Matteo Danieli
Unicorn founderFounder at Bending Spoons
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
FoundedBending Spoons$18.4B
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About
Matteo Danieli is a co-founder and chief product officer of Bending Spoons, the Milan app powerhouse that listed on Nasdaq at an $18.4 billion valuation in July 2026. An engineer from Vicenza who studied at Padua and DTU, he was CTO of the failed diary app Evertale whose $40,000 liquidation seeded Bending Spoons, and became the public face of Immuni, Italy's COVID contact-tracing app, which the company built pro bono in 2020.
Beyond investing
- Founded
- CTO and co-founder of Evertale, the smart-diary startup whose failure seeded Bending Spoons.
- Awards
- Became a billionaire with his co-founders in the October 2025 round at $11.7B.
- More
- Public face of Immuni, Italy's national COVID-19 contact-tracing app, built pro bono by Bending Spoons in 2020.
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Founder at Bending Spoons
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Co-founders at Bending Spoons
Experience
- Bending SpoonsCo-Foundercurrent2013 — presentMilan Area, Italy
- EvertaleCo-founder and CTO2011 — 2013Copenhagen Area, Denmark
- DTU FotonikPhD Student2009 — 2011
- NokiaSummer Trainee2008
Skills & more
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GitAlgorithmsPythonMongoDBScalabilityLanguages Danish · English · Italian
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Podcasts & interviews
featuring Matteo DanieliDentro Bending Spoons 🏢 Con Luca Ferrari e Matteo Danieli
Marcello Ascani
Matteo Danieli (Bending Spoons): perché siamo tornati in Italia per crescere
StartupItalia
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Matteo Danieli?
- Matteo Danieli is a co-founder and chief product officer of Bending Spoons, the Milan app powerhouse that listed on Nasdaq at an $18.4 billion valuation in July 2026. An engineer from Vicenza who studied at Padua and DTU, he was CTO of the failed diary app Evertale whose $40,000 liquidation seeded Bending Spoons, and became the public face of Immuni, Italy's COVID contact-tracing app, which the company built pro bono in 2020.
- Where does Matteo Danieli work?
- Matteo Danieli is Founder of Bending Spoons.
- What companies did Matteo Danieli found?
- Matteo Danieli founded Bending Spoons.
- Where did Matteo Danieli go to school?
- Matteo Danieli studied at DTU - Technical University of Denmark (MSc, Telecommunication); Università degli Studi di Padova (Master’s Degree, Telecommunications Engineering); Università degli Studi di Padova (Bachelor’s Degree, Information Engineering).
- What awards has Matteo Danieli received?
- Became a billionaire with his co-founders in the October 2025 round at $11.7B.
- What podcasts and interviews feature Matteo Danieli?
- Tracked appearances include "Dentro Bending Spoons 🏢 Con Luca Ferrari e Matteo Danieli", "Matteo Danieli (Bending Spoons): perché siamo tornati in Italia per crescere".
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Università degli Studi di Padova mafia21
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Shared employers
Also worked at Bending Spoons8
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Also worked at Evertale3
Also worked at DTU Fotonik2
Also worked at Nokia313
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