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Adobe Inc. and Figma Inc. Agreed to Be Acquired By One Another In A Deal Worth Almost $20 Billion

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The Adobe announcement would represent the largest buyout of a private software company in history, split 50/50 between cash and stock
As more people worked from home during the outbreak, demand for Figma, which allows users to collaborate on software while it is being built, soared
In recent years, the business's customers have grown to include people who build lightweight presentations, games, and maps in addition to software designers at significant businesses like Airbnb Inc., Google, Herman Miller Inc., and Kimberly-Clark Corp

Adobe Buys Out Figma

To help it expand its toolkit for creative professionals, Adobe Inc. agreed to purchase software design company Figma Inc. in a deal valued at approximately $20 billion. The Adobe announcement, which is split 50/50 between cash, would be the largest buyout of a private software company in history. About 7% of Adobe's shares decreased in premarket trading.

Demand for Figma, which enables users to collaborate on software while it is being developed, increased during the epidemic as more individuals worked from home. In recent years, the company has expanded its clientele beyond software designers at major corporations like Airbnb Inc., Google, Herman Miller Inc., and Kimberly-Clark Corp. to include those who create lightweight presentations, games, and maps.

Since the beginning of the year, Adobe's shares have lost more than a third of their value, despite having been a Wall Street darling for more than ten years. The dominance of Adobe's line of design professionals' products, which accounts for around 60% of its revenue, has raised investor skepticism.

Dylan Field and Evan Wallace co-founded the San Francisco-based company Figma roughly ten years ago. The startup introduced browser-based software design tools that let programmers collaborate in real-time rather than going through the occasionally cumbersome process of saving and sharing their work with colleagues via a variety of unrelated apps. The company's last investment round, which occurred almost a year ago, valued it at $10 billion. Venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures, and Greylock Partners are some of Figma's supporters.

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