The founders of the billionaires at Canva capture millionaires overnight

The company, which is based in Sydney, was established by a couple of Australian billionaire Cleep Obercht and Milani PerkinsShe said that the sale of the employee’s shares “has already been significantly neglected,” and the request is due to the investor’s confidence in the performance of the program maker, according to a statement issued on Thursday.

in Email Written by employees on Wednesday and watch it Australian financial review, The company, the company’s senior operational official, said the current and former employees, or “Canvanau”, will be able to sell up to $ 3 million of property rights acquired at a price of $ 1,646.14 per share. The opportunity comes as Canva annual revenues $ 3.3 billionAccording to the company’s statement.

Canva indicated in the statement that the latest financing round led by Fidelity Management and Research Co. She is a current shareholder, new investors JP MORGAN ASSET Management and the USA’s stocks and stock partners in growth, Canva said in the statement.

“The subscription has been significantly increased in this round, which is a great testimony to the amazing work of our team and the effect of Canva all over the world,” Obrecht said. “The huge demand from new and current investors is a major vote on confidence in our momentum and the size of what is still waiting for us.”

Marcus BoditeFounder Big capitalIt is a private investment company that invests and invests in technology companies, luck Selling stocks “important” because it allows employees to absorb early on what they were able to do so.

“Employees are usually subject to their lock and do not get the benefit of immediate liquidation,” said Bodit. “Given the current market for advanced technical talents, this can definitely be an additional lever to help attract the best talents.”

Canva said that IT services serve 240 million active users per month, 27 million dollars, of whom pay for the use of their products.

The $ 42 billion evaluation of the software company means that the wealth of Obrecht and Perkins combined are now approaching $ 20 billion, according to what he said Australian financial review. Before the last financing round-when its value is 32 billion dollars after it was sold an unknown number of stocks last October-the couple ranked sixth Australians, with a net value of 14.14 billion dollars (about 9.09 billion dollars), according to the Australian. Financial review list.

according to ForbesActual time data, the spouses’ net value of $ 11.6 billion. Obrecht and Perkins pledged to transfer more than 80 % of their share to the Canva Foundation for charitable reasons.

Possible 2026 from Canva General subscription

All signs indicate Canva in 2026, experts say luck. Investors have long speculated that Canva is a candidate for the public.

ESO Fund Scott Chou said luck Tender offers are repeatedly occurring, and they have become more common in recent years as an alternative form of liquidity for employees due to the lack of public subscription, integration and acquisition activity. Figma, which recently completed the successful public subscription and competing in a similar space for Canva, hosted a $ 12.5 billion tender in 2024 before reaching $ 18.8 billion.

“In particular, the Canva tender appreciates the company above the current general evaluation in Figma,” said Chu.

Zhou said tenders such as Canva indicate strong and growing works that are close to going out.

“At the same time, they also suggest that the public subscription be unlikely to at least early to mid -2016, as companies rarely run a tender before they are publicly shown,” said Zhu. “In both cases, it is a strong offer for Canva and a sign that the company may be on the right track to subscribe in 2026.”

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