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Luca Querella

Unicorn founder

Founder at Bending Spoons

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

FoundedBending Spoons$18.4B

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.

Beyond investing

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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Founder at 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
DG
Davide Giorgio Andrea ScarpazzaExecutive Director and Chief Financial Officer
VV
Valerio VolpeExecutive Officer
FM
Francesco ManconeChief Technology Officer
AL
Anna LamiExecutive Director

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

Education

  1. IT-Universitetet i KøbenhavnMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Software Engineering2010 — 2013
  2. Università degli Studi di TorinoBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science2006 — 2010

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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Frequently asked questions

Where does Luca Querella work?
Luca Querella is Founder at Bending Spoons.
What companies did Luca Querella found?
Luca Querella founded Bending Spoons.

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