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Serif develops and publishes the award-winning software range that includes PagePlus, PhotoPlus, DrawPlus, WebPlus, MoviePlus, CraftArtist and more.
Founded in 1987 with the aim to develop low-cost alternatives to high-end publishing and graphics packages, Serif has been repeatedly praised for its powerful yet easy-to-use software which has put professional effects and demanding publishing tasks within the reach of ordinary PC users around the world.
Now the winner of over 200 awards internationally, with over 6.5 million customers worldwide, Serif has over 250 employees at its head office, development and European sales centre in Nottingham, UK and its North American sales operation in California, US.
Founded in 1987 with the aim to develop low-cost alternatives to high-end publishing and graphics packages, Serif has been repeatedly praised for its powerful yet easy-to-use software which has put professional effects and demanding publishing tasks within the reach of ordinary PC users around the world.
Now the winner of over 200 awards internationally, with over 6.5 million customers worldwide, Serif has over 250 employees at its head office, development and European sales centre in Nottingham, UK and its North American sales operation in California, US.
Overview
Employees
51-200
Phone
+44 115 914 2000
Founded date
1987
Mentions in press and media 6
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| Sep 3, 2024 | Is Canva pricing out small businesses with its Teams subscription hike? | Source: Supplied article-article-body Long-time Canva Teams customers are rallying against a significant price increase to the product that has left small businesses questioning whether they can still afford the platform. The price hike wil... |
| Jul 30, 2024 | Canva snaps up Leonardo.AI in blockbuster acquisition | L-R: JJ Fiasson (founder and CEO of Leonardo.Ai), Cliff Obrecht (co-founder and COO of Canva), Melanie Perkins (co-founder and CEO of Canva). Source: SmartCompany. article-article-body Canva has revealed plans to acquire AI startup Leonardo... |
| May 20, 2024 | "The most significant change to the Windows platform in decades"-- Microsoft announces Copilot+ PCs | At a pre-Build event today, Microsoft revealed its plans for the future of its Copilot AI feature. Copilot+ PCs, coming from Microsoft and a number of hardware partners, are described as the fastest, most advanced AI-driven Windows computer... |
| Aug 13, 2012 | Stop the real SaaS -- software as a sponge -- and give me back my hardware, please | The Commodore 64 celebrates its thirtieth birthday this month. That’s 64 kilobytes for around $600. A massive amount of RAM at the time. And for another $600 you could buy a 5.25-inch floppy disk drive, which could store 170kB on a disk. Pr... |
| Jan 11, 2011 | 5 useful photo apps | Article content In my apps column in The Vancouver Sun today, I included some of my favourite photo apps. Here they are with a couple of others to make up a fave five list. Of course that list is only a start, my favourite apps change const... |
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FAQ about Serif
When was Serif founded?
Serif was founded in 1987.
What has the press written about Serif?
Parsers VC has collected 6 articles mentioning Serif, among them “Is Canva pricing out small businesses with its Teams subscription hike?” (Sep 3, 2024) and “Canva snaps up Leonardo.AI in blockbuster acquisition” (Jul 30, 2024).
Is Serif still active?
Yes, Serif is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 23, 2025.