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Figma's 50x ARR Multiple and What It Means for Startup Fundraising

by jsm386 on 9/15/22, 7:38 PM with 11 comments

  • by forbiddenvoid on 9/16/22, 1:23 AM

    Adobe did not buy Figma at a 50x multiple because it thinks Figma is worth that much. It bought the company at 50x because it was a number Figma's board couldn't say no to, and removes their stiffest competition in a quarter century in the process.
  • by cyanydeez on 9/16/22, 12:49 AM

    Means nothing unless your startup will eat adobes lunch.
  • by SilverBirch on 9/16/22, 9:27 AM

    It seems strange to me - if the only possible way of valuing Figma at it's sale price is to assume that Adobe is doing something massively anti-competitive then surely a regulator can't stand for that right?
  • by joshu on 9/15/22, 11:21 PM

    factor in lost revenue due to market cannibalization for adobe? might make more sense
  • by random314 on 9/16/22, 9:05 AM

    The regulators should be blocking such acquisitions