What Inspeere does

Inspeere is a French deeptech company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Poitiers (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) that develops and commercializes DATIS, a distributed, immutable, and sovereign backup storage infrastructure. The product is a peer-to-peer network of on-premise DatisBox appliances that compress, AES-256 encrypt, and fragment backup data using a proprietary Reed-Solomon scheme (DATIS SAVVY, co-developed with CNRS laboratory I3S at Université Côte d'Azur and protected by patent), then distribute the encrypted sub-streams across geographically separate nodes without any centralized datacenter or hyperscaler dependency. Local copies sit on a ZFS file system whose copy-on-write semantics make snapshots structurally immutable against modification or deletion, neutralising ransomware encryption attempts on backups. DATIS is not a backup orchestrator itself; it functions as a resilient storage target beneath existing solutions (Veeam, Commvault, NetBackup, Acronis, Rubrik, Nakivo, Veritas, UrBackup) via standard NFS, CIFS, or S3 protocols, allowing customers to retain current tooling and policies.

The company's commercial focus is concentrated on French territorial collectivities, social housing providers (bailleurs sociaux), and public institutions, with roughly 90% of its more than 100 production customers in the public sector. Reference deployments include the cities of Vanves, Fontenay-sous-Bois, and Tarbes (each protecting 20–100 TB), and Habitat de la Vienne (40 TB across 14 sites) — organisations typically operating with small IT teams (4–15 staff) and constrained budgets. The pricing model is a predictable flat-rate (forfaitaire) annual subscription with no egress, restoration, or volume-based fees, addressing a primary pain point of hyperscaler backup lock-in and unpredictable cloud costs. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise field sales targeting DSI/RSSI decision-makers, a distributor channel program offering up to 30% margin to French IT resellers, event presence at the Forum International de la Cybersécurité, and embedding in EU-funded public-sector frameworks such as Cybiah.

Inspeere is a privately-held SAS financed through a €600,000 seed round closed in December 2023 with BPI France, Airbus Développement, and several business-angel networks, alongside EU FEDER/FSE co-financing. The company carries France Cybersecurity and RésiMark labels, has been independently audited under the Métropole du Grand Paris Cybiah program at Ville de Vanves, and completed an ADEME Nég aOctet life-cycle assessment documenting materially lower environmental footprint than cloud-based alternatives. Leadership comprises Michaël Ferrec (Président) and Olivier Dalle (CTO). The firm employs 1–10 people, operates exclusively in France, and has no disclosed revenue, follow-on funding, or international expansion.

Name

Inspeere

Legal name

INSPEERE SAS

Website

https://inspeere.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Inspeere is a French deeptech company (Poitiers, founded 2017) that sells DATIS, a patented P2P distributed backup infrastructure using ZFS immutability and CNRS-co-developed Reed-Solomon fragmentation. It serves French municipalities, social housing providers, and SMEs requiring sovereign, ransomware-resilient backup outside hyperscaler clouds.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Backup Storage Infrastructure

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Facilities Management Services (541513), Computer Storage Device Manufacturing (334112)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Backup, Archiving & Ransomware-Resilient Data Protection (HDADAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Managed Backup Operations (On-Prem & Hybrid) (BPAEALAC), Hybrid Cloud Storage & Backup Infrastructure (HDABAMAG), Database Tools & Ecosystem (Replication, Backup/Recovery, HA/DR, Monitoring) (HDAEAAAO), Data Protection & Archiving (WORM, Long-Term Retention) (HDABAEAH)

Keywords

• Distributed backup storage
• Immutable data protection
• Sovereign backup infrastructure
• Peer-to-peer storage
• Ransomware backup solution

