Bending Spoons acquires Miro for $1.36 billion
Bending Spoons has agreed to purchase Miro, a popular workplace whiteboard app, for $1.36 billion in cash. That’s just a sliver of Miro’s $17.5 billion peak valuation from late 2021. Miro now claims 100 million users, four million paying, and $600 million in recurring annual revenue—most from businesses. The company is profitable, but its value has dropped sharply as remote work software has cooled.
- Miro's price dropped 92% since 2021
- Acquisition paid in cash, $1.36 billion
- Miro claims over 100 million users
- Company remains profitable with $600M annual revenue
- Bending Spoons recently bought Airtable at a 2021 discount
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