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Figma

figma.com
84ICP
Design SoftwareSan Francisco, CAFounded 2012
84
ICP Score
Strong Fit

Design-forward company with strong engineering culture. Values beautiful, intuitive products and has budget for quality tools.

Industry
Design Software
Team Size
1,500+
Est. Revenue
$600M+ ARR (est.)
Website
figma.com

Key People

DF
Dylan Field
Co-founder & CEO
EW
Evan Wallace
Co-founder & CTO
YY
Yuhki Yamashita
Chief Product Officer

Discovery Questions

Tailored questions to ask on your call, based on research findings:

  1. 1

    How has your strategy evolved since the Adobe acquisition was cancelled?

  2. 2

    With Figma Slides and Dev Mode, how are you thinking about expanding beyond core design use cases?

  3. 3

    What's your approach to evaluating tools that integrate with Figma's ecosystem?

  4. 4

    How do you balance feature development with maintaining the simplicity users love?

Talking Points

  • 1

    Post-Adobe deal collapse, Figma is focused on expanding beyond design into developer handoff and presentations

  • 2

    Strong community-driven ecosystem with plugins and templates - integration opportunities are valuable

  • 3

    Design culture is paramount - any tool you pitch should have exceptional UX

  • 4

    Dev Mode shows their focus on design-to-development workflow - understand the full product lifecycle

About

Figma is a collaborative interface design tool used by teams to design, prototype, and gather feedback in real-time. After a failed $20B acquisition by Adobe in 2023, Figma remains independent and continues to dominate the product design market with its browser-based, multiplayer approach.

Figma DesignFigJam (Whiteboarding)Figma Dev ModeFigma SlidesDesign SystemsPrototypingCommunity & Plugins

Target market: Product design teams, UX designers, and organizations building digital products who need collaborative design tools

Tech Stack

Frontend

TypeScriptWebAssemblyWebGL

Backend

Ruby on RailsGoPostgreSQL

Infrastructure

AWSCloudflare Workers

Collaboration

SlackNotionFigJam

Analytics

AmplitudeDatadog

Hiring Signals

Open Roles
95
Growth
Moderate

By Department

Engineering
55
Design
15
Sales
12
Product
8
Marketing
5

Primary Focus: Expanding Engineering team

Recent News

Figma launches Figma Slides for presentation design2024-06-26
Adobe acquisition blocked - Figma remains independent at $12.5B valuation2023-12-18
Dev Mode 2.0 launches with VS Code integration2024-03-15

Competitive Landscape

Adobe XD
Sketch
InVision
Framer
Canva

This research brief is generated for demonstration purposes.Figma is a trademark of its respective owner. Prepd is not affiliated with Figma.

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