# Melanie Perkins, CEO & Co-Founder at Canva

> Melanie Perkins, CEO & Co-Founder at Canva. 2 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/melanie-perkins (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Sydney, AU · Angel

# Melanie Perkins

CEO & Co-Founder at [Canva](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canva)

Latest rounds

- **Lorikeet** Series A · $35M Aug 2025
- **Canvas** Series C · $3M Mar 2013

Backs *AI* *Healthcare* *Engineering* *Fintech*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 2 last Aug 2025
- **Filings:** 1 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 6 +5 mentions

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 2 rounds name them
- ✓ **On filings** 1 filing with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Canva
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Canva** VC firm · FR **1** cheques in 12 months **2** all time **0** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canva)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 2
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $38M
- **Active:** 2013–25

2025

- [Lorikeet](https://millionrounds.com/company/lorikeet) *Series A* **$35M** *AU* Aug 2025 Joined · +9 investors

2013

- [Canvas](https://millionrounds.com/company/canvas) *Series C* **$3M** *US* Mar 2013 Joined · historical

By stage

- Series A **1**
- Series C **1**

What they backed

AI **2** Healthcare **1** Engineering **1** Fintech **1** Defence Tech **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)
- [Cliff Obrecht *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cliff-obrecht)
- [Operator Partners *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/operator-partners)
- [QED Investors *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qed-investors)
- [Skip Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/skip-capital)

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 raising **Canva, Inc.** Executive Officer, Director since 2016

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Canva

- [**Andrew Krutz** Strategic Partnerships *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/andrew-krutz)
- [**Jessica Beard** Executive Assistant / Business Partner to the CEO and COO *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jessica-beard)
- [**Meghan Gendelman** CMO, B2B *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/meghan-gendelman)
- [**Rob Giglio** Chief Customer Officer - Sales / Success *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/rob-giglio)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 29 Mar 2022 · 44 min The secret power of onboarding, w/Canva's Melanie Perkins With [Melanie Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/person/melanie-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… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 1 Mar 2021 · 44 min Canva: Melanie Perkins (2019) With [Melanie Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/person/melanie-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… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 8 Dec 2020 · 44 min The secret power of onboarding, w/Canva's Melanie Perkins With [Melanie Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/person/melanie-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… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 27 Jun 2020 · 30 min How I Built Resilience: Live with Melanie Perkins and Bill Creelman With [Bill Creelman](https://millionrounds.com/person/bill-creelman)[Melanie Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/person/melanie-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… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 28 Jan 2019 · 51 min Canva: Melanie Perkins With [Melanie Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/person/melanie-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, … Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 10 Jun 2016 · 26 min 20VC: Start Niche, Move Broader & Become Profitable Quickly with Melanie Perkins, Founder & CEO @ Canva With [Melanie Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/person/melanie-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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Melanie Perkins in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [The Further, Faster Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/further-faster) · 4 Aug 2026 · 55 min Alex Konrad: "No One Cares About Your Startup" | The Further, Faster Podcast Mentions [Eric Yuan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eric-yuan)[Sam Altman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-altman)[Melanie Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/person/melanie-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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [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
- [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 Silicon Valley Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-silicon-valley-podcast) · 19 Apr 2020 · 26 min 001 Building a Unicorn Company with CEO of Canva MELANIE PERKINS Mentions [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Ken Goldman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ken-goldman)[Lars Rasmussen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lars-rasmussen)[Melanie Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/person/melanie-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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Silicon Valley Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-silicon-valley-podcast) · 15 Apr 2020 · 1 min 000 Launching on April 30th 2020 Mentions [Melanie Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/person/melanie-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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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