5 Interesting Learnings from Bending Spoons at $2.8 Billion in Revenue: 126% Growth, 3% Organic Growth, and $1.08 Billion of ARR Bought in 37 Days

Acquisitions

▤ Summary

Bending Spoons is aggressively buying software companies and reporting strong revenue growth driven mostly by acquisitions. The company closed Airtable and Miro deals within 37 days and financed expansion with large term-loan add-ons. It runs a lean operating model, spending relatively little on R&D and using AI to automate much of its internal work. The article also highlights how the company uses valuation arbitrage and restructuring to improve margins and scale faster.

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Sectors
Fintech, Banking and Payments General FinTech Investment Banking
Functions
Business Intelligence and Analytics BI Analytics Communication and Collaboration

▦ Linked Companies

Bloomberg
$1B+
Miro
$500M to $1B
Airtable
$250M to $500M