an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . october 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message envato formerly eden founded 2006 headquarters melbourne australia no . of locations 1 area served worldwide founder s collis ta eed cyan claire jun rung ceo collis ta eed industry internet web design web development services envato market themeforest graphicriver videohive audiojungle codecanyon photodune 3docean envato studio envato tuts employees 260 1 website http www.envato.com alexa rank 1 986 december 2015 2 registration yes available in english launched 2006 ; 10 years ago 2006 current status online envato formerly eden operates a group of digital marketplaces that sell creative assets for web designers including themes graphics video audio photography and 3d models . 3 it has over 1.5 million active buyers and sellers and over 6 million community members . 4 its highest trafficked marketplace themeforest is the 204th most visited site in the world according to alexa . 5 envato was founded in 2006 by collis ta eed cyan claire and jun rung . 6 it is headquartered in melbourne australia . 7 contents 1 history 2 overview 2.1 envato market 2.2 envato tuts 2.3 envato studio 2.4 envato sites 3 culture and awards 4 statistics 4.1 most popular accounts 4.2 oldest accounts 5 industry competitors 6 references 7 external links history edit collis ta eed cyan ta eed and jun rung founded envato in 2006 in sydney australia . 8 initially started as a lifestyle business that would allow the founders to work and travel envato grew beyond the founders initial expectations following the rapid growth trajectory typical of a successful tech startup . 9 the company now employs over 250 people many of whom work from envato s head office in melbourne australia . 10 prior to founding envato ta eed grew up in papua new guinea eventually moving to australia to study mathematics and computer science . while at high school he befriended jun rung who studied design at university . rung introduced ta eed to design which quickly became a passion . ta eed soon left behind mathematics and computer science to focus on graphic design teaching himself via online tutorials magazines and design books an experience which would later provide the inspiration for envato s online learning service tuts . 11 collis ta eed found work as a web designer and it was during this time that he met cyan ta eed a fellow graphic designer and eventual co founder of envato . the pair married . soon after collis ta eed began selling flash files on istockphoto making around 400 a month . 12 it was from this experience that he developed the idea for flashden a dedicated marketplace for flash files . flashden became the first of what would eventually become eight marketplaces . its name was changed to activeden in 2009 after a trademark claim from adobe . 13 with no technical co founder the team hired a developer to build the initial version of flashden . launching the business cost 90 000 in total financed by credit card debt borrowing from family and freelancing on evenings and weekends . 10 the company s first office was cyan ta eed s parents basement garage . envato has remained bootstrapped since its founding 14 despite repeated interest from vc firms . 15 flashden launched in 2006 . in 2007 collis ta eed s brother vahid ta eed joined envato as the fourth owner . envato also launched psdtuts a photoshop tutorial website and freelanceswitch a blog about freelancing . in 2008 the company launched themeforest a web templates and themes marketplace and audiojungle a marketplace for stock music and audio . 4 in 2009 the company launched videohive a marketplace for motion graphics stock footage and video files and graphicriver a marketplace for stock graphics . in 2010 after several years of traveling collis and cyan ta eed settled in melbourne australia to work alongside the company s melbourne based development team . 10 the company also launched codecanyon in 2010 a marketplace for scripts and plugins . it launched photodune a stock photography marketplace and 3docean a 3d models and accessories marketplace in 2011 . since the launch of psdtuts in 2007 tuts has expanded to offer approximately 18 000 free tutorials on graphic design web design illustration code music audio video photography 3d motion graphics game development computer skills crafts diy and business . 16 in 2011 it added a monthly membership service which grants access to a library of video courses and technical ebooks . 4 envato launched microlancer in 2013 a freelance services marketplace where buyers can purchase fixed price services like logo design illustration and wordpress customization . the product rebranded to envato studio in 2014 . 