Founding History of Canva
Founded by Melanie Perkins, Cliff Obrecht, and Cameron Adams.
Started design and development efforts in November 2011.
Purchased the canva.com domain name in January 2012.
Incorporated as Canva Pty Ltd in July 2012.
Launched in open beta mode in August 2013.
Raised about $295 million in multiple rounds of funding.
Headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
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Year 1 of Canva
Backstory
Month 0
Month 1
Month 2
Month 3
Month 4
Month 5
Month 6
Month 7
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Month 9
Month 10
Month 11
Month 12
Version 1 of Canva (Website)
AUG 2013
Stats of Canva
2012 to 2015
2016 to 2019
2020
Full Year 1 of Canva
Y1 of Canva.pdfNOV 2011 to OCT 2012
Extras of Canva
Interview: Canva CEO, Melanie Perkins
On growing an Australian college startup into global unicorn
Extras of Canva from Lama & Play4Tomorrow
How Canva started? The Story of Melanie Perkins (with voice over)
How Canva started? The Story of Melanie Perkins (without voice over)