July 1 (Reuters) - Figma disclosed higher revenue and
profit for the quarter ended March 31, as the cloud-based
designer platform prepares to list on the NYSE more than a year
after its $20 billion planned sale to Adobe was
scrapped.
The company's IPO is poised to be one of the most
high-profile listings this year, signaling that concerns stirred
by U.S. tariffs are quickly fading in the wake of a scorching
equities rally.
Figma's IPO was widely expected after antitrust regulators
in Europe and the UK blocked Adobe's deal.
In December 2023, the companies mutually ended the deal,
which would have been one of the biggest acquisitions of a
software startup.
Last year, Figma was valued at $12.5 billion in a tender
offer that allowed its employees and early investors to cash out
some of their stake.
For the three months ended March 31, the company reported
$228.2 million in revenue, compared with $156.2 million a year
earlier, and its net income jumped three-fold to $44.9 million.
Part of the IPO proceeds will be used to repay debt, the
company said.
Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Allen & Co and J.P. Morgan
are the lead underwriters for the IPO. Figma expects to trade
under the symbol "FIG".
(Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju
Samuel and Shinjini Ganguli)