MPB

MPB is a data-driven marketplace for trading high-end photography and filmmaking kit. MPB offers the world’s largest curated and verified selection of second-hand photo equipment. All transactions are enabled by MPB’s data-driven vetting and pricing process reflecting current supply and demand.

Changing Gear

FOUNDED
2011, Brighton
INITIAL INVESTMENT
Jul 2019
CATEGORY
Recommerce
FOUNDER
Matt Barker

MPB’s fast-growing user community benefits from a unique end-to-end customer experience including a quality check on all items. Customers can instantly buy and sell either for cash, or trade against other items in one single transaction. Founded and launched in Brighton by a photography enthusiast during his studies, MPB has expanded internationally with operations in the UK, US and Germany and is on its way to become the world’s leading photo gear trading platform.

 

“There are over 20 million photographers and filmmakers in Europe and the US alone.  They look for the perfect bit of kit, but face a highly fragmented market which lacks transparency and trust in sellers. We offer them an innovative platform to buy and sell second-hand gear in a single transaction. In the near future, further developments will see MPB blurring the lines between ownership and rental.”

Matt Barker, founder/CEO

MPB’s fast-growing user community benefits from a unique end-to-end customer experience including a quality check on all items. Customers can instantly buy and sell either for cash, or trade against other items in one single transaction. Founded and launched in Brighton by a photography enthusiast during his studies, MPB has expanded internationally with operations in the UK, US and Germany and is on its way to become the world’s leading photo gear trading platform.

 

“There are over 20 million photographers and filmmakers in Europe and the US alone.  They look for the perfect bit of kit, but face a highly fragmented market which lacks transparency and trust in sellers. We offer them an innovative platform to buy and sell second-hand gear in a single transaction. In the near future, further developments will see MPB blurring the lines between ownership and rental.”

Matt Barker, founder/CEO