Adobe To Acquire Online Design Startup Figma For $20 billion

Adobe Inc said on Thursday it would buy online design startup Figma for about USD 20 billion to expand its portfolio of collaboration-focused platforms geared for the hybrid-work era.

The premier software firm that houses the industry's most renowned graphics and photo editing applications such as Photoshop and After Effects has been increasingly venturing into the collaboration tools space.

The cash-and-stock deal for Figma gives Adobe ownership of a company whose online collaborative platform for designs and brainstorming is used by firms from Zoom Video Communications to AirBnB and Coinbase.

Shares of Adobe, which had cash and cash equivalents of USD 3.87 billion as of Sept. 2, were down nearly 8 per cent in premarket trading.

The company also reported its earnings on Thursday, with its fourth-quarter revenue forecast of $4.52 billion coming in below the USD 4.58 billion estimated by analysts, according to Refinitiv data.

(Reuters)