Melanie Perkins - Co-founder & CEO @ Canva - Crunchbase Person Profile

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Overview

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Primary Job Title Co-founder & CEO
Primary Organization
Canva

Location Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Regions Asia-Pacific (APAC), Australasia
Gender Female

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Melanie Joy Perkins is the Co-Founder and CEO of Canva. She attended University of Western Australia.

Personal Investments

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Melanie Perkins

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Series A - Marlee (Fingerprint For Success)

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Jobs

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Melanie Perkins

has

current jobs as

Co-founder & CEO

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Founder and Director

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Canva Co-founder & CEOMay 2012
Fusion Books Founder and DirectorJan 2007

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
Companies With More Than $50M in Revenue (Top 10K)	101
University of New England Alumni Founded Companies	77,047
SDA Bocconi Alumni Founded Companies	71,310
Harvard Medical School Alumni Founded Companies	46,689
Australia Web Design Companies	27,881
Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad Alumni Founded Companies	63,007
Memorial University of Newfoundland Alumni Founded Companies	75,113
Champlain College Alumni Founded Companies	74,585
Australasia Female Founded Companies	14,050
Founders Fund Portfolio Companies	31,195

Education

Melanie Perkins

studied at

University of Western Australia

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University of Western Australia Bachelor's degree in artsCommunications, psychology, marketing, and management20052005

Events

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Melanie Perkins

has participated in

events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

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May 1, 2023

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Web Summit Rio Speaker Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South AmericaMay 1, 2023
Vivatech Speaker Paris, Ile-de-France, France, EuropeJun 15, 2022
SaaStr Annual 2020 Speaker San Jose, California, United States, North AmericaMar 10, 2020
Web Summit 2019 Speaker Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, EuropeNov 4, 2019
Web Summit Lisbon 2019 Speaker Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, EuropeNov 4, 2019
VIVA Technology Paris 2019 Speaker Paris, Ile-de-France, France, EuropeMay 16, 2019
TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Australia Speaker Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, OceaniaNov 16, 2017

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Jan 31, 2023

Marlee (Fingerprint For Success) raised

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from Black Nova Venture Capital and 13 other investors

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