Valoración e historial de financiación de Canva
Perth, fundada en 2013
Melanie Perkins pitched Canva from Perth and heard no more than a hundred times. The idea was not the problem: it became a $40 billion company. In 2012 there was simply no way to reach investors from Western Australia.
Before Canva there was Fusion Books, a school yearbook design tool Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht ran out of her mother's living room from 2007. It made money. It proved people would design in a browser. It was, in every sense, traction.
None of that helped, because nobody who writes cheques was in Perth. The unlock was a kitesurfing retreat in Maui, where an investor introduction eventually led to her third co-founder, Cameron Adams, and to the US funds that finally backed her.
- Fundada
- 2013
- Sede central
- Perth
- Rondas levantadas
- 5
- Total levantado
- $411M
- Última valoración
- $42B
- Última ronda
- September 2021
La ronda completa
| Ronda | Importe | Valoración | Liderada por |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series AOctober 2015 | $15M | $165M | Felicis Ventures |
| GrowthJanuary 2018 | $40M | $1B | Sequoia Capital China |
| GrowthOctober 2019 | $85M | $3.2B | Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Bond |
| GrowthApril 2021 | $71M | $15B | T. Rowe Price, Dragoneer |
| Series FSeptember 2021 | $200M | $40B | T. Rowe Price |
Marca más reciente: $42B, establecida por un employee share sale en August 2025, no por una ronda de financiación.
Lo que dicen las cifras
A hundred investors did not misjudge Canva. Almost none of them ever saw it. That is a distribution problem, not a quality one, and it is the part worth being precise about: the rejections were not a verdict on the company, because the company went on to be worth $40 billion at its 2021 round. Canva says it ended 2025 at around $4 billion of annualised revenue with 265 million monthly users, which are the company's own figures. The head office is still in Australia.
Qué significa esto para tu ronda
- 01
A hundred nos is a reach problem
She was not turned down a hundred times by investors who studied Canva and disagreed. She was turned down by the small number she could physically reach from Perth. Getting in front of enough of the right people is a solvable problem, and it is a different problem from being fundable.
- 02
She pitched a working business, not a plan
Fusion Books ran for years and made real money before Canva existed. When investors finally looked, there was something working to look at. You do not need a finished company, but you do need something they can open.
- 03
The room was the whole bottleneck
Her breakthrough was one room in Hawaii she got into by chance. That is a terrible system, and it was the only one available in 2012. Nobody should have to fly across the Pacific to find their first investor now.
Cada una de estas comenzó con una primera conversación con un inversor.
Encuentra tus inversoresPreguntas frecuentes
¿A cuánto está valorada Canva?
La última valoración de Canva fue de $42B, establecida por un employee share sale en August 2025 en lugar de una ronda de financiación.
¿Cuánto ha levantado Canva?
Canva ha levantado aproximadamente $411M en 5 rondas divulgadas.
¿Quiénes son los inversores de Canva?
Las rondas en Canva han sido lideradas por Felicis Ventures, Sequoia Capital China, T. Rowe Price, Dragoneer.
¿Cuándo se fundó Canva?
Canva se fundó en 2013 en Perth.
Las cifras son según se reportaron públicamente y se extrajeron de la edición 3 de RF Stories. Las valoraciones cambian, así que tómalo como una instantánea en lugar de una cotización en vivo.
