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Bending Spoons S.p.A.
Company typePrivate
Founded2013; 11 years ago (2013) in Copenhagen, Denmark[1]
Founder
  • Luca Ferrari
  • Francesco Patarnello
  • Matteo Danieli
  • Luca Querella
  • Tomasz Greber
HeadquartersMilan, Italy
Products
  • Splice
  • Remini
  • Evernote
  • 30 Day Fitness
SubsidiariesEvernote Corporation
Websitebendingspoons.com

Bending Spoons S.p.A. is a technology company, founded in 2013 and based in Milan, Italy. The company is known primarily for mobile apps that it develops or acquires.[2]

Immuni

On 17 April 2020, the Italian government released a statement on its website announcing that Bending Spoons had been selected to design and develop Italy's official COVID-19 contact tracing app, Immuni.[3][4] The app was released on 1 June 2020.[5] It was initially released in four regions, then countrywide.[6]

The app did not receive significant adoption and successfully tracked less than 1% of the total confirmed positive cases reported during the period it was active.[7] The most commonly cited reason for not using the app was the lack of perceived effectiveness.[8]

Immuni was decommissioned on December 31, 2022.[9]

Acquisitions

In September 2022, Bending Spoons acquired FiLMiC[10] and converted its video-recording app FiLMiC Pro to a subscription revenue model.[11] In December 2023, the original FiLMiC team were laid off, and development of FiLMiC Pro was continued in-house by Bending Spoons.[12]

In November 2022, Bending Spoons agreed to acquire Evernote.[13] The acquisition was concluded in January 2023.[14] In July 2023, Evernote laid off all of its existing staff and announced it would relocate to Europe to be closer to Bending Spoons' headquarters.[15]

In January 2024, Bending Spoons acquired Mosaic Group, a mobile app developer. The acquisition also involved the layoff of all 330 existing staff.[16]

Also in January 2024, Bending Spoons acquired Meetup, a social media platform for organizing in-person and virtual activities.[17][18]

See also

References

  1. ^ Zargani, Luisa (9 December 2021). "Renzo Rosso's Red Circle Investments Takes Stake in Bending Spoons". Women's Wear Daily.
  2. ^ "Bending Spoons Apps IVS Revenue & App Download Estimates". sensortower.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  3. ^ Pollina, Elvira (1 April 2020). "Italy tests contact-tracing app to speed lockdown exit". Reuters. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  4. ^ Ministry of Health. "Contact tracing: Arcuri firma ordinanza per app italiana". www.salute.gov.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  5. ^ Italian Minister for Technological Innovation (3 June 2020). "IMMUNI APP available for downloading on the APPLE and GOOGLE stores". innovazione.gov.it. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  6. ^ Horowitz, Jason; Satariano, Adam (1 June 2020). "Europe Rolls Out Contact Tracing Apps, With Hope and Trepidation". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  7. ^ Ussai, Silvia; Pistis, Marco; Missoni, Eduardo; Formenti, Beatrice; Armocida, Benedetta; Pedrazzi, Tatiana; Castelli, Francesco; Monasta, Lorenzo; Lauria, Baldassare; Mariani, Ilaria (20 June 2022). ""Immuni" and the National Health System: Lessons Learnt from the COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing in Italy". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19 (12): 7529. doi:10.3390/ijerph19127529. ISSN 1661-7827. PMC 9223529. PMID 35742778.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  8. ^ Isonne, Claudia; De Blasiis, Maria Roberta; Turatto, Federica; Mazzalai, Elena; Marzuillo, Carolina; De Vito, Corrado; Villari, Paolo; Baccolini, Valentina (10 June 2022). "What Went Wrong with the IMMUNI Contact-Tracing App in Italy? A Cross-Sectional Survey on the Attitudes and Experiences among Healthcare University Students". Life. 12 (6): 871. doi:10.3390/life12060871. ISSN 2075-1729. PMC 9225335. PMID 35743902.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  9. ^ Salute, Ministero della. "Dismissione Piattaforma contact tracing digitale e APP IMMUNI". www.salute.gov.it (in Italian). Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  10. ^ "FiLMiC & Bending Spoons Join Forces. Changes to Subscription Model". Newsshooter. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  11. ^ Voss, Olaf von (8 September 2022). "FiLMiC Pro Acquired by Bending Spoons – New Subscription Model". CineD. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  12. ^ Davis, Wes (3 December 2023). "Bending Spoons confirmed it laid off all 22 of Filmic's original staff". The Verge. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  13. ^ Roth, Emma (16 November 2022). "Evernote's getting acquired by mobile developer Bending Spoons". The Verge.
  14. ^ "Evernote has been acquired — here's how its new owner can fix it". TheNextWeb. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  15. ^ Purdy, Kevin (10 July 2023). "Evernote, the memory app people forgot about, lays off entire US staff". Ars Technica. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  16. ^ Leach, Kamaron (10 January 2024). "IAC Divests Mosaic Apps to Bending Spoons in Deal Valued Above $100 Million". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ Roth, Emma (11 January 2024). "Meetup got acquired by Bending Spoons". The Verge. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  18. ^ Ferrari, Luca (8 January 2024). "A New Home for Meetup". Meetup Blog. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
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