Headquarters

HQ city

Poitiers

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. DATIS Software and Appliance Licensing: Inspeere generates revenue through the sale of DATIS software licenses and DatisBox hardware appliances. The pricing model is described as predictable and flat-rate (forfaitaire), not volume-based or consumption-based. No egress fees or per-restoration charges apply. Revenue is derived from initial appliance deployment and ongoing software licensing.
2. Partner/Distributor Margin Revenue: Revenue flows through a channel partner model where authorized distributors purchase DATIS licenses and appliances from Inspeere and resell to end customers. Inspeere offers partners up to 30% margin on licenses, which represents the primary revenue-sharing mechanism for the channel.
3. Professional Services (Deployment and Support): Inspeere provides technical onboarding, deployment support, and ongoing customer success services. The distributor partner page references 'onboarding technique accompagné' (accompanied technical onboarding) and direct support from the INSPEERE team on first deployments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

DATIS is a distributed, immutable, and sovereign backup storage infrastructure delivered as DatisBox appliances deployed at client sites. Data is compressed, AES-256 encrypted with client-held keys, fragmented using the patented DATIS SAVVY Reed-Solomon coding, and distributed across a peer-to-peer network of nodes without any centralized datacenter. The solution serves as a storage target beneath existing enterprise backup orchestrators (Veeam, Commvault, NetBackup, etc.) for French municipalities, social housing providers, SMEs, and NIS2-subject entities needing ransomware-resilient, EU-sovereign backup at flat-rate pricing.

Product overview

Inspeere offers a single unified product, DATIS — a distributed, immutable, and sovereign backup storage infrastructure co-developed with the CNRS. DATIS combines local ZFS-based immutability on the DatisBox appliance with geo-distributed Reed-Solomon fragmentation through the proprietary DATIS SAVVY technology, distributing encrypted data fragments across a peer-to-peer network of client nodes without centralized datacenters. The system integrates as a storage target beneath existing backup orchestrators (Veeam, Commvault, NetBackup, Acronis, Rubrik, etc.) rather than replacing them, providing resilience against ransomware, sovereignty against extraterritorial laws (Cloud Act), and environmental benefits validated by ADEME's NégaOctet lifecycle analysis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DATIS DATIS is a distributed, immutable, and sovereign backup storage infrastructure delivered via DatisBox on-premise appliances. Data is compressed, AES-256 encrypted with client-held keys, and fragmented using the patented DATIS SAVVY Reed-Solomon coding (e.g., 32+16 configuration) before fragments are distributed across a peer-to-peer network of customer-deployed nodes with no centralized datacenter. ZFS-based local immutability protects against ransomware encryption. DATIS functions as a sovereign storage target beneath existing backup orchestrators (Veeam, Commvault, NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Nakivo, Atempo Tina, Rubrik, Veritas Backup Exec, UrBackup) via NFS, CIFS, and S3 protocols. It is targeted at French public-sector organizations (municipalities, social housing providers), SMEs/ETI, and NIS2-subject entities requiring ransomware-resilient, EU-sovereign backup at flat-rate pricing.
• Authorized Distributor / Reseller Program Channel partner program for French IT resellers and system integrators. Partners receive up to 30% margin on DATIS licenses, a sales kit with case studies and competitive matrix, accompanied technical onboarding, and direct access to the INSPEERE team for first deployments. The program targets SMB and public-sector resale opportunities across France and is the principal GTM motion for the SME/ETI ICP.
• Professional Deployment and Onboarding Services Inspeere provides technical onboarding, deployment support, and ongoing customer success services for DATIS. The distributor partner page references accompanied technical onboarding and direct support from the INSPEERE team on first deployments. The sales process begins with a 30-minute backup-architecture diagnostic + live demo session. Reference customers report sub-1-week deployments including full restore testing (e.g., Ville de Vanves).

