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“Overwhelmingly, they're software engineers, data scientists, product managers… we have a core centralized team for R&D, G&A, marketing, who we redeploy very fluidly across all of our businesses.”

Bending Spoons · Prof G Markets · This EU Firm Made Billions Buying Up Forgotten Tech

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Maintain a central R&D, G&A and marketing team (~800 people) that is fluidly redeployed across all portfolio companies to pursue R&D opportunities

≈800 core staff

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