Top Software Defined Storage startups
There are 153 Software Defined Storage startups which include Nutanix, DataCore, Scality, VAST Data, Lightbits. Out of these, 78 startups are funded, with 53 having secured Series A+ funding. United States has the most number of companies in Software Defined Storage (85), followed by China
(12), and then India (9).
Over the past 10 years, an average of 2 new companies have been launched annually. Notably, several of these startups have been founded by alumni of Technion Israel Institute Technology, Tel Aviv University and Harvard University.
Here is the list of top Software Defined Storage Startups
1. Nutanix
AI powered cloud management software for enterprises. It provides visibility into private and public cloud spending. The platform generates cloud consumption reports that allow users to allocate untagged spending and set budget alerts. Features include disaster recovery, file storage, network security, and more.
Key facts about Nutanix
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: San Jose (United States)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $317M
- Investors: Goldman Sachs, Sapphire Ventures and 32 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Aug 27, 2020, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 75/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 5 of 903 Competitors
2. DataCore
Software defined storage and storage virtualization. It offers software specializing in storage virtualization, storage management, and storage networking based on the principles of Software-defined storage. It has customers worldwide and through its network of trained solution providers.
Key facts about DataCore
- Founded Year: 1998
- Location: Fort Lauderdale (United States)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $120M
- Investors: Vistara Growth, Updata and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jul 16, 2024, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 68/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 1 of 13 Competitors

3. Scality
Cloud based platform offering software defined storage solutions for enterprises. It provides a storage platform that delivers high IO under parallel load and high throughput for large files with features that are traditionally found on high end SAN, such as data persistence through replication and checksum, geo redundancy, snapshot, automatic tiering, and automatic garbage collection. In addition, It supports multiple ways to connect to applications, including HTTP REST, RS2 API, and FUSE.
Key facts about Scality
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $149M
- Investors: Menlo Ventures, Idinvest Partners and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Jun 16, 2023, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 65/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 3 of 150 Competitors
4. VAST Data
Developer of an operating system unifying storage, database, and compute. The system orchestrates application runtime, providing an environment for artificial intelligence to learn and act. The architecture delivers parallelism for scale and performance, feeding GPU clusters. It delivers reliability, resiliency, and security with access controls and auditability.
Key facts about VAST Data
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series F
- Total Funding till date: $841M
- Investors: Access Industries, Fidelity Investments and 25 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Mar 10, 2026, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 64/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 2 of 194 Competitors
5. Lightbits
Lightbits Labs is a cloud and NVMe based SSD software provider. It offers solutions such as NVMe SSDs, IOPS architecture, data striping, independent scaling, auto capacity scale, optimized IO applications, cluster management, failover handling, data control paths, data replications management, cliental transparency, and network infrastructure management. Clients include Data Storage Science, Fortune 500 SaaS cloud service provider, NVM Express, and Packet.
Key facts about Lightbits
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: San Jose (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $100M
- Investors: Dell Technologies Capital, Atreides Management and 15 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jun 28, 2022, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 64/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 5 of 150 Competitors