TL;DR
In 2018, four frustrated creatives — Jessica Storry, Ian Parkes, Bartosz Romanowski, and Kamila Romanowska — built the Digital Asset Management platform they couldn’t find anywhere else. Eight years later, Stockpress manages more than ten million digital assets across 3,500+ workspaces and 400+ paying organizations worldwide. This is the story of what we built, why we built it, what we’ve learned, and where we’re headed.
Where it started: a problem we couldn’t stop seeing
Before founding Stockpress, the four of us spent years building websites, digital products, and digital experiences for startups, scale-ups, and enterprise organizations. The technology changed constantly. The channels multiplied. The volume of content exploded.
But one problem kept recurring regardless of the client, industry, or team size: people weren’t struggling because they couldn’t store their files. They were struggling because they could no longer confidently find, trust, and reuse them.
We watched marketing teams recreate assets that already existed because nobody could find the originals. Creative teams answered the same “Can you send me the latest version?” question dozens of times each week. Brand managers were worried that the downloaded logo was still the approved one. Web teams searched across shared drives, email, Slack, cloud storage, and local devices before finally giving up and asking a colleague.
The problem wasn’t storage. It was content operations. Teams needed a better way to organize content, find it quickly, collaborate around it, and trust that everyone was working from the same source of truth.
When we couldn’t find a tool that solved this without an enterprise price tag, a six-month implementation, or a dedicated DAM administrator — we built one ourselves.
Eight years at a glance
| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Stockpress founded after years building digital products and watching teams struggle to manage growing content libraries. |
| 2019 | First customers onboarded. |
| 2020–2022 | Expanded collaboration tools, permissions, external sharing, and AI-assisted organization. |
| 2023 | Continued platform investment supported by seed funding. Backed by Stage 2 Capital, Alumni Ventures, Argon Ventures, York IE, Two Lanterns, and Everywhere VC. |
| 2024 | Thousands of users across multiple countries and industries. |
| 2025 | Major integrations, e-commerce workflows, and AI enhancements released. |
| 2026 | 400+ paying organizations, 3,500+ workspaces, 10M+ assets managed, 125TB+ storage, 4.9★ on G2. |
What we believe about managing content
Technology changes quickly. The way people work changes more slowly. Every decision we make as a product team is guided by a few principles that have stayed consistent since 2018.
Managing content shouldn’t take longer than creating it
This is the belief that started everything and still drives every feature we build. If finding an asset takes longer than recreating it, something is wrong — not with the team, but with the tool.
Teams need confidence, not just storage
Cloud storage answers “Where do we put our files?” Digital Asset Management answers “How does our team actually work with content?” Finding the right version, knowing it’s approved, sharing it safely, collaborating across teams, and giving everyone a single source of truth — those are the problems modern organizations actually need to solve. Storage alone doesn’t solve them.
Software should work the way people already think
People don’t all remember content the same way. Some remember campaigns. Others remember products, colors, regions, designers, customers, or dates. Modern software should adapt to people — not force people to adapt to software. That’s why search, tagging, and facial recognition in Stockpress are built around how teams naturally look for content, not around how files happen to be stored.
Progress without starting over
Most teams don’t need to throw away how they already organize content. They need better ways to search it, structure it, govern it, share it, and scale it as their teams grow. Getting started with Stockpress typically takes hours or days — not weeks or months. That’s deliberate.
Why we built Stockpress differently
Traditional Digital Asset Management software was largely built around enterprise requirements: governance, lengthy implementations, complex configuration, dedicated administrators, and significant onboarding projects. Those platforms are powerful — but for many growing organizations they feel unnecessarily complicated before the first asset is even uploaded.
We believe the future of Digital Asset Management looks different. Simple enough to start today. Powerful enough to scale for years. Affordable enough that everyone who needs access can actually use it — including agencies, freelancers, and external partners- without extra per-seat fees.
