Series D+ · Founded 2013
Canva
Visual design platform aimed at non-designers, scaled into enterprise brand management.
Overview
Canva won the market Figma deliberately ignored, everyone who needs a design but is not a designer, and used that volume to move upmarket into brand governance and enterprise templates.
Key metrics
- ARR
- $3.1B
- Monthly active users
- 230M
- Paid subscribers
- 26M
- Enterprise seats
- 4.2M
Products
Timeline
2013
Launch
Shipped browser-based design aimed squarely at non-designers.
2021
$40B valuation
Secondary sale marked the peak of the private valuation cycle.
2024
Affinity acquisition
Bought the professional creative suite to reach designers directly.
2026
Enterprise brand hub
Governance tooling shipped for regulated brand compliance.
Compensation at Canva
Reported median total compensation by role.
| software engineer | $158k |
| product designer | $152k |
| product manager | $149k |