About Canva
Canva is an online design and visual communication platform that provides user friendly design tools for non-designers.
Headquarters
Canva, Sydney
Founded
2013-01-01
Industry
Graphic Design, Photo Editing, Publishing, Software, Web Design
Last Funding Type
Secondary Market
Valuation
51
Total Funding
$2.51 billion dollars
IPO Status
Private
Financial
Canva is advancing in design automation and user interface enhancements. They are developing methods for automatically generating designs, grouping design elements, and performing bulk design edits. Their research includes systems for recognizing hand-drawn shapes and extracting text from PDFs, which align with their focus on user-friendly design tools. Additionally, Canva is working on systems for creating digital animations and video productions, as well as methods for applying effects to design elements. These efforts highlight Canva's commitment to simplifying design processes and enhancing user experience.
Funding Rounds
19
Number of Lead Investors
12
Total Funding Amount
$2.51 billion dollars
Number of Investors
44
Canva vs. Other Decacorns
| Company | Valuation | Total Funding | Funding Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canva | $51B | $2.51B | 19 |
| Weights & Biases | $5B | $250.00M | 7 |
| SeekOut | $1B | $188.60M | 4 |
| Didi Global | $68B | - | - |
| Tanium | $9B | $1.05B | 14 |
| Postman | $6B | $433.00M | 5 |
| Telegram | $5B | - | - |
| Confluent | $18B | $455.90M | 8 |
| Dataiku | $4B | $846.84M | 11 |
| QuintoAndar | $5B | $755.27M | 9 |
| Collibra | $5B | $596.52M | 9 |
| 1Password | $14B | $920.14M | 3 |
| DFINITY | $2B | $166.88M | 6 |
| Mysten Labs | $2B | $336.01M | 3 |
| Cerebras Systems | $26B | $715.00M | 7 |
| Wave (Financial Software) | $2B | $79.75M | 10 |
| Enya (Software Development Applications) | $3B | $1.50M | 2 |
| Latch | $1.6B | $342.12M | 7 |
| Concordium | $1B | $76.10M | 8 |
| AvidXchange | $4.9B | $1.13B | 10 |
| CoinTracker | $4B | $101.62M | 3 |
| Offchain Labs | $1B | $123.70M | 3 |
| Automattic | $15B | $985.90M | 12 |
| Twilio | $2B | $614.42M | 13 |
| Quotient Technology | $1.2B | $284.26M | 10 |
| Asapp | $2B | $380.00M | 5 |
| Miro | $88B | $476.30M | 5 |
| InsideSales.com | $3B | $251.20M | 6 |
| Asana | $50B | $453.20M | 13 |
| AppDirect | $2B | $574.50M | 9 |
| Gong.io | $7B | $583.00M | 8 |
| Improbable | $11B | $704.03M | 7 |
| Notion | $110B | $343.20M | 7 |
| Zenefits | $14B | $584.10M | 6 |
| Lattice | $18B | $330.32M | 9 |
| Couchbase | $1B | $251.00M | 9 |
| Workfront | $2B | $375.00M | 5 |
| DriveNets | $2B | $587.00M | 4 |
| Fusion-io | $1.5B | $111.50M | 3 |
| TaxBit | $3B | $253.36M | 8 |
| Epirus | $1B | $287.63M | 4 |
| Copper | $2B | $102.00M | 5 |
| Slack | $23B | $1.39B | 13 |
| Synthego | $1B | $459.69M | 9 |
| OpenWeb | $2B | $393.00M | 6 |
| Cylance | $1B | $297.00M | 6 |
| AppDynamics | $2B | $364.50M | 11 |
| Roku | $1.3B | $212.01M | 11 |
| Commure | $4B | $620.50M | 8 |
| Remote | $17B | $496.00M | 5 |
| Mainspring | $1B | $32.50M | 2 |
| Tradeshift | $8B | $1.13B | 14 |
| Qualia | $2B | $160.00M | 6 |
| Retool | $29B | $141.00M | 5 |
| Matillion | $3B | $290.00M | 7 |
| Schroedinger | $0.8B | $577.22M | 10 |
| Jfrog | $3.9B | $226.50M | 6 |
| Datto | $4.3B | $100.00M | 3 |
| SmartRent | $2.2B | $256.50M | 6 |
