<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000899243-21-044168.txt : 20211110
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000899243-21-044168
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20211110
FILED AS OF DATE:		20211110
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20211110

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NELSON BARBARA H
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001204922

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-41026
		FILM NUMBER:		211398530

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O QUANTUM CORP
		STREET 2:		501 SYCAORE DR
		CITY:			MILPITAS
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95035

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Backblaze, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001462056
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		IRS NUMBER:				208893125
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		425A FOREST AVE.
		CITY:			PALO ALTO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94301
		BUSINESS PHONE:		650.352.3738

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		425A FOREST AVE.
		CITY:			PALO ALTO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94301
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    <periodOfReport>2021-11-10</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001462056</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Backblaze, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BLZE</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001204922</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>NELSON BARBARA H</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>500 BEN FRANKLIN CT.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN MATEO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94401</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>3.73</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2030-12-09</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Class B Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>34200</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The options are subject to a service-based vesting requirement, which shall be satisfied over a four-year period. 25% of the options vested on October 30, 2021 and 1/48th of the options vest monthly thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continuous service with the issuer. The options are exercisable into shares of Class B Common Stock, which are convertible on a one-to-one basis into shares of Class A Common Stock at the option of the holder. The options may also be early exercised, subject to the issuer's right of repurchase.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Thomas MacMitchell - Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-11-10</signatureDate>
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<PRE>
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

      The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Backblaze, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints each of
Thomas L. MacMitchell, Francis P. Patchel, and Bennett L. Yee as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

      (1)    complete and execute Form ID, "Update Passphrase Confirmation"
form and Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all amendments thereto as such
attorney-in-fact shall in his or her discretion determined to be required or
advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as
amended) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor
laws and regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned's ownership,
acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company; and

      (2)    do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or national
association, the Company and such other person or agency as the attorney-in-fact
shall deem appropriate.

      The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-
fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 3rd day of March, 2021.

                                        /s/ Barbara H. Nelson
                                        ----------------------------------
                                        Barbara H. Nelson

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