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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001462056-23-000146
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230413
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230524
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230524

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Cessna Tina
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001978863

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-41026
		FILM NUMBER:		23955613

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 BEN FRANKLIN CT.
		CITY:			SAN MATEO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94401

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:		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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        <issuerName>Backblaze, Inc.</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerZipCode>94401</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Senior VP, Engineering</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>100557</value>
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                <value>2028-10-17</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Includes (i) 19,256 shares of Class A common stock and (ii) 81,301 Restricted Stock Units (&quot;RSUs&quot;) which represent a contingent right to receive one share of Class A common stock for each RSU.  The RSUs are subject to a service-based vesting requirement, which shall be satisfied over a three-year period.  6.25% of the RSUs vested on May 20, 2023 and 6.25% of the RSUs shall vest each quarter thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continuous service with the issuer.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The options are fully vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">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 June 10, 2020 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.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">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 June 25, 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.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">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 June 25, 2022 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.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Thomas L. MacMitchell, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-05-24</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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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 19th day of May, 2023.

/s/ Tina Cessna
_________________________
                                                            Tina Cessna

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