The Australian design platform made drag-and-drop creation ordinary. Its harder second act is to make one canvas useful for every brief, brand and business - without losing the beginners who built it.
Corel Corporation is a 40-year-old Ottawa-based software company behind a portfolio of iconic creativity and productivity brands - CorelDRAW, Painter, PaintShop Pro, VideoStudio, WordPerfect, WinZip and MindManager - used by more than 100 million people across 75+ countries. After a stint as KKR-owned 'Alludo,' Corel relaunched in May 2026 as an independent company backed by Vector Capital, with a strategy built on deepening customer experience, embedding AI across its products, and acquiring complementary brands.