# Bas Smeulders (slim)

> Bas Smeulders is co-founder and COO. Sendcloud on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and COO.

Bas Smeulders co-founded Sendcloud in 2012 and was its chief financial officer until April 2024, when he became chief operating officer, leading operations, customer-facing teams and its intelligent shipping work.

## What Bas builds

- [Sendcloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sendcloud.md), graded B, 62/100, in Shipping & fulfilment. Shipping platform for European online shops from Sendcloud B.V. in Eindhoven. Its API v3 and hosted MCP server quote carrier rates, create labels, validate addresses, track parcels and handle returns across the carriers an account has enabled. Co-founder and COO, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Aliaksei Aneichyk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aliaksei-aneichyk/), CFO
- [Rob van den Heuvel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rob-van-den-heuvel/), CEO and co-founder

## Backed by

- [SoftBank](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/softbank/)
- [L Catterton](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/l-catterton/)
- [HPE Growth](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hpe-growth/)
- [AXA Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/axa-venture-partners/)
- [BOM Brabant Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bom-brabant-ventures/)
- [Bonsai Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bonsai-partners/)
- [HenQ](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/henq/)
- [TiiN Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tiin-capital/)
- [Startupbootcamp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/startupbootcamp/)

## Questions

### Who is Bas Smeulders?

Bas Smeulders co-founded Sendcloud in 2012 and was its chief financial officer until April 2024, when he became chief operating officer, leading operations, customer-facing teams and its intelligent shipping work.

### What does Sendcloud B.V. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Sendcloud from Sendcloud B.V..

### Who has invested in Sendcloud B.V.?

The sources our research read name SoftBank, L Catterton, HPE Growth, AXA Venture Partners, BOM Brabant Ventures, Bonsai Partners, HenQ, TiiN Capital and Startupbootcamp.

### How are Bas's tools graded?

Sendcloud is graded B, 62 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.sendcloud.com/contact/
- https://www.sendcloud.com/about-us/
- https://www.sendcloud.com/blog/sendcloud-raises-177-million-in-series-c-funding-to-accelerate-growth-of-its-all-in-one-shipping-platform/

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.