Canva has designs on the pros following its largest ever acquisition

Canva has designs on the pros following its largest ever acquisition

Design software Canva,Australia’s richest start-up,had previously targeted amateurs. Now,it’s going after professional designers.

  • byDavid Swan

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Why CFO departure is Canva’s greatest test yet
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Software

Why CFO departure is Canva’s greatest test yet

Canva is known for its fun,whimsical culture but how it deals with allegations of inappropriate behaviour will show if it has indeed grown up.

  • byDavid Swan
Ex-commando Heston Russell,the wrecked $100,000 BMW and the lost friendship

Ex-commando Heston Russell,the wrecked $100,000 BMW and the lost friendship

Political lobbyist Michael Kauter says he lost over a $1 million in the fallout from Russell crushing his BMW in a car lift.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Canva eyes $US1.5b share sale despite valuation headwinds

Canva eyes $US1.5b share sale despite valuation headwinds

The transaction would be one of the largest in global technology history.

  • byDavid Swan
‘We’re flattered’:AI start-up welcomes Canva comparison

‘We’re flattered’:AI start-up welcomes Canva comparison

Leonardo’s young executives lay out their ambitions to grow into a billion-dollar business in their first Australian media interview.

  • byDavid Swan
Canva rollercoaster offers tough lessons for super funds

Canva rollercoaster offers tough lessons for super funds

Australia’s financial regulator scrutinised how super funds put a value on unlisted tech play Canva,and found room for improvement.

  • byMillie Muroi
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Canva investor cuts valuation by 10 per cent again
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Start-ups

Canva investor cuts valuation by 10 per cent again

Australian start-ups are facing a “mortgage cliff” as companies boasting paper valuations in the hundreds of millions start to run out of cash and raise money at much lower prices.

  • byNick Bonyhady
Cashed up Canva confident it can ride out the tech correction

Cashed up Canva confident it can ride out the tech correction

Never mind the financial losses,Australian design phenomenon Canva is banking on its war chest to protect its workers’ jobs as it threatens to disrupt tech titans,including Adobe and Microsoft.

  • byColin Kruger
Canva v Adobe:Let the games begin

Canva v Adobe:Let the games begin

Graphic-design heavyweight Adobe and Australian design software maker Canva both hope to harness artificial intelligence to sharpen up their wares.

  • byNick Bonyhady andColin Kruger
‘We’re really well insulated’:Canva to escape tech carnage

‘We’re really well insulated’:Canva to escape tech carnage

The company’s bosses say it is in a unique position to avoid fallout from the tech purge that has claimed about 150,000 jobs worldwide so far this year.

  • byColin Kruger
Job cuts are everywhere in tech. What does Canva know that others don’t?
Analysis
Jobs

Job cuts are everywhere in tech. What does Canva know that others don’t?

Are job cuts coming at Canva? The company says no,but it’s hard to be certain when a company like Atlassian went from a hiring blitz to lay-offs.

  • byNick Bonyhady