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Canva’s billionaire founders are minting overnight millionaires with employee share sale

Past and present “Canvanauts” will be able to sell up to $3 million of their vested equity, an internal email says.

Fortune

This Figma Analyst Begins Coverage On A Bullish Note; Here Are Top 4 Initiations For Wednesday

Top Wall Street analysts changed their outlook on these top names. For a complete view of all analyst rating changes, including upgrades, downgrades and initiations, please see our analyst ratings page.

Benzinga

These Gen Z and millennial founders dropped out of college, took $200,000 from Peter Thiel, and have now built companies worth over $100 billion

The Thiel fellowship awards $200,000 to young people who skip or leave college to spend two years building a startup, with notable alumni including Figma CEO Dylan Field and Scale AI cofounder Lucy Guo.

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IPO Market Stays Hot With These 2 Debuting Stocks

The IPO market continues to sizzle in the second half of 2025. Are FIG and MNTN the next two new issues to create parabolic gains? Read on to learn more.

MarketBeat

Figma’s CEO sent cold emails to and bought coffee for his 'heroes' while convincing ex-coworkers to use his product before its $68 billion success

Dylan Field may not be helming a $68 billion company if it weren’t for cold-calling his former coworkers and taking his tech “heroes” for coffee—and execs at Google and Squarespace found success the same way.

Fortune

I Tried To Buy 1,000 Shares Of The Figma IPO…Here's What Happened

On Thursday, July 31, design-tech company Figma Inc. (NYSE:FIG) launched its initial public offering (IPO).

Benzinga

Figma’s CEO is now worth $5 billion after IPO—like Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, and Bill Gates, he’s another college-dropout billionaire

As Gen Z questions the value of higher education, Figma CEO Dylan Field is the latest tech billionaire to make it big without a college degree.

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Figma's Wild IPO Ride: Is the Stock's Premium Price Justified?

Figma's explosive IPO and subsequent volatility highlight a core debate between its healthy business fundamentals and its high market valuation.

MarketBeat

Cathie Wood is Buying Figma Stock with Both Hands. Should You Buy This Hot IPO, Too?

Figma stock has almost tripled in market value since its initial public offering last week, attracting investments from Cathie Wood and others.

Barchart

The post-Figma question: Who's next?

Startups: Think of an IPO as your Series A as a public company.

Fortune

This VC Firm Turned An $86 Million Figma Bet Into $6 Billion Payday—Outperforming Silicon Valley Giants

Index Ventures has emerged as venture capital’s winner, transforming an $86.5 million investment in Figma Inc. (NYSE:FIG) into a stake worth nearly $6 billion following the design platform’s explosive market debut.

Benzinga

Tech industry insiders share their picks for the next startups to ride the IPO wave after Figma’s blockbuster debut

There’s a long list of late-stage VC-backed tech companies with strong customer bases that investors hope will be enticed to make the leap after Figma's success.

Fortune

Figma IPO's surprise winner is a charity with 13 million shares—and a famous backstory that sparked a bitter feud over a donor's oil fortune

The Marin Community Foundation netted $440 million as the IPO's largest selling shareholder. The philanthropic organization is itself the product of a previous generation of big business—and a famous legal fight for control of the money.

Fortune

How This LinkedIn Intern Transformed A $100K Grant To $68 Billion Company

Dylan Field, co-founder of Figma Inc. (NYSE:FIG), witnessed his company's remarkable debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, marking the largest U.S. venture-capital-backed tech IPO in four years.

Benzinga

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Figma Shares Edge Higher After Explosive IPO Debut, Despite Valuation Concerns

Figma Inc. (NYSE:FIG) shares traded higher Friday, continuing to draw investor attention after a volatile debut session on Thursday that saw the stock surge over 250% following its initial public offering.

Fortune

Figma’s 33-year-old cofounder is a former LinkedIn intern who launched the $68 billion Wall Street darling with $100k from Peter Thiel

Dylan Field dropped out of Brown University to build his multibillion-dollar tech brand.

Barchart

Adobe’s Failed Acquisition of Figma Has Cost the Company Over $38 Billion and Counting — Here’s How High It Could Go

Adobe’s $20 billion Figma acquisition failed amid regulatory scrutiny, costing $1 billion and missing a $37 billion post-IPO windfall.

Fortune

Why Index’s Danny Rimer bet on Figma and Dylan Field at the seed stage

Index Ventures’s Danny Rimer—whose investments also include Etsy, Dropbox, Discord, and Dream Games—led Figma’s 2013 seed round.

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Jim Cramer Calls Figma 'Too Expensive' At 50x Sales — Stock Surges 250% On Market Debut

Design platform Figma Inc. (NYSE:FIG) defied Jim Cramer’s warnings about its valuation, surging 250% to $115.50 on its market debut on Thursday after pricing its IPO at $33 per share on Wednesday evening.

Fortune

Figma shares more than triple in soaring public debut

The design software company's market cap soared to $46 billion in a stunning first-day IPO pop.

Barchart

Should You Buy FIG Stock Following the Figma IPO Today?

Figma stock is in the spotlight after going live on the NYSE today. Here’s why FIG shares are worth owning following the design software firm’s blockbuster IPO.

Fortune

As Figma goes public, a turning point in the long-awaited IPO market recovery takes shape

Figma, the design software unicorn run by Dylan Field, will go public on Thursday in a moment bigger than any one company.

Benzinga

Figma Could Become A 'Meme Stock Beyond All Comprehension,' Warns Elon Musk's X Product Head Nikita Bier

Nikita Bier, Head of Product at Elon Musk‘s social media platform X, said on Thursday that Figma Inc. “is going to be a meme stock beyond all comprehension.” The prediction comes as the design platform prepares to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange today.

Kiplinger

Figma IPO: Should You Buy FIG Stock?

The excitement surrounding the Figma IPO was evident in the design software company's blowout market debut.

Benzinga

Figma's Market Debut Could Value Design Giant At $16 Billion, Down From Adobe's $20 Billion Deal

The collaborative design software start-up Figma is eyeing a valuation of $13.6 billion on its market debut; however, experts predict that its valuation could stretch up to $16 billion including restricted stock units and options.

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