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Figma IPO's surprise winner is a charity with 13 million shares—and a famous backstory that sparked a bitter feud over a donor's oil fortune

The Marin Community Foundation netted $440 million as the IPO's largest selling shareholder. The philanthropic organization is itself the product of a previous generation of big business—and a famous legal fight for control of the money.

How This LinkedIn Intern Transformed A $100K Grant To $68 Billion Company

How This LinkedIn Intern Transformed A $100K Grant To $68 Billion Company

Dylan Field, co-founder of Figma Inc. (NYSE:FIG), witnessed his company's remarkable debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, marking the largest U.S. venture-capital-backed tech IPO in four years.

Figma’s 33-year-old cofounder is a former LinkedIn intern who launched the $68 billion Wall Street darling with $100k from Peter Thiel

Figma’s 33-year-old cofounder is a former LinkedIn intern who launched the $68 billion Wall Street darling with $100k from Peter Thiel

Dylan Field dropped out of Brown University to build his multibillion-dollar tech brand.

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Figma files for IPO nearly two years after $20 billion Adobe buyout fell through

The design software startup, helmed by cofounder Dylan Field, moved closer toward one of the most anticipated public offerings of the year.

Figma, software unicorn, confidentially files for an IPO despite Wall Street turbulence

Figma has confidentially filed for an IPO more than a year after a $20 billion acquisition bid by Adobe fell apart due to antitrust concerns.

Language app Feed the Monster the latest tool in battle to save endangered Warumungu language

A language app designed to help children in Syria learn Arabic is now preserving an endangered First Nations language. As a cartoon monster in the app grows, so too do children's literacy skills — and the number of people who speak Warumungu.

Barkly residents come from far and wide to celebrate at Tennant Creek's Two Cup Races

Station workers, long term locals and Tennant Creek's international community embrace friends and fashion at the Two Cup Race Day.

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Seeni and Shameina's journey of love and change continues in Alice Springs

Seeni and Shameina's journey of love and change continues in Alice Springs

Shameina relives her family's own migration experience as her husband Seeni becomes one of Australia's newest citizens.

Barkly community misses out on $250 million in new funding to tackle alcohol-related harm

Barkly community misses out on $250 million in new funding to tackle alcohol-related harm

A combination of alcohol, unemployment, and the loss of hope has left residents dismayed that the Barkly will not have access to any of the millions allocated to the Northern Territory Government by the federal government.

The Ivy League Dropout Who Just Sold His Company for $20 Billion

The Ivy League Dropout Who Just Sold His Company for $20 Billion

Four years ago, Dylan Field was living in a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco's gritty Mission District, where he would stop for a $1 cup of coffee on his way to work.

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