Canva
Group Lead / General Manager, Print
We appointed the Group Lead / General Manager, Print, an executive leadership hire, to lead the business into its next phase.
Canva — Canva is one of the most valuable software companies ever built in Australia. Founded in Sydney in 2012 by Melanie Perkins, Cliff Obrecht and Cameron Adams to empower the world to design, it now serves more than 170 million monthly users across 190-plus countries, who have created over 15 billion designs, and generates more than $2 billion in annual revenue at a valuation around $26 billion. One of the very few global product companies to have scaled from Australia to the world.
The market for this leadership
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Latest signals — Canva
Partnership · Oceania
Canva →Canva announced partnership with Google Gemini to integrate its design platform, completing integrations with all major AI players (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini)
Partnership · Asia
Canva →Canva partnered with Andhra Pradesh government to provide visual communication tools for government school students
Capital Raising · Oceania
Canva →Robinhood Ventures Fund invested $25M in Canva as part of a broader AI-powered tech investment strategy
Product Launch · Oceania
Canva →Canva has made AI a core business focus with recent launch of Canva AI 2.0, a conversational design platform. Company is actively implementing AI Discovery Week and fostering AI experimentation culture among employees
Partnership · Americas
Canva →Canva has taken a significant shareholding position in Sharon AI (a neocloud infrastructure firm), as disclosed in SEC filings. This represents part of Canva's broader AI-focused investment strategy.
Geographic Expansion · Asia
Canva →Canva established a strategic partnership with Vietnam's National Innovation Center (NIC) to expand digital and AI skills education across Vietnam. Key initiatives include free Canva for Education accounts for K-12 schools nationwide, training for 30,000 teachers, national webinars, and a creative competition.
Adjacent signals across Oceania
Product Launch · Oceania
Progress Software →Progress Software has launched ShareFile Enterprise, a document collaboration offering aimed at large and regulated organisations, allowing them to scale sensitive document sharing from one platform.
M&A Activity · Oceania
RAS Technology →Takeover activity around ASX-listed RAS Technology (ASX:RTH), with PA Media apparently the party behind the approach.
M&A Activity · Oceania
AustralianSuper →AustralianSuper increased its investment in Perth Airport by acquiring two co-investors' stakes, bringing its holding to around 29.4%.
Partnership · Oceania
Serendata →Serendata, the technology platform arm of New Zealand-founded Sysdoc, has secured a global strategic partnership with SAP to integrate SAP Signavio's process suite into its change intelligence platform.
M&A Activity · Oceania
TAL Daiichi Life Australia →TAL Daiichi Life Australia has launched a A$7.8 billion takeover bid for Challenger, an Australian listed life insurer and asset manager.
Capital Raising · Oceania
Zoono Group →Zoono Group (ASX:ZNO) reported a quarterly update with cash receipts falling from the prior quarter, alongside a trading halt and placement noted in the source tag, suggesting a near-term equity raise to fund operations.
Our record with Canva
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