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Kitschke: Canva has 60 million monthly active users and 2,000 employees

Zach Kitschke · Lessons Learned Scaling with Canva's CMO Zach Kitschke and SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin · Jan 12, 2022 · at 5:55

Canva CMO Zach Kitschke shares operating metrics and financial progress while presenting Canva's scaling journey at SaaStr Annual.

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“We now have more than sixty million people creating with Canva every single month all around the world. We've got a global team as well. So there's sort of 2000 people you know, across Australia, the US, the Philippines, China throughout Europe as well. As you mentioned, we're on track to reach a billion dollars in revenue towards the end of this year”

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