Australian design-tools company, founded in 2013 in Sydney. When it was founded, many prospective investors balked at it being based in Sydney rather than Silicon Valley. Co-founded by Cameron Adams, who left Google to start the firm.
Canva was valued at $42bn in 2025 and is expected to go public in the next year or two. It is one of Australia's highest-profile tech successes, alongside Atlassian and Afterpay.
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