How Canva CEO Melanie Perkins turned her small Australian college startup into global unicorn | E939

In this episode, Jason Calacanis chats with Melanie Perkins, co-founder of Canva. They delve into Canva's origin story, Perkins' Twitter habits, and securing early investments. Perkins also discusses Canva's venture into ad templates, recent acquisitions, and plans after raising a $70M Series D.

Speakers

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Jason Calacanis

Host • 60%

Melanie Perkins

Guest • 40%

Chapters

0:00	Opening
0:49	Jason introduces Melanie Perkins.
2:35	Melanie tells Canva's origin story.
10:24	Jason thanks sponsor EquityZen. Go to equityzen.com/twist to get started for half the minimum investment ($10k).
12:38	Melanie describes her Twitter habits.
13:12	Meeting Bill Tai and getting him to invest.
21:38	Getting a $1.4M grant from the Australian gov’t that matched her first round of funding.
26:48	Jason thanks sponsor Scott Walker and Walker Corporate Law. Visit them at walkercorporatelaw.com.
30:17	Melanie describes how and why Canva got into the ad template space and describes recent acquisitions.
36:48	Meeting Mary Meeker and securing her first investment at Bond Capital.
46:15	Jason thanks sponsor Carta. To get 20% off Carta's cap table software and 409A valuations, go to carta.com/twist.
48:50	Canva’s next chapter after raising a $70M Series D.

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