# Cliff Obrecht (slim)

> Cliff Obrecht is co-founder and COO of Canva. Canva REST APIs + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and COO, Canva.

Cliff Obrecht co-founded Canva in 2013 with Melanie Perkins and Cameron Adams and is its chief operating officer.

## What Cliff builds

- [Canva REST APIs + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/canva.md), graded B, 65.3/100, in Programmatic asset production. Canva's REST APIs and hosted MCP server connect applications and agents to its design platform. Co-founder and COO, Canva, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Cameron Adams](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/cameron-adams/), Co-founder, Canva
- [Melanie Perkins](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/melanie-perkins/), Co-founder and CEO, Canva

## Backed by

- [Blackbird Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/blackbird-ventures/)
- [Felicis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/felicis/)
- [Bill Tai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bill-tai/)

## Questions

### Who is Cliff Obrecht?

Cliff Obrecht co-founded Canva in 2013 with Melanie Perkins and Cameron Adams and is its chief operating officer.

### What does Canva make?

Anchor Terminal lists Canva REST APIs + MCP from Canva.

### Who has invested in Canva?

The sources our research read name Blackbird Ventures, Felicis and Bill Tai.

### How are Cliff's tools graded?

Canva REST APIs + MCP is graded B, 65.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.canva.dev/docs/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canva
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Perkins
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Obrecht

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.