Envato Due Diligence

Run due diligence on Envato: check compliance and get alerts when suppliers change.

Australia · envato.com · 15 vendors

Envato is a creative technology company that operates online marketplaces and a subscription service for digital creative assets. It provides unlimited access to high-quality assets such as stock photos, video, audio, graphics, and templates, along with a suite of generative AI tools to empower creative professionals. The company supports a global community of creators who sell their work through its platforms.

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8 services in catalogue across 5 categories; runs on 15 sub-vendors.

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Last updated 2026-08-11 · revision 7

15 direct vendors, 195 subvendors

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Compliance

8 in-scope frameworks identified; showing 3.

CPRA — Evidence found

Evidence: https://www.envato.com/privacy/, https://www.envato.com/privacy/my-personal-information/

Australian Privacy Act 1988 — Evidence found

Evidence: https://www.envato.com/privacy/, https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/the-privacy-act, https://www.envato.com/about/

Australian Spam Act 2003 — Evidence found

Evidence: https://www.envato.com/privacy/, https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2021C00238

Financials

Three-year financials

Financial Resilience Score: 7/10

Envato demonstrates strong financial resilience underpinned by 18 years of bootstrapped, profitable operations without external venture capital. The company generated sufficient operating cash flow to self-fund growth from 2006 to 2024, culminating in a US$245 million cash acquisition by Shutterstock in March 2024. The shift toward Envato Elements subscriptions since 2016 improved revenue visibility and recurring cash flow, and the two-sided marketplace with over 2 million buyers and hundreds of thousands of authors provides a defensible network moat. However, resilience is challenged by generative AI competitors (Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, OpenAI, Runway) that erode the marginal value of stock content libraries, as well as high author payout rates (~70%) that compress gross margin. The legacy Envato Market marketplace business appears flat-to-declining, and category consolidation from Adobe, Getty, Canva, and Freepik intensifies pricing pressure. Post-acquisition, Envato benefits from the balance sheet backing of NYSE-listed Shutterstock, but standalone transparency has diminished. Overall the company is financially sound but faces meaningful structural headwinds.

Key strengths: Bootstrapped and profitable since 2006 with no external VC, Successful shift to recurring subscription revenue via Envato Elements, Two-sided marketplace network effects with 2M+ buyers, Acquired by NYSE-listed Shutterstock for US$245M cash in March 2024, Diversified content catalog of 29M+ assets across multiple media types

Risk factors: Generative AI competition eroding stock content value, Author payout rates (~70%) compress gross margins, Legacy Envato Market marketplaces flat-to-declining, Intense competition from Adobe, Getty, Canva, Freepik, Reduced financial transparency post-acquisition, FX exposure: AUD-domiciled, USD-priced revenue, global payouts, 2023 layoffs affected ~10-15% of staff

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