| ▲ | What is Bending Spoons? The little-known AOL and Vimeo owner that's now public(techcrunch.com) | |
| 1 points by jack1689 11 hours ago | 2 comments | ||
| ▲ | jack1689 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
I was reading a bit about their story, it feels like they managed to succeed by turning overly funded (and by then devalued) software products and restructuring them for long term profitability as they are not bounded to the classic 10 year time horizon of private funds. Wondering if we will see more plays like this as alternatives to traditional private equity and as fallback option for VC backed companies that bursted. | ||
| ▲ | ChrisArchitect 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Related: Italy's Bending Spoons, owner of AOL and Vimeo, files for Nasdaq IPO https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446310 Weird Italian loveletter about the IPO: Bending Spoons just went public: Italy won the World Cup https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48773549 Some history from only the past year in discussions: Bending Spoons acquires Vimeo for $1.38B https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45197302 AOL to be sold to Bending Spoons for $1.5B https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45749161 Bending Spoons Acquires Eventbrite https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46124673 Tell HN: Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday | ||