Maximilian Mackee

At Bending Spoons, we acquire and improve digital businesses. We own AOL, Brightcove, Eventbrite, Evernote, komoot, Meetup, Remini, StreamYard, Vimeo, WeTransfer, and many others. Our products have served more than a billion people, with over 400 million monthly active users and 7 million paying customers, including many Fortune 500 enterprises. We acquire to hold for the long term, and have never sold a material business. After an acquisition, we typically invest in an ambitious effort to overhaul the technology, redesign the user interface, accelerate the release of new features, optimize marketing and monetization, and rearchitect the organization for improved long-term performance. At the companys core is a relentless focus on talent density and workplace excellence. We received around 800,000 job applications in 2025 alone, with a 0.04% job offer rate, and have numerous first-place finishes in Great Place to Work awards.

Popshoplive enables creators to launch online businesses with zero investment. Access over 100,000 dropship products, manage your online storefront, create shoppable videos, host live streams, and integrate seamlessly with Instagram—all in one place.

At Bending Spoons, we acquire and improve digital businesses. We own AOL, Brightcove, Eventbrite, Evernote, komoot, Meetup, Remini, StreamYard, Vimeo, WeTransfer, and many others. Our products have served more than a billion people, with over 400 million monthly active users and 7 million paying customers, including many Fortune 500 enterprises. We acquire to hold for the long term, and have never sold a material business. After an acquisition, we typically invest in an ambitious effort to overhaul the technology, redesign the user interface, accelerate the release of new features, optimize marketing and monetization, and rearchitect the organization for improved long-term performance. At the companys core is a relentless focus on talent density and workplace excellence. We received around 800,000 job applications in 2025 alone, with a 0.04% job offer rate, and have numerous first-place finishes in Great Place to Work awards.

At Kammui, we believe in the transformative power of nature and the profound impact it can have on our well-being and spirituality. Kammui curates unique and awe inspiring experiences in nature while empowering local guides and operators to offer experiences through its platform. Kammui Inc. holds a Tier 3 Travel Agency License under the Japanese Travel Agency Act and has a strategic alliance with Japan Airlines to develop the premium inbound adventure tourism market.

Popshoplive enables creators to launch online businesses with zero investment. Access over 100,000 dropship products, manage your online storefront, create shoppable videos, host live streams, and integrate seamlessly with Instagram—all in one place.

Origami is a Tokyo-based start up offering a mobile shopping experience which bridges online and offline. Origami offers a mobile payments platform which allows retailers to connect, communicate and market to new and existing customers. Origami’s in-store payment capability (Origami Pay) was launched in May 2016 and is used by Japan's leading retailers including KFC, Japan Taxi, MARUI Group, Loft and Aoki. Since launching, Origami has raised over USD 20 million from investors including Softbank, KDDI & Credit Saison. Max is a member of the founding team which launched Origami in 2013.