| Deem | $1B | $536.13M | 13 |
| Forto | $2B | $593.38M | 6 |
| Active Network | $1B | $344.19M | 9 |
| Flexport | $152B | $2.70B | 19 |
| Niantic | $18B | $770.00M | 6 |
| Vianai | $2B | $190.00M | 2 |
| Contrast Security | $3B | $269.00M | 5 |
| Clari | $3B | $496.00M | 8 |
| StarkWare | $32B | $273.00M | 8 |
| Pilot | $9B | $172.10M | 6 |
| Hugging Face | $10B | $395.20M | 7 |
| Procore | $9.6B | $654.02M | 17 |
| Fleetmatics Group | $0.6B | $93.00M | 2 |
| Carbonite | $0.2B | $191.20M | 8 |
| Concur Technologies | $0.2B | $291.75M | 2 |
| Vercel | $8B | $563.00M | 5 |
| Divvy | $7B | $417.50M | 5 |
| Placer.ai | $6B | $267.51M | 10 |
| Nexthink | $2B | $345.88M | 8 |
| Sumo Logic | $2.2B | $340.00M | 6 |
| Lucid | $3B | $3.82M | 4 |
| Pipedrive | $5B | $90.20M | 8 |
| Udacity | $2B | $240.00M | 6 |
| Palantir Technologies | $308B | $3.03B | 28 |
| Andela | $3B | $381.01M | 9 |
| Scopely | $41B | $998.50M | 10 |
| Nicira Networks | $1B | $41.82M | 4 |
| Weave | $1.5B | $168.00M | 8 |
| Applied Intuition | $22B | $901.50M | 7 |
| ClassDojo | $17B | $191.10M | 6 |
| LogMeIn | $0.3B | $30.00M | 5 |
| Material Security | $4B | $162.00M | 4 |
| Planet Labs | $2.8B | $573.90M | 10 |
| Gusto | $547B | $746.10M | 15 |
| Checkr | $60B | $679.00M | 8 |
| Sourcegraph | $5B | $248.00M | 7 |
| Productboard | $5B | $261.70M | 8 |
| Amplitude | $4.6B | $311.48M | 14 |
| Uber | $82.4B | $30.21B | 33 |
| Motive | $3B | $567.30M | 9 |
| Hasura | $2B | $136.50M | 4 |
| Evernote | $11B | $290.00M | 12 |
| Dapper Labs | $76B | $612.51M | 7 |
| Ada (Business/Productivity Software) | $1B | $190.62M | 7 |
| MoPub | $3B | $18.50M | 4 |
| Rebellion Defense | $1B | $150.00M | 2 |
| Stack Overflow | $12B | $153.00M | 6 |
| Netscape Communications | $1.2B | $8.00M | 3 |
| Druva | $2B | $475.00M | 9 |
| Foundry Networks | $3B | - | 1 |
| Luminar | $2.9B | $709.75M | 11 |
| Anaplan | $1.4B | $299.90M | 9 |
| TravelPerk | $4B | $664.14M | 12 |
| Rubrik | $6.6B | $554.30M | 12 |
| Knock | $4B | - | - |
| Cresta | $6B | $276.00M | 5 |
| Leslie | $3B | - | 1 |
| MarkForged | $2.1B | $346.80M | 7 |
| Degreed | $4B | $462.74M | 16 |
| Looker | $5B | $280.50M | 7 |
| People.ai | $4B | $200.00M | 9 |
| Quantenna Communications | $0.5B | $186.13M | 12 |
| Braze | $6B | $175.10M | 9 |
| Freshworks | $10B | $484.00M | 9 |
| Loom | $11B | $203.55M | 8 |
| Zuora | $1.4B | $647.50M | 11 |
| InTouch Health | $1B | $49.20M | 6 |
| Airtable | $282B | $1.35B | 10 |
| Fundbox | $8B | $553.50M | 9 |
| View (Building Products) | $1.6B | $2.57B | 20 |
| Nimble Storage | $1.5B | $98.75M | 5 |
| Vast | $4B | $381.00M | 7 |
| ID.me | $14B | $407.25M | 22 |
| Figma | $180B | $748.62M | 8 |
| Dynatrace | $4.4B | $21.90M | 4 |
| Snap Group | $31B | $3.26M | 1 |
| Rubicon | $10B | $501.70M | 12 |
| Modern Health | $4B | $167.40M | 6 |
| Cribl | $2B | $721.21M | 7 |
| Chainalysis | $9B | $536.62M | 13 |
| Branch | $24B | $667.05M | 10 |
| Benchling | $37B | $411.90M | 9 |
| Pure Storage | $3.1B | $529.26M | 8 |
| Automile | $4B | $47.31M | 4 |
| Back | $15B | $3.30M | 2 |
| Sourcefire | $2B | $40.50M | 5 |
| Density | $11B | $217.20M | 9 |
| SingleStore | $11B | $464.10M | 11 |
| FiscalNote | $1.3B | $637.33M | 23 |
| Bowery | $9B | $1.65M | 4 |
| Takko | $2B | - | 3 |
| Auth0 | $6B | $332.28M | 10 |
