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Bynder
Bynder is a Dutch software company that offers a digital-asset-management (DAM) service for marketing professionals.

Founded in 2013  by Chris Hall, Roland Keijzer and Stefan Pelders, Bynder is headquartered in Amsterdam, with 6 additional offices around the globe (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Boston, London,Barcelona, Dubai and San Mateo )

With a revenue growth of 3,712%, from 2013-2016, The Financial Times listed Bynder #20 in the FT 1000: the complete list of Europe’s fastest growing companies 2018.

Founding and early years
Founders Chis, Roland and Stefan were originally colleagues within software development agency, LabelA. While working there, they realized the need for a quicker and more secure way to store, organize, and share digital files with clients. They decided to meet this need and create Bynder as a stand-alone solution in 2013.

Maintaining close ties with Label A, Bynder still shares the same office building in Amsterdam, and Chris Hall remains a shareholder.

Bynder is also hosting OnBrand, an annual branding conference for marketing-, advertising-, tech- and design professionals. It’s a one day event and comes with multiple stages for speakers, booths for brands and space to network.

Bynder is backed by Insight Venture Partners, a New York-based venture capital and private equity firm, and in August 11th 2016 announced $22.2m (€20m) in Series A funding.

Merger and acquisition
In April 2014 Bynder aqcuires LumaCloud LLC and expands to Boston, USA

In April 2015 Bynder acquired Social Express, a social media analytics reporting tool

In February 2018 Bynder acquired one the Shutterstock WebDam of its biggest niche competitors, for a fee of $49.1 million.