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Hollywood star and tech executives invest in Italian start-up Bending Spoons

Hollywood star and tech executives invest in Italian start-up Bending Spoons

 


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MILAN, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Italian app developer Bending Spoons has raised more than $340 million from investors including Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds and Kerry Trainor, the video streaming platform’s former CEO Vimeo (VMEO.O), it announced on Tuesday.

Bending Spoons, whose apps include popular video editing tool Splice and Remini, an image editor based on artificial intelligence technology, said the money could be used for acquisitions.

A source close to the company said former Google (GOOGL.O) executive chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt was among the investors.

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Other backers included Italian banks Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP.MI) and Banco BPM (BAMI.MI), the Milan-based startup said in a statement.

Since its launch in 2013, Bending Spoons has had more than 500 million downloads and has 90 million monthly active users, according to its website.

In 2020 he also developed the Immuni app, which was used to trace COVID-19 infections in Italy.

(This story corrects currency in first paragraph to dollars from euros)

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