This week's key deals included Ryan Reynolds' Maximum Effort Holdings helping Bending Spoons raise $340m, while GV moves beyond its algorithm and Milan emerges as a startup hub.

Celebrities begin to make the leap to corporate VC

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We’ve had celebrities launching companies and celebrities forming venture capital funds, but actor Ryan Reynold’s film production company Maximum Effort Holdings investing in Bending Spoons’ $340m funding round is a rare case of a celebrity-owned business jumping into corporate VC.

Italy-based Bending Spoons has created a suite of products including photo-editing app…

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Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.
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