Figma confidentially files for much awaited US IPO after $20 billion Adobe deal collapse


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(Reuters) -Cloud-based designer platform Figma on Tuesday confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the United States, more than a year after a $20 billion deal to be acquired by Adobe was shelved due to regulatory roadblocks.

Figma had been widely considered as a candidate to go public after antitrust regulators in Europe and Britain blocked Adobe's deal in December 2023 in what would have been one of the biggest acquisitions of a software startup.

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