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Canva

ACTIVE
Platform company

Australian online graphic design platform operating on a freemium model, with generative AI features (Magic Studio, Canva AI).

Founded2013Australia
HQSydneyAustralia
Total fundingA$40M4 · 2018–2021
ValuationUS$42B🦄Employee share sale · 2025
01 · About

Canva

Founded 2013 · Sydney, Australia

Canva (Canva Pty Ltd) is an Australian technology company founded in 2013 that develops an online graphic design platform. The platform operates on a freemium model and offers a drag-and-drop interface with templates for presentations, posters and social media content, plus photo and video editing tools. The company expanded into generative AI features bundled in Magic Studio (including Canva AI and the Dream Lab image generator). Canva has acquired companies including Kaleido.ai, Smartmockups, Flourish, UK-based Serif (maker of the Affinity suite) and the Leonardo AI platform. By the end of 2025 it reported more than 265 million monthly active users.

  • Melanie Perkins

    Co-founder & CEO

    Australian technology entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Canva.

  • Cliff Obrecht

    Co-founder & COO

    Australian technology entrepreneur, co-founder and COO of Canva.

  • Cameron Adams

    Co-founder & Chief Product Officer

    Australian designer and entrepreneur, co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Canva.

02 · What they do

Domain of activity

2 areas · 4 technologies · 3 industries
What they do2Areas
  • Content generation
  • AI platforms
How they do it4Technologies
  • Generative AI
  • Multimodal AI
  • Computer vision
  • NLP
Who for3Industries
  • Software & Technology
  • Media & entertainment
  • Education
03 · Geography

Global presence

HQ Sydney · 2 regions
GlobalAustralia & Oceania
04 · Metrics

Scale & funding

founded 2013
2013founded
approx. 5,500 (2024)employees
A$40Mtotal funding
maturedevelopment stage
Privatenot listed
activestatus
A$40M
total funding
4 · 2018–2021
January 2018Sequoia Capital, Blackbird Ventures, Felicis VenturesRound at a A$1 billion valuation.
A$40M
May 2019
A$70M
October 2019Launch of Canva for Enterprise.
A$85M
September 2021Round at which valuation peaked at US$40 billion.
US$200M
07 · Classification

Profile & metadata

4 classification · 7 external links

Classification

  • Statusactive
  • Development stagemature
  • Listed onNoprivate
  • Organization typePlatform company