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Uploadcare is a cloud-based PaaS providing end-to-end file management. It enables users to upload, store, process, and download videos, images, and other files before delivering them to the end user. The platform is designed for websites and web apps, and it uses machine learning and image recognition. The company offers GDPR and HIPAA-compliant data storage to protect the privacy of individuals’ information. Uploadcare’s headquarters are in Vancouver, Canada, with offices in Netherlands and Russia.

History
Uploadcare was originally developed by the web design agency called Whitescape as a developer tool for downloading files. In 2011, while working on a project to process, upload, and store a large number of audio files, the co-owners of the agency, Igor Debatur and Anatoly Chernyakov, formed the basic concept of Uploadcare. The idea was presented on Hacker News and received a positive response from the audience. The founders invested $35,000 and presented an alpha version by the end of 2011. A total of $450,000 was raised from VKontakte co-founder Lev Leviev to continue development.

In 2018, the company reached a break-even point. In November 2019, Uploadcare raised $1.7 million from Runa Capital and Vendep Capital. The following month, the company acquired the Blinkloader startup which offered its image optimization tools for content delivery networks (CDNs) and its development team.

About the company
Uploadcare Inc. was founded in 2011 by Igor Debatur (CEO) and Anatoly Chernyakov (Head of Product); co-founders also include Dmitry Mukhin (Principal Engineer) and Alexander Karpinsky (Product Engineer) who joined the founding team in 2013.

Among 3,800 global customers, to date company's clients include British Council, Codementor, Stackshare, Samsonite, Cardano, and Mattermost.