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jcynixyesterday at 6:09 PM1 replyview on HN

Hundreds of millions in revenue and three acquisitions in 2024 — what’s behind Bending Spoons’ success? | Sifted https://sifted.eu/articles/bending-spoons-italy-startup-ipo

So private equity is behind it.


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kace91yesterday at 7:20 PM

Yeah, but AFAIK that means people buying companies, leaving them with a skeleton crew and milking the remaining users as long as possible.

How does that fit with expensive hiring sprees? If anything I’d expect them to be continuously shedding absorbed employees.

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