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294 New European decacorn! Milan’s Bending Spoons raises $710M at $11B valuation, completes $2.8B debt package and acquires AOL 

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · today 02:55 EDT

New European decacorn! Milan’s Bending Spoons raises $710M at $11B valuation, completes $2.8B debt package and acquires AOL 

Bending Spoons raised $710M in equity and secured $2.8B in debt financing to support its acquisitions of AOL and Vimeo, bringing its valuation to $11B and expanding its digital product portfolio. Milan-based Bending Spoons, a provider of digital technology products, announced it has raised $710M (approximately €613M) in equity at a pre-money valuation of $11B ... Read more

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