Adobe’s $20B deal to acquire Figma under threat from EU investigation

Re:Adobe’s $20B deal to acquire Figma under threat from EU i... by pavlov on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @03:58AM (#36400961)

Adobe’s annual revenue in EMEA is close to $5 billion. Figma’s global revenue is around $500 million.

If they lost just 10% of EMEA revenue to antitrust avoidance shenanigans, it would be equivalent to losing the Figma revenue stream entirely. A publicly held company can’t really afford to play that kind of games.

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Re:Adobe’s $20B deal to acquire Figma under threat from EU i... by Freeaqingme on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @04:20AM (#36401109)

I don't disagree with your analysis. However, I do wonder if Adobe purchased Figma because of the current revenue streams, or that they'd much rather either want to prevent having to face a new competitor, or alternatively, get all the proceeds of said competitor.

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Re:Adobe’s $20B deal to acquire Figma under threat from EU i... by az226 on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @05:02AM (#36401432)

And all EU based employees plus the cost of winding down existing contracts would be extremely expensive.

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