Eight Roads Ventures

Eight Roads Ventures is a global venture capital firm and the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity International Limited (FIL). It targets technology-enabled companies across stages from early venture to growth and late-stage, with a focus on healthcare IT, information technology, software and services, fintech, consumer and enterprise technology, telecommunications, and related sectors. It operates internationally with offices in Europe (London) and Asia (Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Mumbai, Bengaluru) and partnerships in Israel, Singapore, and the United States, reflecting a broad geographic scope. It typically invests between modest seven-figures to tens of millions of dollars, seeks to lead or co-lead and often takes a board seat, supporting portfolio companies with strategic and operational expertise. The firm emphasizes long-standing partnerships and a hands-on approach, backed by FIL’s resources.

Umang Agarwal

Principal

Hiroki Ashida

Vice President

Daniel Auerbach

Senior Managing Partner, Asia

Vytautas Balsys

Partner

Helena Barman

Investor

Past deals in Storage Services

Cloudian

Venture Round in 2023
Cloudian is a company that specializes in file and object storage, particularly focusing on S3 object storage within data centers. It offers a hybrid cloud data management platform that allows customers to optimize data access, meet data sovereignty requirements, and reduce costs by consolidating information into a single, cloud-like environment. Cloudian's platform provides scalable and secure object storage for hybrid cloud deployments, enabling organizations to effectively manage and protect their data both on-premises and in the cloud. With its emphasis on data durability and user-friendly management tools, Cloudian aims to transform enterprise data into actionable insights while ensuring compatibility with the industry-standard S3 API.

Ruiyun Cold Chain

Seed Round in 2022
Ruiyun Cold Chain is a logistics service platform in China that specializes in cold chain transportation. Utilizing innovative domestic technology, the company offers comprehensive, digital, end-to-end cold chain integration services. Its proprietary platform, which includes Lengyunbao, a unique carrier-type online trading system, facilitates a seamless online experience for transactions, delivery, settlement, and tax collection. By fostering interaction and collaboration within a social cold chain network, Ruiyun Cold Chain effectively links industry resources with customer demand, helping businesses optimize operational efficiency and achieve significant reductions in logistics costs, typically between 10% and 15%.

TenaFe

Series B in 2021
TenaFe develops SSD controller technology for data storage solutions across client devices, data centers, and emerging edge environments. Based in Campbell, California, the company relies on patented technology to deliver reliability, performance, and energy-efficient SSDs for devices ranging from connected gadgets to personal computers and data centers, enabling improved storage reliability and energy efficiency.

Ruiyun Cold Chain

Seed Round in 2021
Ruiyun Cold Chain is a logistics service platform in China that specializes in cold chain transportation. Utilizing innovative domestic technology, the company offers comprehensive, digital, end-to-end cold chain integration services. Its proprietary platform, which includes Lengyunbao, a unique carrier-type online trading system, facilitates a seamless online experience for transactions, delivery, settlement, and tax collection. By fostering interaction and collaboration within a social cold chain network, Ruiyun Cold Chain effectively links industry resources with customer demand, helping businesses optimize operational efficiency and achieve significant reductions in logistics costs, typically between 10% and 15%.

Ruiyun Cold Chain

Angel Round in 2021
Ruiyun Cold Chain is a logistics service platform in China that specializes in cold chain transportation. Utilizing innovative domestic technology, the company offers comprehensive, digital, end-to-end cold chain integration services. Its proprietary platform, which includes Lengyunbao, a unique carrier-type online trading system, facilitates a seamless online experience for transactions, delivery, settlement, and tax collection. By fostering interaction and collaboration within a social cold chain network, Ruiyun Cold Chain effectively links industry resources with customer demand, helping businesses optimize operational efficiency and achieve significant reductions in logistics costs, typically between 10% and 15%.

TenaFe

Series A in 2020
TenaFe develops SSD controller technology for data storage solutions across client devices, data centers, and emerging edge environments. Based in Campbell, California, the company relies on patented technology to deliver reliability, performance, and energy-efficient SSDs for devices ranging from connected gadgets to personal computers and data centers, enabling improved storage reliability and energy efficiency.

MayaData

Venture Round in 2020
MayaData, Inc. is a developer of virtualized file and block storage software solutions specifically designed for private cloud, backup, file sharing, and archival applications. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Jose, California, with additional offices in Reading, United Kingdom, and Bengaluru, India, the company offers products such as ElastiStor 2.0, a ZFS-based storage solution that enhances management and performance in cloud environments, and OpenEBS.io, an open-source project focused on containerized storage. MayaData's MDAP commercial offering facilitates the adoption of stateful workloads in Kubernetes environments, leveraging OpenEBS and other tools to provide developers and DevOps teams with the ability to manage their own storage seamlessly across various deployment scenarios. Additionally, the company manufactures a range of appliances, including ElastiStor FX-2, FX-4, A50, and A10, designed for easy integration into diverse virtualization environments.

Cloudian

Series E in 2018
Cloudian is a company that specializes in file and object storage, particularly focusing on S3 object storage within data centers. It offers a hybrid cloud data management platform that allows customers to optimize data access, meet data sovereignty requirements, and reduce costs by consolidating information into a single, cloud-like environment. Cloudian's platform provides scalable and secure object storage for hybrid cloud deployments, enabling organizations to effectively manage and protect their data both on-premises and in the cloud. With its emphasis on data durability and user-friendly management tools, Cloudian aims to transform enterprise data into actionable insights while ensuring compatibility with the industry-standard S3 API.

Cloudian

Series D in 2016
Cloudian is a company that specializes in file and object storage, particularly focusing on S3 object storage within data centers. It offers a hybrid cloud data management platform that allows customers to optimize data access, meet data sovereignty requirements, and reduce costs by consolidating information into a single, cloud-like environment. Cloudian's platform provides scalable and secure object storage for hybrid cloud deployments, enabling organizations to effectively manage and protect their data both on-premises and in the cloud. With its emphasis on data durability and user-friendly management tools, Cloudian aims to transform enterprise data into actionable insights while ensuring compatibility with the industry-standard S3 API.

Blue Rhino (Lanxiniu)

Venture Round in 2015
Blue Rhino is a logistics and packaging service. They Move has always focused on service, with transparent online prices and a unified offline standard service system to provide users with a professional, worry-free, and moving experience. They provide professional and worry-free moving services to more than tens of millions of users.

Cloudian

Series C in 2014
Cloudian is a company that specializes in file and object storage, particularly focusing on S3 object storage within data centers. It offers a hybrid cloud data management platform that allows customers to optimize data access, meet data sovereignty requirements, and reduce costs by consolidating information into a single, cloud-like environment. Cloudian's platform provides scalable and secure object storage for hybrid cloud deployments, enabling organizations to effectively manage and protect their data both on-premises and in the cloud. With its emphasis on data durability and user-friendly management tools, Cloudian aims to transform enterprise data into actionable insights while ensuring compatibility with the industry-standard S3 API.

CloudByte

Series B in 2013
CloudByte provides containerized unified storage solutions to enterprises and service providers.
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