Bending Spoons to buy collaboration tools maker Miro for $1.36B, 90% less than its 2022 valuation
$1.36B. That's what Bending Spoons just paid for Miro — down 92% from its $17.5B peak. A cautionary tale for AI-era unicorns.
Why it matters
A major down-round acquisition signals the end of the collaboration-tools supercycle and raises questions about which AI-adjacent startups will survive the funding freeze. For practitioners, it's a data point on where capital is flowing and which categories are retreating.
The key facts
10 to knowMiro acquisition price: $1.36B
Miro 2021 valuation: $17.5B
Valuation decline: ~92% (characterized as 90% in headline)
Buyer: Bending Spoons (acquirer focused on productivity tools)
Date: September 10, 2026
Bending Spoons acquires Miro for $1.36B
Miro valued at $17.5B in late 2021
Represents ~92% valuation decline from peak
Bending Spoons is the acquirer (Italian software company known for rolling up SaaS tools)
Miro is a workplace collaboration/whiteboarding platform
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Publisher excerpt: Bending Spoons is buying Miro for $1.36B, a huge dip in valuation for the workplace collaboration startup, which was valued at $17.5B in late 2021.