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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-21-323005
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20211108

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 BEN FRANKLIN CT
		CITY:			SAN MATEO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94401
		BUSINESS PHONE:		650.352.3738

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 BEN FRANKLIN CT
		CITY:			SAN MATEO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94401
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Oppenheimer&nbsp;&amp; Co. Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">85 Broad Street </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10004 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">William Blair&nbsp;&amp; Company, L.L.C. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">150 N Riverside Plaza
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chicago, IL 60606 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Raymond James&nbsp;&amp; Associates,
Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">880 Carillon Parkway, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">St. Petersburg, FL 33716 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">November&nbsp;8, 2021 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities and Exchange
Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporation Finance </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street, NE
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">Attn:</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stephen Krikorian </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Kathleen Krebs
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Amanda Kim </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Registration File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-260333</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with Rule
461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), we, as representatives of the several underwriters, hereby join in the request of Backblaze, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) for acceleration of the effective date of the
above-named Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1,</FONT> as amended, so that it becomes effective at 4:00 PM, Eastern Time, on November&nbsp;10, 2021 or as soon thereafter as practicable, or at such other time as the
Company or its outside counsel, Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin&nbsp;&amp; Hachigian, LLP, may orally request via telephone call that such Registration Statement be declared effective. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to Rule 460 under the Act, we, as representatives of the several underwriters, wish to advise you that between November&nbsp;2, 2021
and the date hereof, approximately 1966 copies of the Preliminary Prospectus included in the above-named Registration Statement, as amended, have been distributed to prospective underwriters, institutions, dealers and others. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We, the undersigned, as representatives of the several underwriters, have been informed by the participating underwriters that they have
complied and will continue to comply with the requirements of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15c2-8</FONT> under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">[<I>Signature Page Follows</I>] </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Peter Bennett</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Head of Equity Capital Markets</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">William Blair&nbsp;&amp; Company, L.L.C.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Gary Morabito</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ James Roman</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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