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Steek (company)

Field	Value
name	Steek
type	Private
logo	Steeklogo.png
key_people	Christophe Camborde, Chairman and managing director, Founder
Yannick Lacastaigneratte, Chief Operating Officer, Founder
Arnaud Roudsovsky, Research & Development Director, Founder
foundation	2002
defunct	2011
fate	Merged
location	Bordeaux, France
num_employees	40
industry	Technology
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Yannick Lacastaigneratte, Chief Operating Officer, Founder Arnaud Roudsovsky, Research & Development Director, Founder

Steek was a private technology startup based in France. Its services included online file hosting, file sharing, and automated backup services to telecom operators, ISPs, and portals.

History

Steek was founded in 2001 to develop data management products for the individuals and for small and medium-sized businesses (Small office/home office/SOHO market). The company spent the first two years in research and development.

In 2004, Steek launched its first product targeted at the SOHO market, Yellow Backup, as a data management service using broadband networks.

In 2005, Steek developed a service for the customers of a telecom network, a data sharing tool scheduled for implementation at Neuf Cegetel.{{cite web

On February 15, 2007, Steek launched SteekR, an online storage and sharing space{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081006102810/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS164503+12-Dec-2007+MW20071212 | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 6, 2008

At the beginning of 2008, Steek announced{{cite web

On July 10, 2009 F-Secure announced the acquisition of Steek.{{cite web

F-Secure officially discontinued SteekR service on December 31, 2011.{{cite web

Funding

In 2006, Steek raised a Series A round of €2.5 million from Innovacom and gets first developments with international partners.

Products

Steek's products include:

SteekUP: automated online backup.{{cite web
SteekR: online data storage, including music, photos, videos, and other data files which could be streamed or played without downloading. Users could access files with a cell phone or IP TV and could use the content in blogs and RSS feeds.

References

(January 15, 2007). "Stockage en ligne : Agematis lève 2,5 millions d'euros (in french)". Journal du net.
(May 11, 2007). "Innovacom Enterprise Software portfolio". Innovacom.

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