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Canva acquires Affinity platform for $1 billion Acquisitions 

Canva acquires Affinity platform for $1 billion

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

GaryPageau
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

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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

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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
Kornit Digital partners with Canva for global on-demand production News 

Kornit Digital partners with Canva for global on-demand production

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Digital textile printing company Kornit Digital partnered with online visual communications and design platform Canva as one of Canva’s first certified integration partners, empowering Canva to help leading print service providers, brands, and organizations add the Canva design tool to their e-commerce websites. Kornit will also manage and route all orders through Kornit’sglobal fulfillment network. Canva’s online visual communications platform... Read More
Canva announces partnerships with Linktree, Staples Canada and Sprout Social News 

Canva announces partnerships with Linktree, Staples Canada and Sprout Social

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Visual communications and graphics platform Canva announced strategic partnerships with Linktree, Staples Canada, and Sprout Social. More than 55 million people in 190+ countries use Canva to design with ease and collaborate at scale “Canva empowers our community to start inspired, design with ease and achieve their goals, but we can’t do it alone. Launching our new partnerships with Linktree, Staples Canada and Sprout... Read More
PI CONNECT Imaging conference updates speakers, sessions News 

PI CONNECT Imaging conference updates speakers, sessions

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Pro Imaging CONNECT, the executive conference for the photo/imaging industry, has announced additional speakers for its free Worldwide Photo Imaging Market Trends virtual conference starting tomorrow. Entrepreneur Matt Sweetwood will lead off the event at 11 a.m. EST with a motivational address, “Successful Business is All About You.” Sweetwood, currently the CEO and co-Founder of Insurious, has more than 30... Read More
Photo Imaging Trends conference announces leading speakers Events 

Photo Imaging Trends conference announces leading speakers

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The Dead Pixels Society announces the Pro Imaging CONNECT: Worldwide Photo Imaging Market Trends virtual conference May 4-6, for a global look at the photo/imaging markets featuring some of the top industry research firms. Each of these sessions, starting at 11 a.m. EST, is designed to be information-packed in a less-than-two-hour program format. Registration is free at this link. The free... Read More
Canva announces $15 billion valuation; announces presentation suite News 

Canva announces $15 billion valuation; announces presentation suite

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Canva, the global visual communications platform, announced an updated valuation of US $15 billion following a US $71 million investment. This latest valuation affirms Canva as one of the fastest-growing software companies in history, surpassing $500 million annualized revenue this year, the company said. Canva formally announced a suite of new features for its flagship workplace product, Canva Presentations. “Now more... Read More
Canva inks deal with Herff Jones, buys Kaleido AI and Smartmockups News 

Canva inks deal with Herff Jones, buys Kaleido AI and Smartmockups

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Fast-growing graphics startup Canva has announced new acquisitions and partnerships. Canva has made two acquisitions in Europe: Vienna-based Kaleido AI (best-known for its Remove.bg service) and  Czech Republic-based Smartmockups. The boot-strapped Kaleido, will enhance Canva’s platform with new integrations for advanced photo editing and AI-driven automation tools, to try and turn it into a ‘one-stop-shop for every design need’. The company said, in... Read More