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 …
Milan-based Bending Spoons raised €500M+ in debt led by JPMorgan to acquire more software businesses, after raising $155M at a ~$2.6B valuation in February 2024
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Milan-based Jet HR, which provides all-in-one payroll and HR services to SMBs, raised €25M led by Base10 Partners, bringing its total funding to about €42M
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Cambridge, UK-based Camgraphic, which is developing graphene-based photonics chips for AI, HPC, autonomous cars, and other applications, raised a €25M Series A
The money will be used to develop the startup's R&D operations in Pisa and establish a pilot manufacturing line in Milan
Milan-based mobile app developer Bending Spoons acquires Dutch file-sharing service WeTransfer, which backed out of an IPO in 2022, without disclosing terms
- European app developer has bought Evernote and pursued Vimeo — Dutch firm WeTransfer pulled out of a potential IPO in 2022
Milan-based Qomodo, which offers multiple payment services, including BNPL options for consumers and retailers, raised a €34.5M pre-seed led by Fasanara Capital
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A profile of Russian national Artem Uss, arrested in Milan under US indictment over a secret supply chain to provide US tech to support Putin's war in Ukraine
For years, Artem Uss had appeared in Russian media as the owner of fancy real estate, luxury cars and Italian hotels. Tweets: @benbartenstein and @rosmathieson Tweets: Ben Bartenstein / @benbartenstei...
Evernote agrees to be acquired by Milan-based app developer Bending Spoons, in a transaction expected to close in early 2023; Evernote has raised $290M to date
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Milan-based Satispay, an independent payment network that bypasses banks and credit card companies, raised a €320M Series D led by Addition at a €1B+ valuation
More signs that the economy is slowing down in Europe, and that costs are going up, are driving merchants and consumers …