Investor Pitch 2026

MellySend your files.
Private. Sovereign. Yours.

End-to-end encrypted file transfers and 1 TB cloud storage. EU-hosted, zero-knowledge, GDPR by design. Open source.

50 GB
per transfer
1 TB
persistent vault
E2E
encrypted
EU
sovereign

MellySend by Melly Labs · Rotterdam, NL · KVK 24338867

The Problem

Your files leave Europe.
Every single time.

Every major file transfer tool is US-owned and US-hosted. Your data crosses borders, gets scanned, tracked, and stored under foreign jurisdiction. European businesses deserve sovereign infrastructure where files never leave the EU.

Topic
Others
MellySend
Data hosting
US (AWS, Azure, GCP)
EU only (DE, NL, FR)
Encryption
At rest only (server-side)
End-to-end (client-side)
File access
Provider can read files
Zero-knowledge
Tracking
Analytics, ads, data mining
None. Zero trackers.
Source code
Proprietary, closed
Open-source based
Legal jurisdiction
US CLOUD Act
EU / GDPR only

The Solution

Send files. Store files.
Brand everything.

File transfers and cloud storage in one platform. One subscription, zero compromise on privacy.

Transfer

Drag. Drop. Share. Up to 50 GB per transfer. Resumable uploads. Password protection. E2E encryption. No account needed.

Vault

1 TB persistent cloud storage. Folders, file preview, shared links, collaboration. Your files, always available, EU-hosted.

Brand

Your logo. Your colors. Your subdomain. Every download page looks like your studio. Every transfer is your brand.

€2B+
EU file transfer market
34%
YoY privacy tech growth
€4.2B
GDPR fines issued
0
EU-sovereign alternatives

Who it's for

Built for people who
care about their files.

Creatives & Agencies

Your brand,
on every download

Photographers, designers, and studios send large files daily. MellySend gives them branded download pages with their logo, colors, and custom subdomain. Every transfer becomes a professional touchpoint.

Privacy-first businesses

Compliance
without compromise

Law firms, healthcare, finance, and government contractors need GDPR-compliant file sharing. MellySend is EU-hosted, zero-knowledge, and passes compliance audits by design.

Business Model

91% gross margin.
Break even at 11 subscribers.

Free users drive word-of-mouth. Every transfer email shows the MellySend brand. Pro converts at 3% with strong unit economics.

Anonymous
Free
500 MB · 48h expiry
No account needed
Free
Free
5 GB · 7-day expiry
History + notifications
Pro
€12/mo
50 GB · 1 TB vault
Branding + collaboration
€11.65
net per monthly sub
€123
total monthly infra cost
91%
gross margin at scale

Traction

Not a deck. A product.

5
Go Microservices
Gateway, Transfer, Billing, Storage, Worker. Running on Kubernetes with CI/CD.
6
Security Audit Passes
Production-hardened across infrastructure, application, and deployment layers.
ARM
Kubernetes on Hetzner
3-node k3s cluster. Total infrastructure at start: €123/month. Scales horizontally.
DSA
EU Compliant
Content reporting, takedown notices, counter-notices, audit trail. GDPR + DSA ready.

Infrastructure

100% EU providers.
Zero US cloud dependency.

Every component of MellySend runs on European-owned infrastructure. No AWS. No Azure. No GCP. Data never leaves EU jurisdiction.

Hetzner
Compute + K8s
Germany
OVHcloud
Object Storage (S3)
France
Stalwart
Mail Server
Netherlands
Forgejo
Git + CI/CD
Netherlands
TransIP
DNS
Netherlands
Backend
Go Microservices Gateway, Transfer, Billing, Storage, Worker
PostgreSQL Primary database
Valkey Sessions, rate limiting, queues
TUS Protocol Resumable uploads to S3
Frontend & Ops
Next.js App Router, TypeScript, Tailwind
Kubernetes (k3s) 3 ARM nodes, auto-scaling
Let's Encrypt Automatic TLS certificates
OVHcloud SSE Encryption at rest

Growth Projections

Profitable from day one.

At 3% free-to-Pro conversion (conservative for freemium SaaS), MellySend breaks even at just 500 total users.

UsersPro (3%)RevenueCostsProfit
50015€175€136+€39
2,00060€699€177+€522
10,000300€3,495€412+€3,083
50,0001,500€17,475€1,618+€15,857
100,0003,000€34,950€3,213+€31,737

Monthly figures. Costs include S3 (50 GB avg/Pro user), Mollie fees, and infra scaling.

Founder

Michael Pasarella

Michael Pasarella
Founder & Developer, Melly Labs

Creative technologist and entrepreneur based in Rotterdam. Award-winning filmmaker, internationally recognised photographer, and developer of behaviour learning models since 2002. Built the entire MellySend platform end-to-end: microservices architecture, frontend, infrastructure, CI/CD, and admin tooling. Previously co-founded TIIM.technology. Speaks Dutch, English, German, and Spanish.

linkedin.com/in/mike-pasarella

Get In Touch

Let's build the European
file transfer standard.

Looking for partners who believe in digital sovereignty.

hello@mellysend.com