Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger

Re:Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger by edouard-harris on Monday December 18, 2023 @08:44AM (#38682329)

> The entire purpose of starting a company is to get acquired.

Certainly not in terms of expectation value. Most of the value of a startup at any given funding round is driven by the possibility of a public listing. This is true even though most successful startup outcomes are acquisitions.

> Of the literally hundreds of companies that YC has invested in, only 5 have gone public.

The correct number is 18, not 5. [1]

[1] https://www.ycombinator.com/topcompanies/valuation (select the "Public" tab.)

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Re:Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger by scarface_74 on Monday December 18, 2023 @03:53PM (#38688092)

So instead of .125% of companies. It’s .45%.

The best I could find is that YC has invested in 4000 companies..

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