Figma, Unicorn design software, has confidentially deposited a first audience offering more than a year after an acquisition offer of $ 20 billion per Adobe collapsed Due to antitrust concerns.
The deposit signals a certain optimism for the public beginnings despite the current market disturbances launched by the push of President Trump to implement the prices. THE Uncertainty has rocked investors And doubts sown on short -term viability of numerous IPOs.
Figma announced Tuesday that it has submitted a project of his IPO file to the Securities and Exchange Commission, but did not publicly publish the complete document, which would normally provide financial details on its operations.
The assessment that Figma finally seeks on public procurement will be something to monitor. In 2021, in the midst of a boom in low interest venture capital, Figma was evaluated in its E series at 10 billion dollars. In 2024, Figma organized a tender offer which appreciated the company at $ 12.5 billion.
The donors of VC de Figma include Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Greylock, Index Ventures, Founders Fund and many others.
Figma has around 1,600 employees and millions of customers, including Airbnb,, Google,, Microsoft,, Netflix,, Dirty,, SpotifySquare, BandAnd Zoom. The company is also international, with 85% of its users outside the United States
Figma publicly shared some financial details in May 2024 when The company told CNBC that he had $ 600 million in recurring annual income. ARA is an important reference for many companies, as it measures foreseeable income which is generally linked to long -term contracts and income -based income.
Figma, founded in 2012 by Dylan Field and Evan Wallace, has made the front page of the newspapers in recent years, both around high expectations for the moment he files an introduction on the stock market and for the way he was doing in the aftermath of the Méga-Acquisition thwarted of Adobe. (Field and Wallace met while students at Brown University.)
In 2022, Adobe announced its intention to acquire Figma, but was faced with an intense regulatory examination, including the European Commission. In 2023, the two companies moved away from the agreement and Adobe paid to FIGMA for terminion $ 1 billion.
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