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 "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
 "credit": "DAMSelection.com",
 "as_of": "2026-10-15",
 "source_for_leaders": "https://www.forrester.com/report/the-forrester-wave-tm-digital-asset-management-systems-q1-2026/RES190992",
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   "slug": "adobe-aem-assets",
   "name": "Adobe AEM Assets",
   "segment": "Enterprise content platforms",
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   "ownership": "Adobe Inc., a publicly listed company filing annual reports with the US SEC; AEM Assets is an Adobe product line",
   "headquarters": "San Jose, California, United States",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-14",
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  },
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   "slug": "aprimo",
   "name": "Aprimo",
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   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": true,
   "ownership": "Privately held; portfolio company of Marlin Equity Partners (stated by Marlin in July 2020, still listed in the Marlin portfolio)",
   "headquarters": "Indianapolis, United States, with offices in Amsterdam, Ghent, London, Manila and Melbourne",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/aprimo/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "opentext",
   "name": "OpenText",
   "segment": "Enterprise content platforms",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": true,
   "ownership": "OpenText, publicly listed on NASDAQ and TSX under the ticker OTEX",
   "headquarters": "Waterloo, Ontario, Canada",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/opentext/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "orange-logic",
   "name": "Orange Logic",
   "segment": "Enterprise content platforms",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": true,
   "ownership": "Privately held, with a strategic growth investment from Bregal Sagemount in May 2023 (stake not disclosed)",
   "headquarters": "Irvine, California, United States, per the dateline of Orange Logic press releases from 2023 to 2025; no headquarters address is published",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/orange-logic/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "sitecore-content-hub",
   "name": "Sitecore Content Hub",
   "segment": "Enterprise content platforms",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "EQT: EQT VII acquired a majority stake in 2016, with the founders keeping a significant equity stake; Sitecore is listed in the EQT portfolio",
   "headquarters": "Denmark, per EQT; recent Sitecore press releases carry a Manchester, New Hampshire dateline",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/sitecore-content-hub/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "hyland-nuxeo",
   "name": "Hyland Nuxeo",
   "segment": "Enterprise content platforms",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "Hyland Software, a Thoma Bravo portfolio company (Thoma Bravo first invested in 2007); Hyland acquired Nuxeo in April 2021",
   "headquarters": "Hyland: Westlake, Ohio, United States",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/hyland-nuxeo/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "tenovos",
   "name": "Tenovos",
   "segment": "Enterprise content platforms",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "Independent and venture-backed; investors named are S4S Ventures, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), Progress Ventures, UCIG, Revel Partners and Dublin Capital Partners",
   "headquarters": "New York, United States (500 7th Avenue)",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/tenovos/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "bynder",
   "name": "Bynder",
   "segment": "Brand and marketing DAM",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": true,
   "ownership": "Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL), majority investor; investment announced December 2022 and listed by THL as a current 2023 investment",
   "headquarters": "Amsterdam, Netherlands, with office hubs in the United States, Spain, the UK, Australia and the UAE",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/bynder/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "frontify",
   "name": "Frontify",
   "segment": "Brand and marketing DAM",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "Privately held and venture backed; latest verified round is a USD 50 million Series C led by Revaia in September 2021, with EQT Ventures, Blossom Capital, Tenderloin Ventures and HighSage Ventures",
   "headquarters": "St. Gallen, Switzerland, with offices in New York and London",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/frontify/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "brandfolder",
   "name": "Brandfolder",
   "segment": "Brand and marketing DAM",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "Smartsheet Inc., owned since January 2025 by funds managed by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners",
   "headquarters": "Denver, Colorado, United States (as stated at the 2020 acquisition announcement)",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/brandfolder/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "canto",
   "name": "Canto",
   "segment": "Brand and marketing DAM",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "Privately held; JMI Equity made a strategic growth investment in 2021 (stake not disclosed)",
   "headquarters": "Atlanta, United States, with offices in Berlin, Cork and Sydney",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/canto/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "acquia-dam",
   "name": "Acquia DAM",
   "segment": "Brand and marketing DAM",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "Acquia; Vista Equity Partners acquired a majority stake in Acquia in 2019",
   "headquarters": "Boston, Massachusetts, United States (Acquia); the Widen product team originated in Madison, Wisconsin",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/acquia-dam/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "mediavalet",
   "name": "MediaValet",
   "segment": "Brand and marketing DAM",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "STG, a private equity firm, through its affiliate River Acquisition Corp., owner of 100% of shares since April 2024",
   "headquarters": "Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with a US head office in Menlo Park, California",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/mediavalet/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "lytho",
   "name": "Lytho",
   "segment": "Brand and marketing DAM",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "Privately held; Level Equity led a growth equity investment in inMotionNow, now Lytho, in 2018 (stake not disclosed)",
   "headquarters": "Holly Springs, North Carolina, United States, with an office in Amsterdam, Netherlands",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/lytho/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "papirfly",