| Roblox | $14B | $874.45M | 13 |
| CircleCI | $10B | $315.00M | 9 |
| Addepar | $11B | $531.36M | 7 |
| AgentSync | $5B | $161.10M | 5 |
| Proofpoint | $0.4B | $885.50M | 7 |
| SnapLogic | $5B | $371.30M | 10 |
| Signifyd | $4B | $409.00M | 7 |
| Spendesk | $3B | $311.85M | 6 |
| Notion Labs | $60B | - | - |
| Pilot.com | $1B | $172.10M | 6 |
| DocuSign | $4.5B | $536.20M | 20 |
| Lucid Software | $12B | $670.36M | 8 |
| BloomReach | $2B | $452.00M | 7 |
| DataStax | $5B | $342.57M | 10 |
| Snyk | $15B | $1.20B | 13 |
| Newfold Digital | $2B | - | 1 |
| PagerDuty | $1.8B | $523.60M | 8 |
| SAP Concur | $0.2B | $291.75M | 2 |
| OpenAI | $20B | $21.90B | 10 |
| Iterable | $2B | $342.20M | 7 |
| Dataminr | $41B | $1.05B | 14 |
| Alto Pharmacy | $3B | $680.03M | 11 |
| Mirakl | $7B | $6.41M | 5 |
| LaunchDarkly | $6B | $330.30M | 8 |
| Bellabeat | $8B | $18.82M | 7 |
| Lyft | $24B | $5.31B | 29 |
| Workhuman | $1B | $131.48M | 4 |
| Storable | $6B | $10.00M | 1 |
| $12.7B | $1.49B | 26 | |
| MySQL | $1B | $39.80M | 3 |
| MindTickle | $1B | $281.30M | 7 |
| Flywire | $8B | $583.30M | 10 |
| Outreach | $22B | $489.02M | 13 |
| Splashtop | $3B | $114.00M | 5 |
| Stack | $2B | $5.04M | 5 |
| Salesforce | $1.1B | $65.38M | 7 |
| $23.1B | $26.10M | 3 | |
| Clio | $3B | $1.29B | 6 |
| Tipalti | $25B | $715.00M | 10 |
| Cloudflare | $4.4B | $332.20M | 7 |
| Box | $1.7B | $1.46B | 15 |
| Fastly | $1.5B | $369.00M | 8 |
| Kong | $7B | $344.10M | 7 |
| Mark43 | $8B | $268.82M | 8 |
| Dropbox | $9.2B | $1.71B | 13 |
| Contentful | $6B | $349.60M | 9 |
| Turing | $11B | - | 2 |
| MURAL | $4B | $192.28M | 6 |
| Duo Security | $2B | $121.50M | 7 |
| The Zebra | $2B | $2.50B | 3 |
| Expensify | $2.2B | $138.20M | 9 |
| InVision | $4B | $356.20M | 10 |
| Relativity | $37B | $125.00M | 2 |
| Yammer | $15B | $142.00M | 6 |
| iSpot.tv | $2B | $382.80M | 5 |
| PayFit | $6B | $495.75M | 7 |
Growth Trends & Market Impact
Canva has shown significant growth through various strategic initiatives. The company has surpassed 60 million education users, indicating a substantial increase in its customer base. Canva has also made several acquisitions, including the Affinity Design Suite and a UK design platform, to enhance its professional design tools and challenge Adobe. Additionally, Canva has received an $8 million USD investment from Stack Capital. The company has also been actively targeting new markets, including Hollywood and big business users, and has unveiled new workplace products aimed at enterprise clients.
Investment history
| Round number | date | Post-round evaluation | investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| №1 | 31.10.2024 | $2.51 billion dollars | |
| №2 | 02.05.2024 | $328.51 million dollars |
Quadrant Private Equity |
| №3 | 01.05.2024 | $8.00 million dollars |
Stack Capital |
| №4 | 18.01.2024 | $1.60 billion dollars | |
| №5 | 08.08.2023 | $1.60 billion dollars |
Coatue ICONIQ Capital |
| №6 | 14.09.2021 | $200.00 million dollars |
T. Rowe Price |
| №7 | 06.04.2021 | $71.00 million dollars |
Dragoneer Investment Group T. Rowe Price |
| №8 | 22.06.2020 | $60.00 million dollars |
Blackbird Ventures HongShan |
| №9 | 16.10.2019 | $85.00 million dollars |
Bond |
| №10 | 20.05.2019 | $70.00 million dollars |
Bond Felicis General Catalyst |