{"id":1659544,"date":"2022-09-27T07:05:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T11:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1659544"},"modified":"2022-09-27T07:05:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T11:05:41","slug":"hollywood-star-tech-execs-invest-in-italian-start-up-bending-spoons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-star-tech-execs-invest-in-italian-start-up-bending-spoons\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood star, tech execs invest in Italian start-up Bending Spoons"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhollywood-star-tech-execs-invest-in-italian-start-up-bending-spoons%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1659544&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> (Corrects currency in first paragraph to dollars from euros)<\/p>\n<p>MILAN (Reuters) \u2013     Italian app developer Bending Spoons has raised more than $340 million from investors including Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds and Kerry Trainor, the former CEO of video streaming platform Vimeo, it said on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\">\n<\/div>\n<p>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.  <\/p>\n<p>A source close to the company said former Google Executive Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt was among the investors. <\/p>\n<p>Other backers included Italian banks Intesa Sanpaolo and Banco BPM, the Milan-based start-up said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>Since launching in 2013, Bending Spoons has registered more than 500 million downloads and has 90 million monthly active users, according to its website. <\/p>\n<p>In 2020, it also developed the Immuni app, which was used to trace COVID-19 infections in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>(This story corrects currency in first paragraph to dollars from euros.)<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Elvira Pollina; 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