What libnova digital preservation does

Libnova Digital Preservation (legal entity: Digital Preservation Software) provides digital preservation software for institutions and enterprises that require long-term retention and integrity of digital assets. The platform is built around the OAIS (Open Archival Information System) reference model and delivers active preservation rather than passive storage, featuring automated format identification and validation across 500+ file formats, scheduled checksum verification and fixity audits to detect bit rot, automated format migration to protect against obsolescence, rich metadata capture for provenance tracking, and encrypted redundant cloud storage with geographic replication. Distribution is delivered through RESTful APIs and built-in connectors for SharePoint and Amazon S3, with role-based access control, full-text and metadata search, and public discovery portals.

The company targets three primary verticals: archives, museums, libraries, and cultural heritage organizations requiring long-term preservation of collections; enterprises preserving business records, legal documents, and intellectual property for regulatory compliance; and academic and research institutions managing research data and institutional repositories. Go-to-market combines enterprise field sales with a demo-led motion ("Get Demo" / "Book a Demo" CTAs), a self-service free trial for mid-funnel evaluation, and a global three-tier partner program covering Referral, Reseller, and Technology Integration tracks. Pricing is quote-based, tiered by archive size, billed annually under a recurring subscription model.

The business is headquartered in Allerød, Greater Copenhagen Area, Denmark, governed under Danish law, and operates as a private company with no disclosed parent, institutional investors, or funding rounds. The company markets compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and SOC 2 Type 2 controls, and operates a DBA under the name "Digital Preservation Software." The only disclosed scale signal is a recent milestone of 6 new archive customer signups, indicating a small but actively growing installed base.

Name

libnova digital preservation

Legal name

Digital Preservation Software

Website

https://digitalpreservationsoftware.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Libnova Digital Preservation provides OAIS-compliant digital preservation software that automates format identification, integrity verification, and format migration for archives, cultural heritage institutions, and regulated enterprises managing long-term digital collections under a subscription model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Preservation Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Libraries and Archives (519210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Long-Term Digital Preservation Services (Format Migration, Integrity Checks) (MPAHAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Archive Restoration & Digitization (Film/Video/Audio Scanning, Remastering) (MPAHAGAI), Rights, Access Control & Clearance for Archives (Permissions, Audit, Policy) (MPAHAGAL)

Keywords

• Digital preservation software
• Long-term archiving
• OAIS compliance
• Fixity audit automation
• Format migration

Headquarters

HQ city

North Charleston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription-based Software: The company offers subscription-based access to their digital preservation platform with tiered pricing plans that scale with archive size. Plans include digital preservation, integrity verification, metadata management, access controls, and API integrations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Digital Preservation Software provides a subscription-based active digital preservation platform that continuously monitors, validates, and migrates files to keep them usable for decades. The platform offers automated format identification across 500+ formats, scheduled checksum-based fixity audits, automated format migration, rich metadata capture with provenance tracking, role-based access controls, public discovery portals, encrypted geographically replicated storage, and RESTful APIs with connectors for SharePoint, Amazon S3, and custom workflows, all aligned to the OAIS reference model.

Product overview

Digital Preservation Software offers a single unified platform for long-term digital preservation. The core product is the Digital Preservation Software Platform, which provides active preservation capabilities including automated format identification, continuous integrity verification, metadata management, and secure access control. The company also offers Free Trial and Demo modules for customer evaluation. The platform supports 500+ file formats, follows OAIS compliance standards, and provides RESTful API integrations for SharePoint, S3, and custom workflows.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Digital Preservation Software Platform An OAIS-compliant active digital preservation platform for archives, libraries, museums, enterprises, and research institutions that continuously monitors, validates, and migrates files across 500+ formats to keep them usable for decades. Provides automated format identification, scheduled checksum fixity audits, automated format migration, rich metadata capture with provenance tracking, role-based access control, public discovery portals, encrypted geographically replicated cloud storage, and RESTful APIs with built-in connectors for SharePoint, Amazon S3, and custom workflows.

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ file formats supported for identification, validation, and migration

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Referral PartnerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartners include consultants, advisors, and industry associations who recommend the platform to their clients and earn referral rewards.
• Reseller PartnerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartners license, sell, and support the platform in specific regions or verticals with full sales enablement and margin structure.
• Technology PartnerscoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology providers integrate their products with the preservation platform through connectors, plugins, or joint solutions for shared customers.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• DSpace (LYRASIS): DSpace is the dominant open-source institutional repository platform, with governance and services hosted by LYRASIS. While primarily a repository rather than full preservation system, it overlaps with Libnova in academic and library archives and is often part of the same procurement decision.
• Olive Archive (AI-driven long-term archive): Olive Archive is an emerging SaaS provider focused on long-term, AI-assisted preservation and access for institutional and corporate collections. It targets a similar buyer and overlaps with Libnova on active-preservation workflows for digital archives.

Direct peers

• AP Trust (Coppice Information Solutions): AP Trust is a UK-based digital preservation service built on OAIS principles, serving archives and memory institutions with bit-stream preservation and migration. It competes with Libnova for the same cultural-heritage and public-sector buyer set.
• Tessella: Tessella is a digital preservation consulting and technology services firm that helps organizations design and operate long-term preservation programs. While more services-led, it competes for the same institutional budget and offers adjacent tooling to Libnova's software.
• Archivematica (Artefactual Systems): Archivematica is an open-source digital preservation system built on OAIS principles, widely deployed by archives and cultural institutions. Artefactual also offers hosted and supported services around it, making it a direct functional competitor to Libnova's preservation platform.
• Preservica: Preservica is a leading commercial digital preservation platform used by archives, libraries, museums, and government organizations worldwide. It directly competes with Libnova on OAIS-compliant active preservation, format migration, and long-term access for cultural heritage and regulated digital collections.
• Arkivum: Arkivum provides managed digital preservation and archive services for universities, research institutions, and regulated enterprises. Its combination of certified storage, fixity checking, and format migration directly mirrors Libnova's active-preservation proposition.
• Ex Libris Rosetta (Clarivate): Rosetta is a long-established digital preservation system sold primarily to academic and national libraries as part of the Ex Libris/Clarivate portfolio. It competes head-to-head with Libnova for institutional preservation contracts at scale.

Broad incumbents

• OpenText Content Suite / InfoArchive: OpenText is a large enterprise information management vendor whose Content Suite and InfoArchive products address long-term records retention and preservation within a much broader ECM portfolio. It is an incumbent threat that can bundle 'good enough' preservation into enterprise deals.
• Box (with Box Archive / Box Governance): Box is a leading cloud content management platform whose governance, retention, and 'Archive' offerings compete for the same regulated content-preservation budgets. As a broad incumbent, Box represents both a partner opportunity and a competitive threat to Libnova.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/libnova

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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