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Canva

canva.com
79ICP
Design SoftwareSydney, AustraliaFounded 2012
79
ICP Score
Strong Fit

Fast-growing design platform with strong culture. Values accessibility and democratizing design.

Industry
Design Software
Team Size
4,500+
Est. Revenue
$2.1B ARR (2024)
Website
canva.com

Key People

MP
Melanie Perkins
Co-founder & CEO
CO
Cliff Obrecht
Co-founder & COO
CA
Cameron Adams
Co-founder & Chief Product Officer

Discovery Questions

Tailored questions to ask on your call, based on research findings:

  1. 1

    How is Canva positioning Magic Studio AI against Adobe Firefly and other AI design tools?

  2. 2

    With the Affinity acquisition, how are you approaching the professional designer market?

  3. 3

    What's driving enterprise adoption and what features do enterprise customers need most?

  4. 4

    How do you balance the freemium model with enterprise sales?

Talking Points

  • 1

    Canva has strong company values around 'being a force for good' - align with purpose-driven messaging

  • 2

    Affinity acquisition signals move into professional design to compete with Adobe

  • 3

    AI (Magic Studio) is a major differentiator and investment area

  • 4

    Australian headquarters means different timezone and cultural considerations

About

Canva is a visual design platform that democratizes graphic design for non-designers. The platform offers templates, AI tools, and collaboration features for creating presentations, social media graphics, documents, and videos. Canva has expanded into enterprise and education markets.

Canva ProCanva for TeamsCanva for EnterpriseCanva for EducationMagic Studio AICanva Print

Target market: Marketing teams, small businesses, educators, and enterprises needing accessible design tools

Tech Stack

Frontend

ReactTypeScript

Backend

JavaPythonGo

Infrastructure

AWSKubernetes

AI

Custom ML ModelsGenerative AI

Hiring Signals

Open Roles
320
Growth
High

By Department

Engineering
165
Design
55
Sales
45
Marketing
30
Product
25

Primary Focus: Expanding Engineering team

Recent News

Canva acquires Affinity to expand professional design capabilities2024-03-26
Canva reaches $2.1B ARR with 190 million monthly active users2024-09-15
Magic Studio AI launches with text-to-image and background removal2024-10-04

Competitive Landscape

Adobe Creative Cloud
Figma
Microsoft Designer
Visme
PicMonkey

This research brief is generated for demonstration purposes.Canva is a trademark of its respective owner. Prepd is not affiliated with Canva.

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