In the past 12 months, Italian software unicorn Bending Spoons has bought six other startups; most recently, German outdoors app Komoot. Over the next nine months, it hopes to buy another three, CEO Luca Ferrari tells Sifted — and has over $1bn to invest in those acquisitions.
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