Bending Spoons
NASDAQ: BSPMilan (Mi), IT · Founded 2014 · Incorporated in Italy · Public · 6 known investors
Bending Spoons acquires established digital products—including Vimeo, Evernote, WeTransfer, Meetup, and Brightcove—to own and operate them long-term, developing new features and AI capabilities across them. The company also builds proprietary technologies for lifetime value prediction, payment management, marketing attribution, and data ingestion.
Deal analysis
- Airtable × Bending Spoons: who got the money home
An estimated liquidation waterfall: the late-stage pref stack took $1.29bn at ~1x, founders took ~$190m, and seed money made ~42x.
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Founders & leadership
Bending Spoons was founded in 2014 by Luca Ferrari, Luca Querella, Matteo Danieli, Francesco Patarnello, and Tomasz Greber.
Board
Investors · 6
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$323M disclosed across 3 rounds · 2023–2025
▶$243.2MraisedDec 2025 · 42 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Matteo DanieliExecutive Officer, Director
- Francesco PatarnelloExecutive Officer, Director
- Anna LamiExecutive Officer, Director
- Nicole Mitchell WassermannExecutive Officer
- Joshua James MottaDirector
- Leah Rose SchwartzDirector
- Ignacio Jose PereiraExecutive Officer
- Alberto GermanoExecutive Officer
- Enrico MartinelliExecutive Officer
- Luca FerrariExecutive Officer, Director
- Christopher Luke KeenanExecutive Officer
- Davide Giorgio Andrea ScarpazzaExecutive Officer, Director
- Francesco ManconeExecutive Officer
- Stephen Charles SinwellDirector
- Luca QuerellaDirector
- Tommaso PaoliDirector
- Fabio Cosmo Domenico CaneDirector
- Francesco CostantiniExecutive Officer
- Robert Joseph Mylod Jr.Director
- Amount sold
- $243.2M
- Sales commissions
- $100K
- Placement agents
- Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
- First sale
- Oct 2025
- Incorporated
- Other, Italy
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$49.4MraisedJan 2025 · 12 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Davide Giorgio Andrea ScarpazzaExecutive Officer, Director
- Valerio VolpeExecutive Officer
- Luca FerrariExecutive Officer, Director
- Francesco ManconeExecutive Officer
- Claudio BerrettiDirector
- Luca QuerellaDirector
- Leah Rose SchwartzDirector
- Matteo DanieliDirector
- Anna LamiExecutive Officer, Director
- Robert Joseph Mylod Jr.Director
- Francesco PatarnelloExecutive Officer, Director
- Fabio Cosmo Domenico CaneDirector
- Amount sold
- $49.4M
- Sales commissions
- $1.4M
- Placement agents
- Allen & Company LLC
- First sale
- Feb 2024
- Incorporated
- Other, Italy
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$30.4MraisedDec 2023 · 17 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Luca QuerellaDirector
- Luca FerrariExecutive Officer, Director
- Valerio VolpeExecutive Officer
- Claudio BerrettiDirector
- Francesco PatarnelloExecutive Officer, Director
- Matteo DanieliDirector
- Davide Giorgio Andrea ScarpazzaExecutive Officer, Director
- Stefano BontempelliDirector
- Anna LamiExecutive Officer, Director
- Amount sold
- $30.4M
- Sales commissions
- $3.8M
- Placement agents
- Allen & Company LLC
- First sale
- Mar 2023
- Incorporated
- Other, Italy
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Valuation · disclosed
Disclosed eventsSource: SEC prospectus filings, and round valuations the company or its investors disclosed — follow each entry's link for the claim.
Competitors · 1
by search overlapCompanies competing with Bending Spoons for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
Acquisitions · 2
Early investors' stakes continue via these dealsAirtable is a San Francisco-based no-code platform that lets teams build apps and workflows on a flexible database. Founded in 2013 by Howie Liu, Andrew Ofstad, and Emmett Nicholas, it raised about $1.35bn from investors including CRV, Caffeinated Capital, Benchmark, Thrive Capital, and Coatue, and agreed to be acquired by Bending Spoons in August 2026.
Cloud-based file transferring service (acquired by Bending Spoons, exited)
In the news
Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28Btechcrunch.com · Aug 2026Frequently asked questions
- What does Bending Spoons do?
- Bending Spoons acquires established digital products—including Vimeo, Evernote, WeTransfer, Meetup, and Brightcove—to own and operate them long-term, developing new features and AI capabilities across them. The company also builds proprietary technologies for lifetime value prediction, payment management, marketing attribution, and data ingestion.
- Who founded Bending Spoons?
- Bending Spoons was founded by Luca Ferrari, Luca Querella, Matteo Danieli, Francesco Patarnello, Tomasz Greber in 2014.
- Who are Bending Spoons's investors?
- Bending Spoons's investors include Highland Europe, Kearny Jackson, Nimble Partners, Positive Sum Capital, Socium Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst.
- How much funding has Bending Spoons raised?
- Bending Spoons has disclosed $323M raised across 3 rounds.
- Is Bending Spoons publicly traded?
- Yes — Bending Spoons trades on NASDAQ under the ticker BSP.
- Where is Bending Spoons headquartered?
- Bending Spoons is headquartered in Milan (Mi), IT.