States), Series D	Software defined storage and storage virtualization	$120M	Vistara Growth, Updata & 5 others	68/100
4th	Scality 2009, San Francisco (United States), Series E	Cloud based platform offering software defined storage solutions for enterprises	$149M	Menlo Ventures, Idinvest Partners & 17 others	65/100
5th	VAST Data 2016, New York City (United States), Series F	Developer of an operating system unifying storage, database, and compute	$841M	Access Industries, Fidelity Investments & 25 others	64/100
6th	Lightbits 2016, San Jose (United States), Series C	Cloud and NVMe based SSD software provider	$100M	Dell Technologies Capital, Atreides Management ... & 15 others	64/100
7th	WEKA 2013, Campbell (United States), Series E	Provider of data storage software platforms for artificial intelligence workloads	$372M	Qualcomm Ventures, Generation Investment Management ... & 28 others	59/100
8th	XSKY 2015, Beijing (China), Series F	Open source distributed and cloud based system storage solutions	$284M	Broad Vision Funds, New Enterprise Associates ... & 13 others	57/100
9th	InCountry 2019, San Francisco (United States), Series B	Provider of data residency as a service for applications and identity	$50M	Mubadala, Caffeinated Capital & 12 others	57/100
10th	Scale Computing 2006, Indianapolis (United States), Acquired	Platform offering hyper converged infrastructure solutions	$215M	Benchmark, Morgan Stanley & 18 others	55/100
37th	Quobyte 2013, Berlin (Germany), Series A	Cloud-based software-defined storage infrastructure	-	Samsung Catalyst Fund, Alstin Capital & 3 others	39/100