Bending Spoons S.p.A.(BSP) priced its IPO at $29.00 – $1.00 above its $26.00-to-$28.00 range – and sold 57.97 million shares – the number in the prospectus – to raise $1.68 billion on Tuesday night, June 30, 2026. At pricing, Bending Spoons had a market cap of $18.42 billion.
Based in Milan, Italy, Bending Spoons acquires mobile apps and digital businesses, transforms them and streamlines their operations to improve their earnings. The company, founded in 2013, has completed more than 50 acquisitions to date. Its portfolio includes AOL, Eventbrite and Vimeo – all recent acquisitions.
Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Allen and Company were the global lead book-runners.
The joint book-runners were Wells Fargo Securities, BofA Securities and Jefferies, along with Evercore ISI, BNP Paribas, Mizuho Securities, Societe Generale, Credit Agricole, Intesa Sanpaolo, UniCredit Capital Markets and Banca Akros – Gruppo Banco BPM.
Bending Spoons offered 34.4 million shares in the IPO. Selling shareholders, including Baillie Gifford Overseas, offered 23.6 million shares.
The company reported net income for the first quarter of 2026.
Bending Spoons S.p.A. is not profitable: Net loss of $84.54 million on revenue of $1.65 billion for the 12 months that ended on March 31, 2026.