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Canva
In September 2022, Canva announced the launch of their Visual worksuite. In their announcement, Canva described the product as "[elevating] Canva from the graphic design tool you know and love into an end-to-end visual communication platform that every person, organization, team, or school can use to unlock their creativity and achieve their... See more
Contrary Research • Canva
In April 2022, Canva reported 85 million monthly active users across 190 countries, having added 25 million users in ~7 months. Around that same time Canva had 5 million Pro customers. 85% of the world’s 500 largest companies are using Canva (though many could be on free accounts). More than 500,000 teams are paying for the product. Notable... See more
Contrary Research • Canva
Canva is growing more than 100% year-over-year and will exceed $1 billion in revenue in 2022. Most of the revenue is recurring subscription revenue. Even more notably, Canva generated positive cash flows at least from 2017 to 2022 and has likely remained very cash-efficient.
Contrary Research • Canva
In July 2022, Canva has over 100 third-party app integrations. Each integration makes it easier for users to import media, discover content, edit photos, and share and publish their designs. Notable integrations include Instagram, HubSpot, Box, and Slack.
Contrary Research • Canva
Hubspot, for example, uses Canva to empower 300 team members to move quickly, create on-brand designs, and collaborate. Large global organizations such as Hubspot have trouble maintaining brand consistency and implementing design systems. Companies miss deadlines because design teams create bottlenecks due to too many projects and insufficient team... See more
Contrary Research • Canva
Canva simplifies making digital designs without using complex tools such as Adobe Creative Suite. Its platform enables creators to efficiently create graphic designs, presentations, and videos. The company offers creators templates, a user-friendly UI, and collaboration features.
Contrary Research • Canva
While Adobe has positioned itself as a leader in building software for professional designers, Canva set out to position its product as the go-to solution for everybody else.
Contrary Research • Canva
Canva's target market has always been the long-tail of less sophisticated creatives, often people without technical skills or advanced software. For that long-tail, the focus is on creating high quality designs with as little friction as possible. By bringing all of this creative surface area into the same platform they enable long-tail creators to... See more
Contrary Research • Canva
As everyone spends more and more of their time online, the ability to design the digital screens and images people interact with has become top-of-mind for everyone. That change in behavior has led to a $41 billion market for a “wider audience – like social media influencers, small business owners and marketing executives – [who] are looking for... See more
