Canva
Online graphic design platform
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| August 2024 | Canva acquired Leonardo, an AI image generation platform and startup, for an undisclosed amount. |
| May 2024 | Canva launched Canva Enterprise, introducing Work Kits, Courses, and new AI capabilities, and announced a co-funded solar energy project. |
| March 2024 | Canva acquired UK-based Serif, developers of the Affinity suite of graphic design software, for approximately $380 million. |
| March 2024 | Canva finalized a share sale at a flat valuation of US$26 billion, with buyers purchasing about US$1.6 billion in shares. |
| January 11 2024 | Canva launched its own GPT in OpenAI's GPT Store. |
| March 22 2023 | Canva announced its new Assistant tool that provides design recommendations. |
| 2022 | Canva acquired Flourish, a London-based data visualization startup, to enhance its design and visualization capabilities. |
| December 7 2022 | Canva launched Magic Write, an AI-powered copywriting assistant. |
| September 2022 | Canva's valuation stabilized at US$26 billion. |
| March 2022 | Canva reached over 75 million monthly active users. |
| September 2021 | Canva raised US$200 million, with its valuation peaking at US$40 billion. |
| February 2021 | Canva acquired Austrian startup Kaleido.ai and Czech-based Smartmockups, further expanding its design technology capabilities. |
| July 2020 | Canva established a partnership with Office Depot. |
| June 2020 | Canva announced a partnership with FedEx Office. |
| January 2020 | About 4 million user passwords from the previous year's data breach were decrypted and shared online. In response, Canva reset passwords for all users who had not changed their credentials since the initial breach. |
| December 2019 | Canva announced Canva for Education, a free product for schools and educational institutions to facilitate collaboration between students and teachers. |
| October 2019 | Canva raised additional funding and launched an enterprise product. |
| May 2019 | Canva announced the acquisitions of Pixabay and Pexels, two free stock photography sites based in Germany, to provide users with expanded photo access for designs. |
| May 2019 | Canva suffered a significant data breach affecting approximately 139 million users, exposing personal information including names, usernames, email addresses, geographical data, and password hashes. |
| May 2019 | Canva raised another funding round from General Catalyst and Bond, along with existing investors Blackbird Ventures and Felicis Ventures. |
| 2018 | Canva acquired Zeetings, a presentations startup, to expand its capabilities in the presentations space. |
| January 2018 | Canva announced a funding round from Sequoia Capital, Blackbird Ventures, and Felicis Ventures, with the company being valued significantly. |
| 2017 | Canva reached profitability and had 294,000 paying customers. |
| January 1 2013 | Canva was founded in Perth, Australia by Melanie Perkins, Cliff Obrecht, and Cameron Adams. |
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