From a Shopify Side Project to a Global SaaS Backup Leader
OTTAWA, CANADA – June 12, 2025 – 10 years ago, on June 12, 2015, Rewind launched in the Shopify App Store. Now, Rewind proudly celebrates its 10th anniversary as the trusted SaaS data resilience solution for over 25,000 organizations across more than 100 countries.
Today, Rewind offers automated backup and granular restore for 14 leading SaaS applications across DevOps, productivity, accounting, and ecommerce. Most recently, Rewind worked closely with monday.com to launch an integrated backup experience for the leading productivity platform.
A Decade of Data Protection
Founded by Mike Potter and James Ciesielski in Ottawa, ON, Rewind began as a bootstrapped side project aimed at addressing the lack of reliable backup and restore solutions for Shopify merchants. Their commitment to building a great product at a fair price, coupled with exceptional customer service, quickly resonated with users. Within six months, Rewind had hundreds of merchants relying on its backup and restore service, and by 2016, the co-founders were able to transition from their day jobs to focus on Rewind full-time. Since then, Rewind has grown from a team of two to a team of more than 100 across North America, regularly appearing on “Best Places to Work” lists.
Expanding Horizons
Over the past decade, Rewind has expanded its offerings beyond Shopify to include backup solutions for platforms such as BigCommerce, QuickBooks Online, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Okta, Jira, Confluence, Trello, Mailchimp, Klaviyo, and monday.com with more backup integrations in the pipeline. This growth reflects Rewind’s mission to “back up the cloud,” ensuring that businesses of all sizes have access to reliable data protection across their SaaS applications.
Recognized Excellence
Rewind’s dedication to innovation and customer satisfaction has earned it hundreds of five star customer reviews and accolades including being named to the Deloitte Fast 50 (2023) and among Canada’s Top Growing Companies by The Globe and Mail (2022). Additionally, Rewind is the only backup solution to achieve Platinum status in the Atlassian Marketplace, also winning numerous Partner of the Year awards from partners including Atlassian (2022, 2023) and BigCommerce (2019).
Looking Ahead
As Rewind celebrates this milestone, the company remains focused on its core values: trustworthiness, accountability, customer-centricity, adaptability, and giving back. With a growing team and an expanding suite of integrations, Rewind is poised to continue its leadership in the SaaS backup industry, providing peace of mind and looking to a future where no business ever loses important SaaS data.
About Rewind
Rewind (rewind.com) is a leading and trusted provider of cloud backup and data recovery solutions, helping businesses safeguard their critical SaaS data from loss, corruption, and cyber threats. With automated, secure backups and rapid account-level recovery capabilities, Rewind ensures organizations can maintain business continuity and minimize downtime. Trusted by over 25,000 organizations worldwide, Rewind safeguards data across leading SaaS platforms, including Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, GitHub, Azure DevOps and more. As a reliable partner in data protection, Rewind supports compliance with industry standards and regulations such as, SOC 2/3, GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA, giving businesses confidence in their data security.