Bending Spoons closes IPO, raises ~$954M on Nasdaq

Bending Spoons S.p.A. has closed its initial public offering on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, selling shares at $29.00 each under the ticker symbol NASDAQ: BSP, according to a press release from the Milan-based company.

The offering comprised 57,971,015 ordinary shares in total. Bending Spoons sold 34,398,640 of those shares, generating gross proceeds of approximately $953.9 million before underwriting discounts, commissions, and other expenses. The remaining 23,572,375 shares were sold by existing shareholders, with proceeds from those sales going to the selling shareholders rather than the company.

Trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market began July 1, 2026. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission declared the related registration statement effective on June 30, 2026.

Goldman Sachs International, J.P. Morgan, and Allen & Company LLC served as joint lead book-running managers. Wells Fargo Securities, BofA Securities, Jefferies, Evercore ISI, BNP Paribas, Mizuho, Societe Generale, Crédit Agricole CIB, Intesa Sanpaolo, UniCredit, and Banca Akros acted as joint book-running managers.

Bending Spoons acquires digital businesses and operates brands including AOL, Brightcove, Eventbrite, Evernote, Vimeo, and WeTransfer, among others. The company reported serving more than 500 million monthly active users and over 9 million monthly paying customers as of March 2026.

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