Figma

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Figma, a collaborative design SaaS company, was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. It went public on the NYSE in July 2025, marking what Fortune described as the largest U.S. tech IPO of that period. Q1 2026 revenue grew 46% year-over-year — accelerating for the second straight quarter — with net dollar retention reaching 139%, its highest in over two years.

Key facts

Founded

October 2012

Founders

Dylan Field, Evan Wallace

Employees

~2,877

Sectors

saas, devtools

Website

figma.com

Mission

Make design accessible to all — one collaborative platform where product teams create, prototype, test, and ship.

Recent activity

• Jun 2026press
  Config 2026 conference scheduled for June 23–25. Figma also noted a mention by Apple CEO Tim Cook during his final WWDC keynote. x.com
• Jun 2026product
  Figma launched an AI agent directly on the canvas, drawing significant community debate about its implications for junior vs. senior designers. linkedin.com
• May 2026press
  Q1 2026 results: 46% year-over-year revenue growth (accelerating for the second straight quarter), Net Dollar Retention Rate rose to 139% — the highest in over two years. Full-year 2026 revenue guidance raised. linkedin.com
• May 2026product
  Config India 2026 held product announcements that prompted design teams to revise roadmaps. linkedin.com
• May 2026product
  Figma shipped file attachment support in Make (30+ file types including docs, data, media, and code), rolled out Figma Weave for building workflows that create and edit images, video, and 3D assets, and added an Approvals feature to Figma Buzz. linkedin.com
• May 2024fundraise
  Latest disclosed funding round: $416M raised on May 15, 2024, bringing total funding to $749M across 7 rounds from 59 investors. tracxn.com
• May 2026press
  Q1 2026 results: revenue up 46% YoY, net dollar retention at 139% (highest in 2+ years). Company raised full-year 2026 revenue guidance. linkedin.com
• Apr 2026product
  Launched Figma Weave, a workflow tool to create and edit images, video, 3D assets, and more directly within Figma. linkedin.com
• Apr 2026product
  Added Approvals to Figma Buzz, enabling in-file review and sign-off on marketing assets. linkedin.com
• Mar 2026product
  Announced AI credit expansion options for all plans starting March 2026; AI credits remain included with every seat, including the free Starter tier. x.com
• Apr 2026product
  Added MCP support to FigJam: generate_diagram for architecture diagrams and ERDs, figma-use-figjam skill for annotations, and get_figjam for board reading. x.com
• Aug 2025fundraise
  Made NYSE debut (ticker: FIG) in what Fortune called the largest U.S. tech IPO of the period, valuing the company at ~$68 billion. fortune.com

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

• Dylan Field · CEO & Co-founder
  Brief →LinkedIn
• Evan Wallace · Co-founder (former CTO, departed 2021)
• Praveer Melwani · CFO
• Sho Kuwamoto · VP of Engineering
• Yuhki Yamashita · Chief Product Officer

Sources

• Dylan Field, Figma's 33-year-old cofounder — Fortune
• Figma 2026 Company Profile — Tracxn
• Figma Funding Rounds & Investors — Tracxn
• Dylan Field — LinkedIn
• Figma — LinkedIn
• Figma on AI credits — X
• Figma MCP/FigJam update — X
• https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marcraquino_productdesign-designleadership-figma-activity-7467118201470861312-j7by
• https://www.linkedin.com/posts/priyanshukumardesigner_2-hours-ago-i-had-to-tell-my-team-something-activity-7461913471228547072-XJ9F

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