# HYCU, Inc.

> HYCU is a Boston enterprise software company providing backup, granular recovery, disaster recovery and data mobility across on-premises infrastructure, public clouds and SaaS applications. Its R-Cloud platform combines application-specific integrations with centralized policies and customer-controlled backup storage; HYCU reports more than 4,800 customers worldwide.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Boston, United States
- **Founders:** Simon Taylor (Co-founder and CEO), Goran Garevski (Co-founder and CTO)
- **Products:** HYCU R-Cloud, R-Cloud Hybrid Cloud Edition, HYCU R-Graph, HYCU R-Shield, HYCU aiR
- **Notable:** 2024 Google Cloud Technology Partner of the Year for Backup and Disaster Recovery., HYCU reports a fifth consecutive Visionary placement in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms., Company reports more than 100 protected workloads and more than 4,800 customers.

## Products & services

- **HYCU R-Cloud** — Subscription data protection platform with automated policies, granular restores, migration and disaster recovery across cloud and SaaS; launched as a low-code SaaS protection development platform in February 2023.
- **R-Cloud Hybrid Cloud Edition** — Protection for on-premises Nutanix, VMware and physical servers using a lightweight virtual appliance and agentless workload integration.
- **HYCU R-Graph** — Free discovery and visualization of applications and protection gaps, with access to the R-Cloud Marketplace.
- **HYCU R-Shield** — Cyber resilience capabilities including threat detection, recovery validation and customer-owned offsite immutable copies.
- **HYCU aiR** — AI-powered questions and analysis over protected backup data for security, compliance and configuration investigations; product page labels it early access as of October 2026.
- **HYCU R-Serve for iManage** — Independent read-only access to protected iManage Cloud matter content in customer-controlled infrastructure; included without additional licensing cost for eligible iManage R-Cloud customers.
- **R-Cloud developer platform** — Low-code workflows let SaaS vendors contribute application knowledge while HYCU validates and secures backup modules distributed through its marketplace.

## Achievements

- 2024 Google Cloud Technology Partner of the Year for Backup and Disaster Recovery.
- HYCU reports a fifth consecutive Visionary placement in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms.
- Company reports more than 100 protected workloads and more than 4,800 customers.
- The announced 2021 and June 2022 funding rounds total USD 140.5 million.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — September 23: announced a partnership with the United Center.
- **2026-09** — September 8: general availability of R-Cloud for Azure DevOps, including work items, pipelines and organization settings.
- **2026-08** — August 19: named Anant Chintamaneni Chief Product Officer.
- **2026-08** — August 13: launched R-Serve for iManage Cloud.
- **2026-05** — May 14: announced aiR, AI-powered analysis of protected systems of record. Current product page describes early access.
- **2026-03** — March 31: announced R-Shield expansion with Halcyon.

## Links

- Website: https://www.hycu.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hycu-inc/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/HYCUInc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/HYCUInc
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- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hycu.inc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HYCUInc/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wearehycu

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Last updated: 2026-10-04