4 overview edit envato s network of sites and products includes envato market envato studio envato tuts and envato sites . envato market edit envato market offers digital assets for use in creative projects with over 8 million digital products from a global community of over 6 million designers developers photographers illustrators and video producers operating across eight marketplaces in 200 countries 17 18 themeforest has themes and templates for websites on multiple platforms like wordpress joomla drupal and magento . in august 2014 it was listed in the top 100 of most visited sites in the world by alexa 19 the amazon owned web analytics firm . in december 2014 the top selling theme avada reached 100 000 sales 20 codecanyon has plugins scripts and code for platforms and operating systems like wordpress html5 php javascript bootstrap ios android . videohive has stock footage motion graphics after effects and apple motion templates that assist with video production . audiojungle has music and sound effects for projects like film games trailers promotions and podcasts . graphicriver has illustrations icons and templates for flyers resumes banners and presentations . photodune has stock photos and images with categories such as tech business food travel and fitness . 3docean has 3d models textures base meshes and plugins to enhance games and animations . on 21 september 2015 envato announced the closure of activeden its first online marketplace formerly flashden 21 envato tuts edit envato tuts offers online courses and tutorials on web development design illustration photography video music and other digital courses . it has served over 250 million students since launch . envato studio edit envato studio is an online marketplace for digital services . it launched in april 2013 as microlancer before becoming envato studio in april 2014 . 22 services include logo design business and online marketing wordpress design and graphics video and animation ecommerce and cms development mobile and apps and websites and programming . freelancers set upfront pricing scope and turnaround time for the services they offer . envato sites edit in november 2015 envato launched envato sites in beta a website builder that uses themes from envato market creators . 23 culture and awards edit employer review website jobadvisor named envato australia s coolest tech company in 2014 . 24 the company was ranked 12th in the brw best places to work 2015 study 25 and 17th in the great places to work awards in australia in 2016 approximately 1 3 of envato s 250 staff are based outside of the company s headquarters in melbourne . 26 staff can work anywhere in the world for up to three months as part of flexible working policies . 27 envato has made several high profile financial contributions to both open and closed source software projects including glotpress 28 ghost macaw rails.app pressgram and aesop . 29 envato was the first australian startup to publicly release its gender diversity figures for technical roles . 30 in november 2015 envato was named the coolest company for women by careers website jobadvisor . 31 in october 2015 co founder cyan ta eed was crowned 2015 telstra victoria business woman of the year . 32 envato was named third in the 2016 tech pioneers top 50 for australia and new zealand 33 statistics edit most popular accounts edit as of july 30 2016 the envato accounts with the most sales were 34 themefusion 239 641 sevenstyles 216 127 wpbakery 202 630 pressmaster 189 676 themepunch 184 608 kriesi 165 475 envatobundles 150 755 themeco 116 013 goodlayers 106 544 themegoods 106 232 oldest accounts edit the oldest envato accounts are accounts which became active in june 2006 all belonging to envato employees at the time and including collis collis ta eed . 35 industry competitors edit creative market istock shutterstock references edit envato will allow its employees to work from anywhere at any time . business insider . retrieved 29 november 2015 . alexa http www.alexa.com siteinfo envato.com . missing or empty title help envato.com sites a b c d envato.com about alexa themeforest.net envato notes meet the directors jun rung http www.envato.com contact smh entrepreneurs shun investment offers brw how online market envato helps artists make millions a b c afr online market envato helps artists make millions fuel your creativity interview with collis ta eed envato studio blog meet collis the man behind microlancer washington post adobe to envato flash is ours change your name 37signals svn bootstrapped profitable and proud smh startup thrives without venture capital tuts yahoo finance envato pays 200 million to its community start up smart press release australian website themeforest breaks into the world s top 10 press release records smashed at themeforest as top selling wordpress theme avada surpasses 100 000 sales farewell activeden . inside envato . retrieved 2015 10 22 . press release envato rebrands microlancer removing beta to launch envato studio introducing envato sites news.com.au envato named australia s coolest tech company brw.com.au why the best places to work list is becoming a battle of the flex envato.com about business insider this australian tech company has an awesome way to stop talent fleeing overseas twitter collis ta eed inside.envato kickstarting open source and web projects with crowdfunding startupsmart envato becomes the first australian startup to release gender diversity figures australia s coolest tech companies 2015 telstra business women s awards http www.techpioneers.com.au top authors themeforest . themeforest . retrieved 2016 03 09 . 9 years of membership . envato community . retrieved 4 december 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title envato & oldid 741579873 categories companies based in 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