Tag: Canva

AI, clean tech drive increase in Australian patent filings

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Domestic filings for intellectual property increased across the board last year, approaching record levels in some areas in an encouraging sign for Australian innovation. But total patent filings, which...

Local tech giants resisting redundancy wave

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Some of Australia’s biggest local tech firms, including Canva, TechnologyOne and SafetyCulture, are eyeing expansion amid the wave of job cuts sweeping through the sector following higher interest rates...

The relationship between market power and innovation

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
Column: ACCC chief Rod Sims has kicked off a debate on merger law reform in Australia. How valid is the claim he mentioned by the International Monetary Fund that...

Sydney’s Canva now worth more than Rio Tinto

Posted on   |  by Ben Grubb
Melanie Perkins’ Sydney headquartered Canva is now worth $US40 billion ($A54.6b), putting her and co-founder Cliff Obrecht’s combined wealth at $A16.38 billion. The valuation comes after the company raised...

Industry joins forces to boost digital literacy

Posted on   |  by Stuart Corner
In March this year, with COVID-19 starting to impact the Australian economy, the Federal Minister for Industry, Science, and Technology Karen Andrews convened a virtual roundtable of technology company...

Atlassian, Canva slam R&D tax changes

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Two of Australia’s most successful tech companies have railed against the federal government’s planned changes to the research and development tax incentive, just days before a Senate committee is...

Access to talent is key: Perkins

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Access to talent remains the key to building a successful home-grown tech and innovation sector in Australia, according to one of the nation’s most successful technology entrepreneurs, Melanie Perkins....

Canva CFO on high growth risk

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Venture capital funding has provided a war chest for Canva, allowing it to buy online presentation business Zeetings. The three-year old Sydney based Zeetings boasts BMW, EY, Deloitte, Woolworths,...

The importance of being Canva

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It took Guy Kawasaki 30 years to find another company as interesting as Apple and when he did it was based in Australia. Mr Kawasaki was Apple’s chief evangelist...