SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Jones Charles J. (Last) (First) (Middle) 500 BEN FRANKLIN CT. (Street) SAN MATEO CA 94401 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 11/10/2021	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Backblaze, Inc. [ BLZE ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Class B Common Stock	(1)	(1)	Class A Common Stock	2,829,121	0.00	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Each share of Class B Common Stock is convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock at the option of the holder and has no expiration date.

Remarks:

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

	/s/ Thomas MacMitchell - Attorney-in-Fact	11/10/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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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 30th day of August, 2021.

                                        /s/ Charles J. Jones
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                                        Charles J. Jones