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Figma’s 33-year-old cofounder is a former LinkedIn intern who launched the $68 billion Wall Street darling with $100k from Peter Thiel
Fifteen years ago, Dylan Field was a freshman computer science student at Brown University. On Thursday, the company he ...
Figma Had a Dazzling IPO. It Could Have Been $3 Billion Better.
Investors and bankers are wondering why the software company didn’t price its shares higher to capitalize on fervent demand.
Lina Kahn is taking a victory lap over the Figma IPO
Former FTC chair Lina Khan celebrated Figma's blockbuster IPO in an X post.
Design software maker Figma's shares surge 158% in blowout market debut
Figma shares surged nearly 158% in their market debut on Thursday, valuing the design software maker at about $50 billion and ...
Figma IPO raises its market share to $19.3B
Figma Inc. raised $1.2 billion with an initial public offering on Thursday, with shares trading for $33, which increased its ...
Figma's blowout debut proves Wall Street forgot how much investors want tech IPOs
Experts say the lack of high-quality tech IPOs has prepared the market to boost new listings beyond what they're ...
Figma IPO Returns $7 Billion Each to VC Investors Index, Greylock
Danny Rimer, partner at Index Ventures, led Figma’s seed round in 2013, when the company’s stock was valued at just 9 cents ...
Wall Street’s Risk Appetite Is Back. Just Look at Figma
Wall Street has plenty of appetite for risk even without Fed rate cuts. Figma surged 250 percent in its trading debut ...
Iconiq’s Will Griffith explains how his firm celebrated Figma’s IPO and why investors sold shares
Will Griffith is a seed investor in Figma. Investors didn't want to sell millions of shares. He explains why they did it ...
Figma IPO’s surprise winner is a charity with 13 million shares—and a famous backstory that sparked a bitter feud over an oil fortune decades ago
The Marin Community Foundation netted $440 million as the IPO's largest selling shareholder. The philanthropic organization ...