2013 · Seed
Would you have funded Canva?
Design tools for non-designers, from Perth
A team in Perth, Australia, is building a simple web tool for anyone to design graphics and presentations. Adobe dominates design software, and Australia has few venture investors.
- Based far from Silicon Valley
- Competing with Adobe
Show what happened
🦄 Breakout
Canva It was valued at A$1 billion by 2018 and peaked at US$40 billion in 2021.
Venture investors in Australia and the US backed it.
Sources: Canva (Wikipedia)
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