Quantifiable outcome

• 17.7% less CO2 emissions per TB vs. standard cloud backup (ADEME NégaOctet LCA study, 2021)
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CNRS (Laboratoire I3S, Université Côte d'Azur)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-development partnership with CNRS laboratory I3S and Université Côte d'Azur resulted in the DATIS SAVVY Reed-Solomon fragmentation technology. The technology is patented by CNRS and UCA. This research partnership is the foundation of Inspeere's technical differentiation and IP position.
• SATT Sud-EstcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnology transfer partner through SATT Sud-Est (Société d'Accélération du Transfert de Technologie), which facilitates commercialization of research from southern France academic institutions including CNRS and Université Côte d'Azur.
• ADEMEminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInspeere participated in the pilot phase of the NégaOctet project (ADEME Perfecto 2018), the first global framework for evaluating environmental impacts of digital services. ADEME's involvement validated DATIS's environmental performance credentials through Life Cycle Assessment.
• Campus Cyber Nouvelle-AquitaineminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding member of Campus Cyber Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the regional cybersecurity ecosystem bringing together public actors, companies, and research institutions.
• Technopole Grand PoitiersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional technology park and business incubator in Poitiers supporting innovative companies in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Listed as a partner organization on inspeere.com.
• Pôle ENTERminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerINSPEERE is a founding member of the ENTER competitiveness cluster (digital technologies), contributing to the regional innovation ecosystem in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Commvault: Commvault is a long-established enterprise backup and data protection vendor whose orchestrator is explicitly supported by DATIS as a storage target. Commvault competes with Inspeere at the storage and data management layer, offering metallic backup with built-in immutability features for ransomware defense.
• Acronis: Acronis Cyber Protect combines backup with cybersecurity, anti-ransomware, and disaster recovery. As one of the explicitly supported orchestrators for DATIS, it represents both a partner and a competitor at the storage and integrated protection layer, particularly for SMB and mid-market customers in Europe.
• Veeam Software: Veeam is the dominant enterprise backup orchestrator that DATIS integrates with as a storage target. While Veeam provides backup orchestration, Inspeere competes against its built-in immutable storage repositories (Veeam Hardened Repository) for the storage layer beneath the orchestrator, targeting customers who want sovereign alternatives.
• Druva: Druva delivers cloud-native, SaaS-based data protection with built-in immutability and ransomware recovery. It targets similar enterprise backup buyers seeking modern, ransomware-resilient infrastructure but depends on AWS infrastructure, making it a competitor for sovereignty-conscious European public sector customers that Inspeere serves.
• Atempo: Atempo is a French backup and data protection vendor whose Tina product is explicitly supported by DATIS. As a French-headquartered peer, Atempo competes most directly with Inspeere in the French public sector and academic/research market, though Atempo focuses on backup software rather than distributed storage infrastructure.
• Rubrik: Rubrik is a publicly-traded modern data protection platform combining backup, immutability, and security. Like Inspeere, it emphasizes ransomware resilience and zero-trust data protection. DATIS is positioned as a sovereign storage target alternative to Rubrik's own cloud and on-prem storage layers, particularly for European public sector buyers.
• Cohesity: Cohesity offers a converged data management platform with immutable backup, anti-ransomware features, and immutable file system. It targets the same enterprise backup buyer seeking ransomware-resilient infrastructure and competes head-to-head with DATIS on data resilience positioning, though it relies on centralized infrastructure rather than P2P distribution.

Emerging players

• Storj: Storj is a decentralized cloud storage platform using erasure coding and a distributed node network, architecturally comparable to DATIS's P2P Reed-Solomon approach. While Storj focuses on general-purpose decentralized object storage, its architecture is the closest conceptual analog to Inspeere's distributed backup infrastructure.

Broad incumbents

• OVHcloud: OVHcloud is the leading European sovereign cloud provider headquartered in France, offering object storage with S3-compatible APIs and immutability features. As a French sovereign infrastructure alternative, it competes with Inspeere for sovereignty-conscious public sector backup buyers, though it operates centralized datacenters rather than distributed P2P architecture.
• Veritas NetBackup: Veritas NetBackup is a long-established enterprise backup platform with built-in immutability and ransomware protection features. As an explicitly supported orchestrator for DATIS, it represents the legacy incumbent alternative for enterprise backup customers, competing with Inspeere on installed-base inertia and broad platform capability.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors7 records

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M&A

Investments

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