It’s somewhat rare for the average person to know a private equity firm by name, but those paying attention to the creative space will likely have heard the name before as it has directly impacted the industry on multiple occasions with its strategy of acquisition followed by mass layoffs. It happened back in 2023 when Bending Spoons acquired Filmic and shortly thereafter fired all 22 members of the original team — including the company’s founder and CEO. It happened again at WeTransfer in July 2024. Not two months later, 75% of the company was let go. PetaPixel has spoken to members of the team who were retained beyond the initial firing spree who confirm that they too were eventually released midway through 2025.
https://petapixel.com/2026/01/23/almost-all-of-vimeo-staff-laid-off-after-acquisition-by-bending-spoons/
Jean Carfantan