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Bending Spoons Founders on Buying Airtable, AOL, Vimeo & Eventbrite

2026-09-14 · 2 company · 0 thematic

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Francesco is a co-founder of Bending Spoons and leads its M&A strategy, having executed acquisitions including AOL, WeTransfer, and Mosaic. He previously attempted to acquire Grindr in 2019.

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Valley joined Bending Spoons at 25 after three application attempts, rose to lead the Mosaic acquisition (80+ apps), and now manages 90+ products as GM of AOL, overseeing its carve-out from Yahoo and AI-driven product revival.

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“>> Yeah. So, as you say, AOL was a pretty healthy business when we acquired it and it's still as of today. Uh, I think the there are many misconceptions about the brand just because it's been there for a while. people think that it's dead…”

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