It's a well-worn cliché that nature abhors a vacuum, so it should be no surprise that the information vacuum that has emerged at Canva over the past week is not sitting well with many in the startup ecosystem.
The resignation of Canva’s former chief financial officer Damien Singh amid an internal investigation into “inappropriate behaviour” after anonymous messages surfaced on workplace website Blind is still reverberating across the sector.
As we’ve noted previously, there’s no suggestion here that any allegations made against Singh are true, only that they were made. Also, there is no suggestion he engaged in any misconduct, only that Canva launched an internal investigation and he resigned.
What has been striking to see since, though, is the way Canva insiders have closed ranks around the company.
