CB Insights estimates that Figma continues to be price between $8.3 billion and $9 billion
A failed acquisition typically spells doom for the goal firm. However regardless of its $20 billion takeover by Adobe not going by means of, there are causes to assume that Figma shall be simply positive.
That the web design firm will get a $1 billion termination charge from Adobe will assist soften the blow. However it’s not the windfall some assume it’s; spending greater than a yr in regulatory limbo at all times takes a toll on an organization and its crew.
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Whereas M&As could be lengthy and taxing for each events, breakup charges aren’t the norm. So, “no, startups, you’re not getting a breakup charge except it’s a large sufficient deal the place there may be antitrust danger,” VC Ed Sim wrote on X. And usually, regulators are unlikely to get entangled.
However within the Adobe-Figma deal, the place each firms knew that this danger was entrance and middle, even a $1 billion charge appears solely honest in comparison with the uncertainty forward.
