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Canva walks back controversial price hike News 

Canva walks back controversial price hike

Popular graphics platform Canva is walking back its controversial price hike which hiked subscription prices as much as three times. In early September, Canva warned customers some plans would see a substantial price increase. Canva Teams, for example, lept from $180 per year to $500. The move was met with considerable backlash on social media, despite the company justifying the hike... Read More
Canva unveils “Love Your Work” brand campaign, while facing backlash for massive price hike Marketing News 

Canva unveils “Love Your Work” brand campaign, while facing backlash for massive price hike

Canva, the popular visual communication platform, launched its “Love Your Work” brand campaign to reflect the company’s increasing focus on the workplace and spark a dialogue around workplace culture. This comes with a brand-new strategic platform for the company. The campaign, which will runs through Oct. 31, captures the magic of how Canva empowers people to feel pride in their... Read More
HP,  Canva announce design and printing partnership News Partnerships 

HP, Canva announce design and printing partnership

HP Inc. announced a strategic multi-year global partnership with Canva, the visual communication platform, to connect HP Print Service Providers (PSPs) and the worldwide Canva community, enabling anyone creating content on the Canva platform to design and print within a fully integrated system seamlessly. This multi-year deal will enable Canva users “to design anything and print anywhere,” according to a... Read More
Watershed, Canva announce agreement to reduce supply chain emissions Partnerships 

Watershed, Canva announce agreement to reduce supply chain emissions

Watershed, the enterprise sustainability platform, and Canva announced a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) to reduce Canva’s scope 3 emissions. The program is co-funded by the largest Canva Print suppliers, including RPI Print, Taylor, Blooming Color, Brook & Whittle, and Digital on Demand, and will build a network of new community solar projects in Illinois while reducing the emissions of these suppliers. The network of solar projects... Read More
Canva unveils new workplace products at Canva Create News 

Canva unveils new workplace products at Canva Create

At its first international Canva Create event in Los Angeles last week, debuted the platform’s biggest overhaul in a decade, alongside a range of new workplace products and services poised to redefine the way millions of people work. “We are excited to introduce a revamped Canva experience and a suite of new products to empower every organisation to design,” said Melanie Perkins,... Read More
Canva acquires Affinity platform for $1 billion Acquisitions 

Canva acquires Affinity platform for $1 billion

Canva, the world’s only all-in-one visual communication platform, today announced the acquisition of Affinity, the award-winning creative software suite for professional photo editing, illustration, graphic design and page layout, from Serif, a Nottingham, England, software company founded in 1987. Affinity marks Canva’s latest Europe-based acquisition, joining Flourish (2022), Kaleido (2021), Smartmockups (2021), Pexels (2019) and Pixabay (2019). Canva opened its first European HQ in 2023, based in London. Affinity’s tools... Read More
Canva launches music library in partnership with Warner Music Group, Merlin, and a dozen others News 

Canva launches music library in partnership with Warner Music Group, Merlin, and a dozen others

Canva is making it easy for its Pro and Education customers to access a new library of music clips featuring some of the world’s biggest artists. By doing so, the company is enabling its community of millions to create more engaging content by incorporating their favorite songs into their design work. For the first time, Canva is providing access to... Read More
Canva unveils global developers platform News 

Canva unveils global developers platform

Canva introduced its new Canva Developers Platform, which includes a set of APIs and development tools,  at the company’s first developer conference, Canva Extend in San Francisco. Canva also announced a $50 million Canva Developers Innovation Fund to support app developers. Canva unveiled a multitude of ways for developers to build on the platform and released the Canva Apps SDK... Read More
Canva introduces The Visual Economy Report Market research 

Canva introduces The Visual Economy Report

Canva released The Visual Economy Report featuring actionable data from 1,600 global business leaders. The company claims the report “provides the most comprehensive view into how global business leaders are approaching visual communication principles internally and externally to run more efficient teams, build stronger audience engagement, and fuel greater economic returns on their business.” Among the top findings of The Visual Economy... Read More
PhotoShelter integrates with Canva Partnerships 

PhotoShelter integrates with Canva

PhotoShelter announced an integration where the PhotoShelter for Brands digital asset management platform now integrates with Canva. Whether you’re working on a desktop or on the Canva mobile app, users can now browse, search, and select visual content from the PhotoShelter for Brands library right within the Canva platform. The company says the integration is well-suited for remote teams working... Read More
Famous appoints Aaron Day as CEO, Laura Haines as CPO People on the Move 

Famous appoints Aaron Day as CEO, Laura Haines as CPO

Famous, the company empowering users to create and sell anything online, announced the appointment of industry veteran Aaron Day as CEO. Previously, Day was the global partnership lead at Canva where he focused on integrating its core technology into the world’s leading eCommerce platforms, solidifying Canva as one of the fastest-growing software companies to date. In the past, he also held... Read More
Australian graphics startup Canva now valued at $40 billion News 

Australian graphics startup Canva now valued at $40 billion

Canva announced a USD $40 billion valuation after a USD $200 million funding round led by T. Rowe Price and joined by new and existing strategic investors, including Franklin Templeton, Sequoia Capital Global Equities, Bessemer Venture Partners, Greenoaks Capital, Dragoneer Investments, Blackbird, Felicis, and AirTree Ventures. “Visual communication has emerged as a universal need for teams of every size across... Read More
European online print marketplace HelloPrint adds Canva integration News Partnerships 

European online print marketplace HelloPrint adds Canva integration

European online print marketplace Helloprint announced a strategic partnership with visual communication platform provider Canva, where users can access Canva’s thousands of print templates and content library and print the designs directly via the Helloprint platform. We believe that integrating Canva’s powerful design solution and content library on our European platform is a true game-changer for us as a company... Read More
Smartpress partners with Canva News Partnerships 

Smartpress partners with Canva

Online printer Smartpress.com has partnered with Canva to provide thousands of print templates and content libraries directly from Smartpress’ website. Smartpress is a premium online printer for creative agencies, graphic designers, nonprofits, and marketing professionals across the United States and Canada. “We strive to provide our customers with world-class customer service and the best possible online buying experience,” said Matt Chapman,... Read More