Bending Spoons’ Head of M&A Francesco Patarnello says the acquisition that got away was Grindr. They started pursuing it in 2019, when Bending Spoons was a fraction of its current size. “Everyone we talked to thought we were crazy, because it would've been a massive acquisition for us at the time. The equivalent would be today doing a $20B acquisition.” Francesco says half the company was focused on due diligence for almost a year, and managed to assemble a fully financed offer. Then…