"It'd be crazy not to take it,"she said.
"We can grow our team as rapidly as we can and know that we've got the financial backing to make those decisions very easily."
Canva's latest round of funding makes it a'unicorn',a private company valued at $US1 billion or more. That's a rare startup success for Australia's technology scene:only eight of its listed technology companies are worth more than $US1 billion compared with 18 companies in metals and mining alone,according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Atlassian is Australia's signature Silicon Valley success story - the software giant had a hugely successful IPO two years ago and is currently has a market value of around $US10 billion - making it more valuable than the likes of Qantas and News Corp.