Sydney, AU · Angel
Melanie Perkins
CEO & Co-Founder at Canva
Latest rounds
- LorikeetSeries A · $35MAug 2025
- CanvasSeries C · $3MMar 2013
BacksAIHealthcareEngineeringFintech
The firm
CanvaVC firm · FR1cheques in 12 months2all time0ledRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 2
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $38M
- Active
- 2013–25
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.
Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Company raisingCanva, Inc.Executive Officer, Directorsince 2016
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The secret power of onboarding, w/Canva's Melanie Perkins
WithMelanie Perkins
About this episode
Onboarding isn't just about employees. The often overlooked step-by-step process, to join a product or company, lays the foundation for everything that follows. No one knows this better than Melanie Perkins, co-founder and CEO of Canva. From the moment she started the Australia-based graphic…
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Canva: Melanie Perkins (2019)
WithMelanie Perkins
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When she was just 19 years old, Melanie Perkins dreamt of transforming the graphic design and publishing industries. But she started small, launching a site to make yearbook design simpler and more collaborative. Her success with that first venture, and an unexpected meeting with a VC…
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Apple PodcastsThe secret power of onboarding, w/Canva's Melanie Perkins
WithMelanie Perkins
About this episode
Onboarding isn't just about employees. The often overlooked step-by-step process – to join a product or company – lays the foundation for everything that follows. No one knows this better than Melanie Perkins, co-founder and CEO of Canva. From the moment she started the Australia-based graphic…
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Apple PodcastsHow I Built Resilience: Live with Melanie Perkins and Bill Creelman
WithBill CreelmanMelanie Perkins
About this episode
This week, the online design platform Canva closed a new round of funding, bringing the company's valuation to $6 billion. Founder Melanie Perkins is also focused on helping her employees work from home, while supporting more than 30 million users worldwide. Also: Spindrift can't sell its sparkling…
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Apple PodcastsCanva: Melanie Perkins
WithMelanie Perkins
About this episode
When she was just 19 years old, Melanie Perkins dreamt of transforming the graphic design and publishing industries. But she started small, launching a site to make yearbook design simpler and more collaborative. Her success with that first venture, and an unexpected meeting with a VC investor, …
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20VC: Start Niche, Move Broader & Become Profitable Quickly with Melanie Perkins, Founder & CEO @ Canva
WithMelanie Perkins
About this episode
Melanie Perkins , Founder & CEO at Canva the disruptive online platform allowing anyone to create professional quality designs. They have over 10m users from 179 countries and have funding from our friends at Shasta , Felicis and upcoming guests Blackbird Ventures and Airtree in Australia.… More on the show's page
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Mentioned in
Episodes that name Melanie Perkins in their description, which is not the same as being on them.
Alex Konrad: "No One Cares About Your Startup" | The Further, Faster Podcast
MentionsEric YuanSam AltmanMelanie Perkins
About this episode
In this episode of The Further, Faster Podcast, Jeff Becker sits down with Alex Konrad, founder of Upstarts Media and former Forbes Senior Editor, where he created the Cloud 100, edited the Midas List, and earned accolades as a top tech journalist. Having spent over a decade interviewing iconic… More on the show's page
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How Canva leveraged unconventional growth levers to grow to $42B | Cameron Adams (Co-founder & CPO)
WithCameron Adams
MentionsLars RasmussenCliff ObrechtDave GreinerMelanie 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…
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Apple PodcastsCanva’s $35B design biz is quietly taking over the workplace, with co-founder & COO Cliff Obrecht
WithCliff Obrecht
MentionsMelanie 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…
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001 Building a Unicorn Company with CEO of Canva MELANIE PERKINS
MentionsGoogleKen GoldmanLars RasmussenMelanie Perkins
About this episode
On today’s show, we have Melanie Perkins. She is the CEO and co-founder of Canva, an online design and publishing tool which makes graphic design simple for everyone. Since launching in 2013, Canva has grown to over 15 million users across 190 countries, with more than 1 billion designs created, at… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's page000 Launching on April 30th 2020
MentionsMelanie Perkins
About this episode
On April 30, we're launching the Silicon Valley podcast. I will be your host Shawn Flynn and I'm excited to say we've already interviewed: CEO and co founder of the unicorn company Canva Miss Melanie Perkins, Square co-founder Jim McCovey, Rotten Tomatoes co founder and first CEO Patrick Lee,… More on the show's page
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