The group's largest project. European cloud infrastructure — 3 datacenters, 7 products, team of 6, 99.99% SLA.
7
Products
6
People
500K€
Payroll
99.99%
SLA
HackBoot needed servers. We built a cloud provider.
The idea didn't come out of nowhere. HackBoot already existed and was consuming GPUs. Rather than depending on AWS, we decided to build the infrastructure and sell it externally too.
The idea
HackBoot already exists and needs GPU infrastructure. Rather than renting from AWS or GCP, the idea is to build the cloud provider ourselves — and sell it externally too. VMCloud is created.
Construction
Architecture development. First datacenters in colocation (Equinix). GPU offering industrialization driven by HackBoot's needs. The platform takes shape.
Funding secured
800K€ in bank debt (SEB Pank). 1,5M€ in OVHcloud catalog credits — not cash, but infrastructure hardware at reduced prices. Restructuring, team recruitment, official platform launch with 7 products.
Scaling
Team of 6 people. 3 European datacenters. Group company migration in progress. External client acquisition. Early-stage structuring problems are starting to get serious.
Two sources. Not all cash.
VMCloud's funding comes from two very different sources. Understanding the difference is key.
800K€
Bank debt — SEB Pank
1,5M€
Hardware capex — OVHcloud
7 products. From VPS to CDN.
VPS
High-performance virtual servers. NVMe SSD storage. Deployment in 60 seconds.
GPU Cloud
Dedicated GPU power for AI, ML, 3D rendering, and cloud gaming.
Web hosting
Managed professional hosting. Optimized for performance.
PaaS
Container and application management. Automated deployment, scaling, monitoring.
Load Balancer
High-availability traffic distribution.
Storage
Scalable SSD block storage. Automatic replication.
CDN
Global content distribution. Smart caching.
3 European datacenters.
Paris
France
Latency: <5ms
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Latency: <8ms
Frankfurt
Germany
Latency: <10ms
Features
Building a cloud provider is hard.
VMCloud faces the same problems as any early-stage infrastructure — with the added complexity of selling reliability while still getting structured.
OVHcloud dependency
1,5M€ of the funding comes from OVH as catalog credits. If the partnership changes, a significant portion of the hardware supply is impacted. Diversifying suppliers is a priority.
Client acquisition
Convincing a company to leave AWS, GCP, or even OVH for a cloud provider that's a few months old — that's the main challenge. Trust is built one client at a time.
Price competition
Hetzner sells VPS at 4€/month. OVH is well established. Hyperscalers offer free credits to startups. Competing on price alone is impossible — differentiation must come from service and specialization.
Team structuring
6 freelancers, hired in February-March 2026. Everything needs to be built simultaneously: processes, documentation, on-call rotations, culture. Scaling an org at the same time as a product means two simultaneous projects.
Product dev vs stabilization
The urge is to keep launching new products. The reality is that existing products need stabilization, monitoring, and documentation. Finding the balance between the two is a constant challenge.
99.99% SLA = 52 minutes/year
Promising 99.99% availability means committing to less than 52 minutes of downtime per year. On infrastructure that's a few months old, every incident is a credibility test. The margin for error is nearly zero.
6 people. 500K€ payroll.
All freelancers. A technical, marketing, and operational team.
Gaylor Loche
CEO & Founder
Strategy, business, product vision.
Julien Larmanaud
Lead Developer
Cloud infrastructure, GPU computing.
Gengis Lahoui
Head of Operations
Operations, systems architecture.
Felix Guingant
Platform Engineer / SRE
Reliability, deployment, monitoring.
Salome Vandenberghe
CMO
Marketing, acquisition, positioning.
Syrina Makni
Executive Assistant
Organization, admin, coordination.
Culture
The goal is a complete catalog.
A cloud provider has value when a client can do everything on it without going elsewhere. Every product we add reduces the reasons to leave for a competitor. The roadmap is long — we move forward product by product, each stabilized before moving to the next.
Managed Kubernetes
Container orchestration as a service. The most requested feature by technical clients.
Object Storage (S3)
S3-compatible object storage. Essential for modern applications.
Serverless
On-demand compute, pay-per-execution billing. Zero server management.
VPN / Private Network
Tunnels to connect enterprise networks to VMCloud infrastructure.
Managed database
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis as a managed service. Backups, scaling, monitoring included.
Registry
Private container registry. Push, pull, vulnerability scanning.
Monitoring / Observability
Centralized logs, metrics, and alerts. Built-in dashboard.
Managed DNS
DNS service with automatic failover and minimal latency.
And more
Every identified client use case is a potential product. The list keeps growing.
OVHcloud, Equinix, Cloudflare.
OVHcloud
1,5M€ in capex — physical hardware purchase at reduced prices
SEB Pank
800K€ in bank debt
Equinix
Datacenter colocation
Cloudflare
CDN and DDoS protection
Against hyperscalers and EU clouds.
OVHcloud
European generalist cloud
VMCloud advantage: More agile, premium, dedicated gaming GPUs
Scaleway
French dev-friendly cloud
VMCloud advantage: Transparent pricing, SMB focus
Hetzner
German low-cost cloud
VMCloud advantage: Premium support, 99.99% SLA, managed services
AWS / GCP / Azure
US hyperscalers
VMCloud advantage: EU sovereignty, simplicity, no vendor lock-in
The infrastructure for the entire group.
VMCloud hosts or will host every DVP Holding company. It's both an external B2B product and the group's technical backbone.
HackBoot
The first client. HackBoot existed before VMCloud — it was the GPU need that triggered VMCloud's creation. Now the group's largest GPU consumer.
FormaCash
Platform hosting. Students and their future employers discover VMCloud — a natural acquisition pipeline.
QuickFund
Migration in progress from GCP (~1,500€/month). Cost reduction and independence from US cloud providers.
PixelTrack
ClickHouse and API hosting. The volume of tracking data requires high-performance infrastructure.
Structure
Under DVP Holding OU
Estonia
100% Gaylor Loche
Funding
Debt + hardware capex
800K€ cash (SEB Pank)
1,5M€ hardware capex (OVHcloud)
Team
6 freelancers
500K€ payroll
Remote-first
Billing
Hourly / monthly / yearly
Up to -20% yearly
Transparent pricing