Losing Grindr helped turn Bending Spoons into an acquisition machine. “While being a failure because we didn't acquire it, I think we had compressed so much learning into those 9 months. Basically we raised half a billion dollars without actually raising it, but it was fully committed.” Co-Founder Francesco Patarnello says it forced Bending Spoons to learn about raising debt, raising equity, & talking with banks & investors at a scale it had never dealt with before.