Figma made design collaborative. Today, it makes history.

Today marks an extraordinary milestone for Figma. They’re not just entering a new chapter as a public company: Figma is cementing its place as a platform that redefined how digital products and experiences are made.

In 2012, as a Kleiner Perkins Fellow, Dylan Field spent a summer working at Flipboard. Back then, he was an undergrad at Brown with a sharp eye for product and a curiosity that stood out. He didn’t just see problems, he imagined what solutions could look like. Later that year, Dylan and his Brown classmate, Evan Wallace, embarked on a journey to create Figma. 

In 2017 we led Figma’s Series B round. The product was still early, but the love from its small community of users was unmistakable. Designers weren’t just using Figma, they were advocating for it. At the time, daily active use was steadily increasing. We were convinced that Figma had the potential to fundamentally reshape how digital products would be designed, and knew we had to be part of it.

Since then, Figma has grown from a browser-based design tool into something far bigger. It’s the connective tissue for teams around the world. What started as a way to bring designers into a shared space has become the platform where over 13 million people – designers, PMs, developers, marketers – come together to make things. Every day, billions of people globally experience the digital world through apps, websites, and experiences that are made in Figma.

But beyond the metrics, what’s made Figma truly exceptional is the team and the community it’s fostered. From open design files to community-built plugins, from design critiques to FigJams, Maker Weeks, and Config, Figma has turned digital creation into a shared, joyful physical experience.

Everyone’s talking about taste now. Figma made that possible for us years ago—before it was a buzzword. At Kleiner Perkins, we use it for everything: our website, events, even our office layout. None of us are designers. But Figma made design accessible. It made creativity multiplayer. And it changed how things are built, not just how they look.

Dylan and the entire Figma team have built something rare. It’s a company with soul and style, at scale. They’ve elevated the role of design, empowered a new generation of builders, and stayed relentlessly focused on the needs of their community.

We are honored to be part of the Figma journey and couldn’t be more excited for this next chapter.

— Mamoon