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April 23, 2025

Bending Spoons CEO Luca Ferrari: ‘We're trying to build one of the most successful companies of all time’

The Italian unicorn plans to spend over $1bn on acquisitions this year


Amy Lewin

8 min read

Bending Spoons CEO and cofounder Luca Ferrari.

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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Screenshot of Bending Spoons' 'head of blank' job advert
Bending Spoons' 'head of blank' job advert
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Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

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