   "name": "Papirfly",
   "segment": "Brand and marketing DAM",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "Papirfly Group, majority owned by growth investor Verdane since 2022",
   "headquarters": "Oslo, Norway, with offices in Sandnes, London, Stockholm, Zlin, Brno, Morristown (New Jersey) and Paris (Keepeek)",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/papirfly/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "air",
   "name": "Air",
   "segment": "Brand and marketing DAM",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "Independent, venture-backed; raised a 35 million US dollar Series B in January 2025",
   "headquarters": "Brooklyn, New York, United States",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/air/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "dash",
   "name": "Dash",
   "segment": "Brand and marketing DAM",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": null,
   "headquarters": "Registered office in Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/dash/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "extensis-portfolio",
   "name": "Extensis Portfolio",
   "segment": "Brand and marketing DAM",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "Axle AI, Inc. (privately held), owner of Portfolio since March 2026; previously Extensis, a Monotype company",
   "headquarters": "Axle AI, Inc. lists 38 Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts, United States; no separate address published for Portfolio DAM, LLC",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/extensis-portfolio/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "salsify",
   "name": "Salsify",
   "segment": "Product content, packaging and commerce",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "Venture and growth backed (TPG led the 2022 Series F); Cinven agreed in July 2026 to acquire Salsify, Inc., and no completion had been announced by 15 October 2026",
   "headquarters": "Boston, Massachusetts, United States, with offices in Lisbon, Paris and Sydney",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/salsify/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "pimcore",
   "name": "Pimcore",
   "segment": "Product content, packaging and commerce",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "Independent and venture-backed; a USD 12 million Series B led by Nordwind Growth closed in September 2022 (stakes not disclosed)",
   "headquarters": "Salzburg, Austria (S\u00f6llheimer Stra\u00dfe 16, licensor address in the licence agreement)",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/pimcore/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "censhare",
   "name": "censhare",
   "segment": "Product content, packaging and commerce",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "Entirely, a marketing technology group founded by Censhare, Elaine, Facelift and Marmind and backed by DuMont; shareholding not published",
   "headquarters": "Munich, Germany (Paul-Gerhardt-Allee 50, 81245 M\u00fcnchen)",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-14",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/censhare/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "cloudinary",
   "name": "Cloudinary",
   "segment": "Product content, packaging and commerce",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "Privately held; funds managed by Blackstone Growth invested more than $100 million in February 2022 at a $2 billion valuation (stake not disclosed)",
   "headquarters": "San Jose, California (first office listed), with offices in Petah Tikva, Ramat Yishay, London and Krak\u00f3w",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/cloudinary/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "scaleflex-filerobot",
   "name": "Scaleflex Filerobot",
   "segment": "Product content, packaging and commerce",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "Venture-backed; a 2.5 million euro round in June 2021 came from BrightCap Ventures, Oktogon Ventures and John Marshall (stakes not disclosed)",
   "headquarters": "Lyon, France",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/scaleflex-filerobot/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "esko-mediabeacon",
   "name": "Esko MediaBeacon",
   "segment": "Product content, packaging and commerce",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "Veralto: Esko is a Veralto Product Quality and Innovation company",
   "headquarters": "Esko: Gent, Belgium (address listed by Veralto)",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/esko-mediabeacon/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "celum",
   "name": "Celum",
   "segment": "European specialists",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "No parent company or investor disclosed; CELUM describes itself as a bootstrapped company",
   "headquarters": "Linz, Austria",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/celum/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "fotoware",
   "name": "Fotoware",
   "segment": "European specialists",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "Viking Venture, Norwegian technology growth investor, majority owner since 2020",
   "headquarters": "Oslo, Norway (Tollbugata 35), with FotoWare Switzerland AG in Baden, Switzerland",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/fotoware/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "woodwing-assets",
   "name": "WoodWing Assets",
   "segment": "European specialists",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "WoodWing Group; Main Capital Partners acquired a strategic majority stake in March 2020, with key management keeping a minority stake",
   "headquarters": "Netherlands, with offices in the US and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/woodwing-assets/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "wedia",
   "name": "Wedia",
   "segment": "European specialists",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "Unlisted since November 2024; held by Cathay Capital Private Equity, founder and CEO Nicolas Boutet and the management team (stakes not disclosed)",
   "headquarters": "Paris, France (11 bis rue Bachaumont, 75002), with an office in Frankfurt",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/wedia/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "keepeek",
   "name": "Keepeek",
   "segment": "European specialists",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "Papirfly Group, majority owned by Verdane",
   "headquarters": "Paris, France (2 rue de la Roquette, 75011), with an office in Rennes",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/keepeek/"
  },
  {
   "slug": "resourcespace",
   "name": "ResourceSpace",
   "segment": "Open source",
   "forrester_wave_dam_q1_2026_leader": false,
   "ownership": "None; Montala Limited describes itself as a 100% employee-owned B Corporation",
   "headquarters": "Watchfield, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (registered office of Montala Limited, which describes itself as based in Faringdon, Oxfordshire)",
   "facts_verified": "2026-10-15",
   "profile_url": "https://damselection.com/vendors/resourcespace/"
  }
 ]
}