Bending spoons warm up the engines for the listing on the Nasdaq in New York and lands in the New World by submitting an application for listing. The technology company, founded in 2013 and led by Luke Ferrari, has publicly filed a registration statement on Form “F-1” with the Sec (Securities and Exchange Commission) relating to a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its ordinary shares.
Bending Spoons Towards the Nasdaq: Targeting $20 Billion
The offering is subject to market conditions and other factors, including the effectiveness of the registration statement itself. Therefore, its timing, the number of shares to be offered, and the price range have not yet been determined. According to reports, the company aims to close the transaction by the end of the month, for a potential valuation around $20 billion and a collection that could exceed 4 billion. What is certain, however, is the trading acronym — “BSP” — and the fact that the application concerns the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the most exclusive segment of the stock market, which requires the highest capitalization standards and financial requirements in the world.
Il banking consortium which assists the Italian tech company in guiding the placement operation and managing orders, is composed of Goldman Sachs International, JpMorgan, Allen & Company, Wells Fargo Securities, BofA Securities, Jefferies, Evercore Isi, Bnp Paribas, Mizuho, Societe Generale, Crédit Agricole Cib, Imi (Intesa Sanpaolo), Unicredit and Banca Akros (Banco Bpm).
Bending Spoons: What the Italian tech giant is doing
This is the last chapter of the Bending Spoons parable, whose name is inspired by MatrixIn a scene from the famous movie, a child with superpowers bends a spoon using only his mind. Metaphorically, this is what Bending Spoons does with the companies it acquires and revitalizes, shaping them with its own strategy. Its subsidiary companies currently include brands such as Eventbrite, komoot, Remini, Vimeo, and WeTransfer. As of March 2026, the various apps had reached more than 500 million active users and more than 9 million paying monthly customers.
Two of the latest acquisitions have been particularly impressive. On October 29, the Milanese group took control of AOL – America Online, a historic Yankee internet portal, acquired it from Yahoo for approximately $1,5 billion. The most recent addition dates back to May 18th, with the acquisition of Austria's Tractive, a world leader in location tracking and pet health monitoring.
