Australian design-tools company, founded in 2013 in Sydney. When it was founded, many prospective investors balked at it being based in Sydney rather than Silicon Valley. Co-founded by Cameron Adams, who left Google to start the firm.
Canva was valued at $42bn in August 2025 and is expected to go public in the next year or two. It is one of Australia's highest-profile tech successes, alongside Atlassian and Afterpay.
I've found my niche. If you're wondering why I'm not there, there was this little hole in the bottom ...