Inside Bending Spoons, Europe’s Quiet Tech Giant

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Few people can name it, but Bending Spoons runs a portfolio of apps used by more than a billion people worldwide.
Founded in 2012, the company specializes in acquiring and revamping well-known digital products — a strategy that’s turned Evernote, WeTransfer, and Filmic into renewed moneymakers.
Unlike typical private-equity buyers, Bending Spoons says it “aims to hold forever”, continuously improving its acquisitions instead of flipping them for profit.
The firm now employs about 500 people, mainly in Milan, and continues to expand quietly across Europe.

[Rimon Khan]

Europe doesn’t shout about its tech wins enough — Bending Spoons is proof of quiet dominance.

[Abdul Khan]

A silent giant growing from Milan — love seeing European tech scale globally.