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IPO on Nasdaq
Bending Spoons listed on Nasdaq, briefly reaching over $25 billion market cap, more than double its $11 billion private valuation.
Acquisition of Issuu
Bending Spoons acquired digital publishing platform Issuu, expanding its portfolio of legacy internet brands.
Bending Spoons, once a scrappy Milan startup, leveraged an acquisition model to build a $25B conglomerate, reviving old internet brands with tech and AI. Its IPO underscores the viability of non-traditional exit strategies for founders.
Bending Spoons’ IPO on Nasdaq valued the conglomerate at over $25B, more than double its $11B private valuation, with $1.31B in 2025 revenue. The public market is betting on its controversial but profitable roll-up strategy.
Italian tech holding company Bending Spoons went public on Nasdaq, briefly reaching a $25 billion valuation after reporting $1.31 billion in 2025 revenue. The debut underscores investor appetite for its AI-driven roll-up of mature digital brands like AOL and Vimeo, with over 500 million users and sticky paying subscribers.