Co-Founder & CEO of Canva
"Melanie Perkins transformed visual communication, empowering 240 million monthly active users worldwide."
Melanie Perkins
Co-Founder & CEO • Canva
Pitching out of Sydney, Perkins faced 100 VC rejections before securing seed capital to build Canva.
Canva's AI suite and enterprise workspaces are used by over 95% of Fortune 500 organizations.
Perkins and co-founder Cliff Obrecht pledged over 80% of their equity to global charitable initiatives.
"Solving the user's problem is the core. Product clarity will eventually win over skepticism."
— Melanie Perkins, Canva
Location is secondary to building software that empowers non-experts.
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