Company
British animation software business
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Cavalry raised.
The transaction that ended Cavalry's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canva | Acquisition | Feb 2026 | - | Startup Daily (17 Apr 2026), Startup Daily (9 Apr 2026), SmartCompany (9 Apr 2026), SmartCompany (26 Mar 2026), Startup Daily (25 Mar 2026), Startup Daily (2 Mar 2026), Startup Daily (24 Feb 2026), Skalata Ventures |
Companies Cavalry acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Cavalry. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Canva has bought AI agent platform Simtheory and marketing software Ortto from the Sharkey brothers, who also founded Stayz — its fourth and fifth purchases this year, prices undisclosed.
Canva has bought Sydney AI startup Simtheory and marketing automation firm Ortto, its fifth and sixth acquisitions in ten months, as it repositions from design tool to AI workplace platform; no prices disclosed.
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Design company Canva has bought US marketing AI startup Mango.AI and UK animation platform Cavalry, its fifth acquisition in two years, adding their founders and a chief algorithms officer to its team.
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Design software company Canva has acquired Melbourne adtech firm Doohly for $30 million, a deal that hands windfalls to the startup's founders and shareholders Skalata Ventures and Archangel Ventures.
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