Danka

What Danka does

Danka is a Lyon-based digital creative studio founded in 2006 that delivers UX/UI design, digital strategy, web development, and ongoing digital services to French public institutions and cultural organizations. Operated by a small core team of approximately 4 named professionals including founder and Managing Director Guillaume Bonnecase, the studio has completed more than 400 projects over its 19-year history. Its client portfolio spans museums (Musée des Confluences, Musées de Troyes), performing arts organizations (Chaillot Danse, Opéra de Reims, Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon, Maison de la danse), airports (Lyon Aéroports), education (Unowhy, Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon), foundations (Beneteau Foundation, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique), and select private media (Telo, Jazz à Vienne).

The studio's technical foundation is built on open-source CMS platforms, primarily WordPress, combined with front-end and back-end web development, responsive design, SEO optimization, and hosting/maintenance services. Its methodology emphasizes user-centered design, RGAA accessibility compliance, and responsible digital practices (eco-design, functional sobriety). The seven expertise areas — digital strategy, UX/UI design, art direction and digital identity, website creation, responsible digital, SEO and audience measurement, and hosting/maintenance — are positioned as an integrated end-to-end offering from initial consultation through long-term platform stewardship.

Danka's business model is professional services-based with custom project pricing and multi-year hosting/maintenance contracts. Revenue is generated through direct B2B engagements initiated via consultation meetings ('Chaque projet débute par une rencontre'), targeting organizations requiring custom digital platforms rather than template-based solutions. Operations are primarily France-focused, with occasional international projects such as the Villa Kujoyama artist residency in Kyoto, Japan. No external investment, parent company, partnerships, or institutional ownership are disclosed; the company is privately held and founder-managed.

Name

Danka

Legal name

Danka

Website

https://danka.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Danka is a Lyon-based digital creative studio founded in 2006 that provides UX/UI design, web development, and ongoing digital services to French public institutions, cultural organizations, and select private clients using a WordPress-based open-source stack.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Design Services

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (541430)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Creative & Experience Design Agencies (Web/App/UX) (MPAAAAAD)

Keywords

• Digital design studio
• UX UI design
• Website creation
• Digital strategy
• Brand identity design

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyons

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Digital Creative Services: Project-based professional services for digital creation including strategy, UX/UI design, web development, hosting/maintenance, and SEO. Revenue generated through custom project engagements with private and public organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Danka is a Lyon-based digital creative studio founded in 2006 that designs digital identities, websites, and user experiences for public institutions, cultural organizations, and private companies. The studio delivers strategy, UX/UI design, art direction, website creation, responsible digital consulting, SEO, and hosting services through a small specialized team.

Product overview

Danka is a digital creative studio offering a comprehensive suite of complementary service offerings rather than a single unified software product. Their portfolio includes: Stratégie numérique (digital strategy and consulting), UX/UI & design stratégique (user experience and interface design), Direction artistique & identité digitale (digital art direction and brand identity), Création de site internet (website design and development), Numérique responsable (responsible/eco-friendly digital), SEO & mesure d'audience (search optimization and analytics), and Hébergement & suivi (web hosting and maintenance). These service offerings work together as an integrated approach—from strategic planning through design, development, and ongoing maintenance—to create useful, responsible, and durable digital experiences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Digital strategy
• UX/UI design
• Art direction
• Website creation Design and build of custom websites for public institutions, cultural organizations, and private companies, aligned with the studio's UX/UI and art direction work.
• Responsible digital consulting
• SEO services Search engine optimization services delivered alongside website creation to improve discoverability of client sites.
• Hosting services Ongoing hosting and stewardship of websites designed and built by the studio.

Quantifiable outcome

• +18% website visits, +17% session duration, -16 points bounce rate, 2.1 to 5.6 actions per visit (client: Unowhy)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hiron: Hiron is a French digital agency offering strategy, UX/UI design and web development to enterprise and institutional clients — directly comparable to Danka on service mix and customer segment, with a similar focus on long-form, custom-built projects.
• Wide: Wide is a French digital creative agency providing design, web development and brand identity services to private and public-sector clients — overlapping directly with Danka's full-service digital creation offering.
• Insign: Insign is a French digital studio delivering UX/UI design, web platforms and digital strategy for institutional and enterprise clients — a comparable boutique French agency with a similar end-to-end methodology.
• La Netscouade: La Netscouade is a French digital agency combining strategy, design and development for public-interest and cultural organizations — overlapping Danka's institutional and cultural vertical focus.
• Kaliop: Kaliop is a French digital agency specializing in web platforms, CMS-based content systems and digital strategy for public and private organizations — comparable to Danka on WordPress/CMS-heavy delivery and institutional customer base.
• Spintank: Spintank is a French digital communications and web agency serving cultural, public-sector and corporate clients — directly comparable on customer verticals (cultural institutions, public-sector) and on integrated strategy-plus-delivery engagements.

Broad incumbents

• Emakina: Emakina is a larger European digital agency network offering strategy, design, technology and marketing services across multiple verticals — overlapping Danka's full-service digital offering but at much broader scale and geographic footprint.
• BBDO France: BBDO is a global advertising and digital agency network with French operations offering creative, digital strategy and content services — a broad incumbent that competes for the same brand and institutional RFPs as Danka but at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dankastudio
• Instagraminstagram.com/danka_agence_digitale
• Xx.com/dankastudio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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