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Luca Querella

Unicorn founder

Founder at Bending Spoons

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

FoundedBending Spoons$18.4B

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About

Luca Querella is a co-founder of Bending Spoons, the Milan software company that listed on Nasdaq at an $18.4 billion valuation in July 2026. A software engineer with an MSc from the IT University of Copenhagen, he built iOS apps at Evertale — the failed startup that seeded Bending Spoons — and worked as a lead engineer at TripAdvisor's TheFork before helping build the company's engineering organization.

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Education
MSc in computer software engineering from the IT University of Copenhagen (2010–2013).
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Lead software engineer at TheFork (TripAdvisor) and iOS developer at Evertale before Bending Spoons.

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Co-founders at Bending Spoons

LFLuca Ferrari
Luca FerrariExecutive Officer, Director
MDMatteo Danieli
FPFrancesco Patarnello
Francesco PatarnelloVice President and Executive Director
TG
Tomasz GreberCo-Founder

Experience

  1. Bending SpoonsCo-Foundercurrent2013 — presentCopenhagen
  2. EvertaleiOS developer2012 — 2013Copenhagen
  3. CirCaliOS developer2011Copenhagen Area, Denmark
  4. TheFork, a TripAdvisor companyLead Software Engineer2010 — 2011Turin, Piedmont, Italy
  5. Azienda Ospedaliera Mauriziano di TorinoLead Software Engineer/Analyst2009Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Skills & more

RSpec6Algorithm Design6Genetic Algorithms6Neural Networks6Software Engineering18Web Application Design8Ruby on Rails23iPhone development14Front-end Development9Objective-C25JavaScript18jQuery20
+12 moreCJavaSQLORMC#Back-end DevelopmentBackbone.jsUnit TestingGitiOSRubyiOS development

Languages English · Italian

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Who is Luca Querella?
Luca Querella is a co-founder of Bending Spoons, the Milan software company that listed on Nasdaq at an $18.4 billion valuation in July 2026. A software engineer with an MSc from the IT University of Copenhagen, he built iOS apps at Evertale — the failed startup that seeded Bending Spoons — and worked as a lead engineer at TripAdvisor's TheFork before helping build the company's engineering organization.
Where does Luca Querella work?
Luca Querella is Founder of Bending Spoons.
What companies did Luca Querella found?
Luca Querella founded Bending Spoons.
Where did Luca Querella go to school?
Luca Querella studied at IT-Universitetet i København (Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Software Engineering); Università degli Studi di Torino (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science).

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