# Melanie Perkins

> Melanie Perkins is a seed investor at Canva (Sydney) backing Software and Social Entrepreneurship. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Canva](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canva)
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/melanieperkins/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/MelanieCanva
- Website: https://x.com/MelanieCanva

Melanie Perkins is a seed investor at Canva in Sydney focused on Software and Social Entrepreneurship. Melanie Joy Perkins is the Co-Founder and CEO of Canva. She attended University of Western Australia.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$4.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Social Entrepreneurship | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Marlee (Fingerprint For Success) | Fingerprint For Success (F4S) is an online platform used to identify and develop entrepreneurial leaders and teams. | $4.4M | Seed | Feb 01, 2023 |  |
| Marlee (Fingerprint For Success) | Fingerprint For Success (F4S) is an online platform used to identify and develop entrepreneurial leaders and teams. | $3.5M | Series A | Jan 31, 2023 |  |
| Marlee (Fingerprint For Success) | Fingerprint For Success (F4S) is an online platform used to identify and develop entrepreneurial leaders and teams. | $1.1M | Seed | Dec 23, 2019 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Investible](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investible) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Five V Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/five-v-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Salesforce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/salesforce-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Black Nova Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-nova-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Soma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/soma-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Canva

VC Fund · Sydney, Australia

Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery.It was founded in 2012 andheadquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.

5 contacts available at Canva.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cameron Adams | CPO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cameron-adams |
| Cliff Obrecht | COO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cliff-obrecht |
| Melanie Perkins | Co-founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/melanie-perkins |
| Alex McClafferty | Group Product Lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-mcclafferty |
| Bill Tai | Investor (seed round) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-tai |

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## FAQ

### What does Melanie Perkins invest in?

Melanie Perkins invests primarily in Software and Social Entrepreneurship startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Melanie Perkins's check size?

Melanie Perkins typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$4.4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Melanie Perkins participates in.

### When did Melanie Perkins last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Melanie Perkins closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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