Because the best Digital Asset Management platform isn’t the one with the longest feature list. It’s the one your team genuinely enjoys using every day.
What we’ve built since 2018
Since launching, we’ve steadily expanded Stockpress to support modern content operations across a wide range of teams and industries. Today that includes:
- AI-powered and custom tagging — organize assets automatically without manual work
- Facial recognition — find photos by person across millions of assets
- Duplicate detection — eliminate redundant files and reduce storage clutter
- File versioning — always know which version is current and approved
- Image editing — crop, resize, and adjust assets without leaving the platform
- Feedback and annotations — collaborate on assets directly, without email chains
- Brand portals — share approved assets with external partners in a controlled environment
- Integrations — connect with Adobe Creative Cloud, Canva, Slack, and more
- Flexible permissions — control who can view, download, edit, or share any asset
While the platform has evolved considerably, the philosophy behind every one of these features has remained consistent: help teams spend less time searching for content and more time putting it to work.
The problems we’ve always been obsessed with
Every product decision at Stockpress starts with the same questions:
- How do we help people spend less time searching?
- How do we reduce duplicate work?
- How do we help teams trust they’re using approved content?
- How do we make sharing content feel effortless?
- How do we reduce the administrative burden of managing growing content libraries?
Whether the answer is AI-powered tagging, intelligent search, visual browsing, duplicate detection, custom metadata, flexible permissions, or simpler collaboration — the goal never changes.
Who we serve today
Today, Stockpress helps marketing teams, creative teams, brand managers, web teams, e-commerce businesses, manufacturers, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, agencies, and growing businesses organize and manage digital content more effectively.
The specific challenges differ by industry and team size. But the underlying problem is remarkably consistent: as content grows, people need confidence that they can find the right asset, trust it’s the right version, and share it with the right people — without slowing work down.
From the teams using Stockpress every day
The best way to understand what Stockpress actually solves is to hear from the teams using it. Across industries, the story is remarkably similar: less time searching, more confidence in what’s shared, and a platform people genuinely enjoy using.
Manufacturing and retail
Modine, an international manufacturing company, uses Stockpress to simplify asset management across a long and complex sales channel. VerTerra Dinnerware replaced file-sharing tools with Stockpress to organize product photography, eliminate outdated versions, and give distributors access to accurate, up-to-date assets through public URLs. Verragio, a luxury jewelry brand, improved adoption and organization across retail partners without enterprise complexity or cost.
Agencies and creative teams
Woods MarCom, a U.S.-based marketing and digital agency, uses Stockpress to manage imagery, video, branding files, and stock photography across multiple clients and campaigns. Arcbound, a personal branding agency, streamlines how they share and manage files with clients — with their Head of Creative Multimedia noting: “One of the best things about Stockpress is how easy it is to find files.” KingFish + Partners, a content and creative agency, manages assets across clients with clarity and speed.
Education
Ferris State University uses Stockpress to help students and faculty upload, organize, and share media instantly — and to teach professional DAM workflows as part of their coursework. Stone Ridge School made Stockpress the single central location for all their digital assets, used by staff, parents, and students alike.
Nonprofits
OneChild, a global nonprofit operating across 22 countries, uses Stockpress to organize 30,000+ photos and videos, reduce costs, and support distributed teams worldwide. EnviroCentre, a social enterprise nonprofit, built a future-proof content library with the clarity and confidence to support their sustainability programs.
Media and local organizations
Starnes Media uses Stockpress to organize newsroom photos, video, and archives across print, digital, and social channels. Downtown Houston+ manages creative assets and photography for an entire urban district without the cost of a traditional enterprise DAM.
Recognized for what matters most
Over the years, Stockpress has been consistently recognized by G2 — the world’s largest software review platform — across categories that reflect what customers value most: High Performer, Momentum Leader, Easiest Setup, Best Support, Users Most Likely to Recommend, and Easiest Admin.
