Freepik - About the company
Freepik is an acquired company based in Malaga (Spain), founded in 2010 by Joaquin Cuenca, Joaqun Cuenca Abela, Pablo Blanes and Alejandro Sanchez Blanes. It operates as an Online platform providing vectors, stock photos, and icons. Freepik has raised an undisclosed amount in funding from Atwater Capital. The company has 333 active competitors, including 21 funded and 28 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Shutterstock, EyeEm and Storyblocks.
Company Details
Freepik is an online platform that provides vectors, stock photos, and icons. It also has a premium version that is available on a monthly subscription model.
- Website
- www.freepik.com/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@freepik.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2010
Location
Malaga, Spain
Stage
Acquired
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
1st among 333 active competitors
Employee Count
1,659 as on Mar 31, 2026
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Exit Details
Acquired by EQT (May 28, 2020)
Freepik's acquisition details
Freepik got acquired by EQT on May 28, 2020.
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Freepik's funding and investors
Freepik has raised funding over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jul 31, 2020. Its latest funding round was a PE round on Oct 26, 2020 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Freepik has 4 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Freepik:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 26, 2020 | 8204841 | PE | 7435988 | 7920542 | 8258710 | 9300080 |
Jul 31, 2020 | 5880131 | Conventional Debt | 6623945 | 4195749 | 2314717 |
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Freepik's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Freepik are Joaquin Cuenca, Joaqun Cuenca Abela, Pablo Blanes and Alejandro Sanchez Blanes. Joaqun Cuenca Abela and Joaquin Cuenca are the CEOs of Freepik.
Here are the details of Freepik's key team members:
- Joaquin Cuenca: Co-Founder & CEO of Freepik and founder of 3 other companies, Storyset, Freepik Company and Panoramio. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.
- Joaqun Cuenca Abela: Co-Founder & CEO of Freepik. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.
- Pablo Blanes: Co-Founder of Freepik and founder of 2 other companies, Storyset and Freepik Company. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Alejandro Sanchez Blanes: Former Co-Founder of Freepik and founder of 1 other company.
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Freepik's employee count trend
Freepik has 1,659 employees as of Mar 26. Here is Freepik's employee count trend over the years:
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Freepik's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Freepik include Shutterstock, EyeEm and Storyblocks. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Freepik, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Online platform providing vectors, stock photos, and icons | - | 73/100 | ||
2nd | Shutterstock 2003, New York City (United States), Public | Provider of royalty-free images, vectors, video clips, and music | - | 69/100 | |
3rd | Online stock photo marketplace | $24M | 61/100 | ||
4th | Storyblocks 2011, Arlington (United States), Acquired | Unlimited stock media: videos, audio, images, templates, and creative tools | $10.5M | 61/100 | |
5th | Fotolia 2004, New York City (United States), Acquired | Royalty-free stock photo marketplace platform | $225M | 57/100 | |
6th | Depositphotos 2009, Fort Lauderdale (United States), Acquired | Royalty-free stock photos, videos, music, and vectors for creative projects | $8M | 56/100 | |
7th | Dreamstime 2004, Brentwood (United States), Unfunded | Royalty-free stock photos, images, vectors, video, and audio provider | - | - | 53/100 |
8th | Visual China Group 2000, Tianjin (China), Public | Online marketplace for stock photos, footages and music | - | - | 48/100 |
9th | _1557912262602.png?devicePixelRatio=2&height=30&width=30){kind=logo} Image Source 1999, London (United Kingdom), Acquired | Online store for high quality free stock images | - | 45/100 | |
10th | Online marketplace for selling photos | $2.34M | 44/100 |
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Freepik's Investments and acquisitions
Freepik has not made any investments yet. Freepik has made 4 acquisitions.Here is the list of latest three $acquisitions:
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Filter this listDate of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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May 07, 2024 | Acquisition | 2023 | Murcia (Spain) | |
Oct 12, 2023 | Acquisition | 2010 | Berlin (Germany) | |
Oct 04, 2022 | Acquisition | 2007 | Copenhagen (Denmark) |
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Reports related to Freepik
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News related to Freepik
Filter this listMedia has covered Freepik for a total of 7 events in the last 1 year, 5 of them have been about company updates and 1 about partnerships.
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Freepik releases AI collaboration tool Spaces at 2025 Upscale conferenceCui Niuhui•Nov 05, 2025•Freepik
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Finland’s DataCrunch secures €55M to challenge US hyperscalers and boost Europe’s AI leadershipEU-Startups•Sep 08, 2025•Tesi, DataCrunch, Byfounders, Skaala and 19 others
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Google Veo 2 arrives to Freepik users to help create videos using AITugaTech•Feb 23, 2025•Google, Freepik
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Freepik Scoops Up AI Image Upscaler MagnificMaginative•May 08, 2024•Magnific, Freepik, Freepik Company
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EyeEm Stock Photo Marketplace Updates Its Policy to Use Uploaded Content to Train AI ModelsGadgets 360•Apr 29, 2024•EyeEm, Freepik
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Photo-sharing community EyeEm will license users’ photos to train AI if they don’t delete themTechCrunch+•Apr 27, 2024•EyeEm, Freepik
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