News Articles for Melanie Perkins

Three new local funds proposing to focus on early-stage investment are raising expectations.

Resources billionaire Gina Rinehart has been named Australia's wealthiest person for a third consecutive year, followed closely by fellow Western Australian and iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest.

Western Australian billionaires Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest have topped the list of Australia's wealthiest 250 for 2022, with Canva founders Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht scoring a spot in the top 10.

Perth startup turned multi-billion-dollar business Canva is continuing to pursue global expansion by acquiring London-based data visualisation platform Flourish.

Soaring valuations for tech companies and mining stocks have brought major shifts in this year's list of WA wealth creators.

Canva has become the world's most valuable private software company after a $US200 million capital raising; its Perth-raised founders have pledged their stake for social good.

A tech startup is aiming to extend the impact Perth innovators have had on the global geospatial industry.

Perth-founded technology business Canva has raised $92 million through an off-market share placement, at a valuation of about $20 billion.

The updated WA ‘rich list' shows the state's iron ore magnates are moving far ahead of people who made their money in other industries.

Perth-founded software developer Canva has successfully raised $US60 million ($87 million) from venture capital investors, nearly doubling its valuation to $US6 billion.

Canva chief executive Melanie Perkins spoke to Business News about the impact of COVID-19 on her business and the world.

Perth-founded online design platform Canva has raised $US85 million ($125 million), which it said had boosted its value to $US3.2 billion.

Before the business she co-founded attained its $1billion ‘unicorn' valuation, Melanie Perkins hit a point where she thought she had failed her co-founders.

SPECIAL REPORT: Tech startups in WA can raise capital if they know where to look and how to ask, a Perth seminar was told.

Perth-founded online design company Canva has raised $US40 million ($50 million) from private investors as it continues to expand on a global scale.

Now in its sixth year, the annual OzApp Awards concluded last night announcing the 2016 winner as Townsville-based Safety Culture, selected from five grand finalists which included Perth-based Formalytics, Melbourne's Law Advisor and Reword, and Shippit (Sydney).

Legend has it the wife of King Louis XVI of France, Marie Antoinette, said, ‘let them eat cake' on hearing the starving peasants were in revolt against bread shortages.

SPECIAL REPORT: Funding for WA's tech sector is much healthier than a recent government-backed report concluded, research by Business News has found.

Perth businesspeople are surprisingly prominent on the latest BRW young rich list, with a local apartment developer ranked number three with an estimated fortune of $536 million.

Perth-founded online design company Canva has raised $US15 million ($20.8 million) from venture capital investors and Hollywood stars in a deal that values the business at $US165 million.

Perth's tech network has grown significantly during the past three years; what it needs next are some success stories.

Several local startups have broadened their horizons in the search for funds.

In 2007, Melanie Perkins had a big idea and a dream to take it to the world.