Bending Spoons acquires Eventbrite for ~$500M in an all-cash deal, following its $1.38B acquisition of Vimeo in September and its pending acquisition of AOL
Cate Lawrence / Tech.eu :
Milan-based Bending Spoons, which buys and seeks to revitalize tech brands like AOL, raised $710M led by T. Rowe Price at an $11B pre-money valuation
Bending Spoons, an Italian holding company that buys and seeks to revitalize tech brands like AOL, on Thursday announced a $710 million equity raise …
Apollo Global reaches a deal to sell AOL to Bending Spoons, sources say in a deal valued at ~$1.5B; AOL has about 30M MAUs across its email and web properties
Apollo Global Management has reached a deal to sell AOL to Italian tech holding group Bending Spoons in a deal valued at roughly $1.5 billion, Axios has learned.
Sources: Yahoo nears a deal to sell AOL to Italian app developer Bending Spoons for ~$1.4B; AOL.com's traffic has recently grown 20% YoY among users aged 25-54
- Bending Spoons in advanced talks to buy AOL from Yahoo, sources say — The Italian unicorn has been on an acquisition spree, may IPO
Sources: Apollo Global is exploring a sale of AOL in a deal that could value AOL at around $1.5B; Apollo bought AOL in 2021 as part of its $5B Verizon deal
Apollo bought AOL in 2021; a new deal could fetch around $1.5 billion — Apollo Global Management is exploring a sale …
Verizon says it will sell Yahoo and AOL to PE firm Apollo Global Management for $5B, keeping a 10% stake in the company, which will be rebranded as just “Yahoo”
- Verizon will sell its media group, which includes brands from AOL and Yahoo, to private equity firm Apollo Global Management.
Verizon says it will sell Yahoo and AOL to PE firm Apollo Global Management for $5B, keeping a 10% stake in the company, which will be rebranded as just “Yahoo”
- Verizon will sell its media group, which includes brands from AOL and Yahoo, to private equity firm Apollo Global Management.
As Verizon sells off MapQuest for a pittance, a look at the long, slow decline of the once dominant online mapping site which AOL bought for $1.1B in 2000
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land :
As Verizon sells off MapQuest for a pittance, a look at the long, slow decline of the once dominant online mapping site which AOL bought for $1.1B in 2000
Once the dominant mapping site, the decline of Mapquest is a story of disruptive competition and corporate complacency.
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