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Highly secure and compliant data storage and archiving technology solution

FAST LTA at a glance & key developments in 2025

FAST LTA is a leading German provider of high-security archiving, storage, and recovery solutions for business-critical and sensitive personal data. The company serves small to enterprise customers requiring strong data integrity, compliance, and protection against manipulation and ransomware, offering both long-term archiving and backup solutions.

In 2025, FAST LTA made good progress on its value creation journey, on or ahead of plan across all key parts of its 3 Phase Plan. In particular, the planned leadership transition has been completed with new CEO and CRO joining in Q2 2025, and a new CFO is starting in Q1 2026. Good progress has also been made on the product roadmap, for instance with the new product line Silent AI (launch in 2026).

Year acquired
2024
Revenue
EUR 27m
Location
Germany
Employees
117
Investment theme
Tech-Enabled Resilience
SDG alignment

9, 16

The challenges we face:

  • 96%

    of ransomware attacks specifically target backup locations and repositories

  • +65%

    rise in ransomware incidents targeting government entities worldwide in H1 2025

  • Who is impacted?

    Organizations in critical industries, especially healthcare and government institutions, and society at large are impacted by FAST LTA’s secure data archiving and recovery solutions. Institutions benefit from protected business-critical data, while individuals benefit indirectly through continuity of essential services and reduced data breach risks.

  • Contribution

    FAST LTA contributes to Summa’s theory of change by safeguarding sensitive and business-critical data through secure archiving, backup and recovery solutions. Its systems support data integrity, compliance and operational continuity in the face of cyberattacks or physical infrastructure failures.

  • Risks to impact

    Key risks to impact include human error in system configuration, access control, or encryption key management, as well as operational missteps during implementation. These factors may reduce the effectiveness of FAST LTA’s solutions in safeguarding data integrity and ensuring service continuity.

KPI reporting

Customers from critical industries

Target 2027: 1,962

Change from '24-'25: +5%

2025
1.882
2024
1.799
2023
1.767

The number of customers operating in critical industries, as defined by the German Federal Office for Information Security, whose services are essential to public safety and continuity of supply.

Data saved from archive product line

Target 2027: 100%

Change from '24-'25: 0%

2025
100%
2024
100%
2023
100%

The volume of data securely stored and protected through FAST LTA’s archive product line, indicating the scale of data safeguarded against loss, corruption, or unauthorized access.

Energy consumption per TB

Target 2027: 1.6

Change from '24-'25: +11%

2025
2
2024
1.8
2023
3

Measures the energy efficiency of FAST LTA’s storage solutions, showing watts consumed per terabyte of usable storage in a typical server room environment.