# Cliff Obrecht at Silicon Valley Investclub > Cliff Obrecht, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer at Silicon Valley Investclub. 2 investments on record. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/cliff-obrecht (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Sydney, AU · Angel # Cliff Obrecht Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer at [Silicon Valley Investclub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/silicon-valley-investclub) Latest rounds - **Lorikeet** Series A · $35M Aug 2025 - **Vendr** Round · $2M Oct 2019 Backs *Healthcare* *Fintech* *IT Services* *AI* Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 2 last Aug 2025 - **Filings:** - with regulators - **Podcasts:** 3 +2 mentions What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 2 rounds name them - **On filings** No filing names them - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Silicon Valley Investclub - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date. 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Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=cliff-obrecht) ## The firm [**Silicon Valley Investclub** Investment firm · US **0** cheques in 12 months **0** all time **0** led unknown](https://millionrounds.com/fund/silicon-valley-investclub) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 2 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $37M - **Active:** 2019–25 2025 - [Lorikeet](https://millionrounds.com/company/lorikeet) *Series A* **$35M** *AU* Aug 2025 Joined · +9 investors 2019 - [Vendr](https://millionrounds.com/company/vendr) *Round* **$2M** *US* Oct 2019 Joined · +5 investors By stage - Round **1** - Series A **1** What they backed Healthcare **1** Fintech **1** IT Services **1** AI **1** Customer Experience **1** Alongside - [Airtree *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/airtree) - [Athletic Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/athletic-ventures) - [Blackbird Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) - [Capital49 *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital49) - [F-Prime Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/f-prime) - [Garage VC *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garage-capital) - [JD Sherman *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jd-sherman) - [Liquid2 Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [Vendr](https://millionrounds.com/startup/vendr-2) ## Also at Silicon Valley Investclub - [**Elon Musk** Co-Founder *17 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/elon-musk) - [**Chris Larsen** Executive Chairman, Co-Founder *3 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-larsen-4) - [**Palmer Luckey** Founder *3 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/palmer-luckey) - [**Gwynne Shotwell** President & Chief Operating Officer *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/gwynne-shotwell) - [**Ion Stoica** Professor *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ion-stoica) - [**Allen Parker** Chief Financial Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/allen-parker) - [**Brett Adcock** Founder *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/brett-adcock) - [**Brian Schimpf** Co-Founder and CEO *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/brian-schimpf) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 5 Nov 2025 · 3h 47m Isaacman Back in the Cockpit at NASA, Google Takes AI to Space, 𝕏 Timeline Reactions | Cliff Obrecht, Jerry Murdock, SHL0MS, Shehzan Maredia, Mina Fahmi, Alessandro Chesser, John Maslin, Eugenia Kuyda, Anish Acharya, David Risher & Erin Brewer With [Anish Acharya](https://millionrounds.com/person/anish-acharya)[Cliff Obrecht](https://millionrounds.com/person/cliff-obrecht)[Eugenia Kuyda](https://millionrounds.com/person/eugenia-kuyda)[Jerry Murdock](https://millionrounds.com/person/jerry-murdock) Mentions [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Jeff Horing](https://millionrounds.com/person/jeff-horing) About this episode (00:31) - Isaacman Back in Cockpit at NASA (20:44) - Google Takes AI to Space (26:09) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (01:18:31) - Cliff Obrecht, co-founder and COO of Canva, discusses the company's growth to 260 million monthly active users and nearly $4 billion in revenue, emphasizing their… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 1 Jul 2025 · 30 min Canva’s $35B design biz is quietly taking over the workplace, with co-founder & COO Cliff Obrecht With [Cliff Obrecht](https://millionrounds.com/person/cliff-obrecht) Mentions [Melanie Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/person/melanie-perkins) About this episode For over a decade, Canva has made design and publishing more accessible than ever. Now, the company is wrestling with how to harness AI while staying true to its mission of empowering individual creators. Co-founder and COO Cliff Obrecht joins Rapid Response to reveal how Canva is navigating this… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 27 Jan 2023 · 51 min 20VC: Canva Co-Founder, Cliff Obrecht on The Journey From 100 VC Rejections to a $40BN Company, Why Good Enough is Not Good Enough, The Secret to Hiring Non-Obvious Talent and Relationships to Money and Why They Are Giving Away Billions With [Cliff Obrecht](https://millionrounds.com/person/cliff-obrecht) About this episode Cliff Obrecht is the Co-Founder & COO @ Canva, the free-to-use online graphic design tool that makes it easy for anyone to design anything from presentations to videos and social media. Cliff and Mel have scaled Canva to over 60 million monthly users, 2,000 employees, and 500,000 teams from… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Cliff Obrecht in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [In Depth](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/in-depth) · 20 Aug 2025 · 1h 4m How Canva leveraged unconventional growth levers to grow to $42B | Cameron Adams (Co-founder & CPO) With [Cameron Adams](https://millionrounds.com/person/cameron-adams) Mentions [Lars Rasmussen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lars-rasmussen)[Cliff Obrecht](https://millionrounds.com/person/cliff-obrecht)[Dave Greiner](https://millionrounds.com/person/dave-greiner)[Melanie Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/person/melanie-perkins) About this episode Cameron Adams is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Canva, the design platform valued at $42B as of July 2025, used by over 230 million people every month. Before starting Canva, Cameron was a designer and engineer at Google and co-founded Fluent, an email startup. In this episode, Cameron… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) · 25 Jul 2022 · 1h 5m CMO Canva, Zach Kitschke: From Employee Number 5 To $40 Billion Valuation Mentions [Cliff Obrecht](https://millionrounds.com/person/cliff-obrecht) About this episode Canva CMO Zach Kitschke was the company’s fifth employee, joining right before the product launched to the public, or, that was the plan anyway. Emerging technologies like HTML5 and negative feedback from early testers delayed the debut of the design startup, but in the 10 years since its launch… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? 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