These recognitions are based entirely on verified reviews from real customers — not analyst surveys or paid placements. Many of the teams who recognize Stockpress have previously used Brandfolder, Canto, Bynder, and other enterprise DAMs. Their feedback reflects what it actually feels like to switch to a platform built around simplicity and support rather than complexity and cost.
We’re proud that the things customers value most about Stockpress are also the things we care most about building: ease of use, intuitive design, fast onboarding, responsive support, and software that teams genuinely enjoy adopting.
Backed by people who get it
Stockpress has raised $2.5M+ from investors who specialize in B2B SaaS and go-to-market growth, including Stage 2 Capital, Alumni Ventures, Argon Ventures, York IE, Two Lanterns, and Everywhere Ventures. Our advisory board includes specialists in finance, product-led growth, creative operations, growth strategy, and partnerships — people who’ve built and scaled marketing and creative organizations themselves.
Sharing what we’ve learned
We believe expertise should be shared, not held behind sales conversations. As Digital Asset Management continues to evolve, we regularly publish practical guidance on content operations, AI-assisted organization, content governance, migration from shared drives, collaboration, and the operational challenges facing marketing, creative, and brand teams.
Recent topics include best practices for smart DAM, DAM vs file management, AI in digital asset management, how to onboard a team on DAM quickly, and when DAM isn’t the right fit. Rather than simply discussing features, our goal is to help teams better understand the operational challenges behind managing digital content at scale — and how to solve them.
And we’re still building
Stockpress has never been about building the biggest Digital Asset Management platform. It’s about building one that teams genuinely want to use.
Every feature we release, every customer conversation we have, and every improvement we make is guided by the same belief that inspired the company in 2018: managing content shouldn’t take longer than creating it.
Nearly a decade in, that hasn’t changed.
Stockpress at a glance
| Founded | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Founders | Jessica Storry, Ian Parkes, Bart Romanowski & Kamila Romanowska |
| Mission | Managing content shouldn’t take longer than creating it |
| Workspaces | 3,200+ |
| Digital assets managed | 10+ million |
| Storage managed | 125 TB+ |
| Paying organizations | 365+ |
| Industries served | Marketing, Creative, Education, Manufacturing, Nonprofit, Retail, E-commerce and more |
| G2 rating | 4.9★ — High Performer, Momentum Leader, Easiest Setup, Best Support, Users Most Likely to Recommend |
| Backed by | Stage 2 Capital, Alumni Ventures, Argon Ventures, York IE, Two Lanterns, Everywhere VC |
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Stockpress founded?
Stockpress was founded in 2018 by four creatives — Jessica Storry, Ian Parkes, Bart Romanowski, and Kamila Romanowska — after years of building digital products and seeing teams struggle with the same content organization problems across every client they worked with.
How many organizations use Stockpress?
As of 2026, Stockpress serves 365+ paying organizations across more than 3,200 workspaces, managing over ten million digital assets and 125TB+ of storage. Teams range from small creative agencies to internationally recognized brands.
What industries does Stockpress serve?
Stockpress serves marketing, creative, brand, web, e-commerce, manufacturing, education, nonprofit, retail, media, and professional services teams. The platform is used by both small teams getting started with DAM for the first time and organizations migrating from enterprise platforms like Bynder, Canto, and Brandfolder.
Is Stockpress only for large enterprises?
No. Stockpress was specifically built to be accessible to teams that don’t have the budget, IT resources, or time for traditional enterprise DAM implementations. Every paid plan includes unlimited users — Essential ($99/month), Pro ($175/month), and Premium ($225/month) — with no per-seat fees. See pricing →
How does Stockpress compare to Bynder, Canto, or Brandfolder?
Stockpress offers many of the same core capabilities — AI tagging, facial recognition, file versioning, brand portals, permissions, and integrations — at a fraction of the cost and with significantly faster implementation. Unlike per-seat platforms, Stockpress charges by storage rather than headcount, which means adding team members, agencies, or external collaborators doesn’t increase your annual bill.
