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The a16z Show · Sunday, November 1, 2026

Bending Spoons Acquires Tech Companies Like Airtable, Vimeo, and Eventbrite

Luca Ferrari explains that Bending Spoons buys technology companies where they see opportunities to make them more successful, integrating them onto a single platform and core team. He notes that the company has completed over 50 acquisitions, including Airtable, AOL, Vimeo, Eventbrite, Komoot, and WeTransfer.

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“Yeah, it's pretty simple on the face of it. We buy technology companies where we see an opportunity to make them a lot more successful.”
Luca Ferrari
“Yeah, so Airtable, AOL, Vimeo, Eventbrite, Komoot, WeTransfer, more than 50 acquisitions at this point, but this would be some of the better known ones.”
Luca Ferrari
Heard on The a16z Show — “How Bending Spoons Built a $20 Billion Compounder | Luca Ferrari”, published Sunday, November 1, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Bending Spoons Acquires Tech Companies Like Airtable, Vimeo, and Eventbrite — Heardvine