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Who is Bending Spoons S.p.A.?
Bending Spoons S.p.A. is a serial acquirer based in Italy.
Firm facts
Bending Spoons S.p.A.
- Type
- serial acquirer
- Headquarters
- Italy
- Website
- bendingspoons.com
- Company page
Industries
Last verified 2026-07-21
How they work
Publicly listed technology operator that acquires, transforms, and indefinitely operates consumer and enterprise digital businesses through a centralized operating platform.
Bending Spoons says it acquires whole businesses and selected assets, integrates them into its platform, and intends to operate them for the long term or indefinitely. It does not publish a seller-facing transaction timetable, diligence checklist or signing protocol.
- Sector focus
- Consumer and enterprise digital businesses across broad use cases, prioritizing businesses that can benefit from Bending Spoons' operating platform and AI capabilities.
- Geography
- Global; headquarters in Italy and products offered internationally. No target-country restriction stated.
- Ownership
- Acquire and centrally operate businesses for the long term or indefinitely.
- Majority or minority
- Control ownership is evidenced for AOL and Eventbrite through 100% equity acquisitions, but no universal minimum ownership criterion was stated.
- Platform or bolt-on
- Acquires both whole businesses and assets and integrates them into a centralized operating platform; no explicit platform-versus-bolt-on preference stated.
- Target revenue
- Prioritizes larger revenue bases; no numeric minimum is publicly stated.
- Capital model
- Corporate balance-sheet model using operating cash flow, financial leverage or debt, and selective equity issuance; acquisitions are the capital-allocation priority.
- Hold period
- Indefinite or long term; the firm states it does not acquire to sell on and largely ignores exit value.
- Founder ownership
- The captured founding narrative identifies Luca Querella and Tomasz Greber and partially captures Luca Ferrari; the complete founder group and current beneficial ownership percentages remain unresolved.
Their portfolio
Company
Sector
What they do
- Alight MotionSectorvideo and animation editingWhat they doMobile motion-design, animation, and video-editing application.
- Sectorconsumer internet servicesWhat they doConsumer email service, news portal, and search engine.
- BlossomSectorplant-care softwareWhat they doPlant identification and plant-care mobile application.
- Sectorenterprise video softwareWhat they doEnterprise platform for hosting, managing, monetizing, and streaming video.
- Sectorweather softwareWhat they doWeather forecast and radar mobile application.
- Sectorevent technology and ticketingWhat they doEvent creation, ticketing, and discovery services for organizers and attendees.
- Sectorproductivity softwareWhat they doNote-taking, organization, and personal productivity application.
- FocosSectorphoto editing softwareWhat they doComputational photography and portrait-editing application.
- Focos LiveSectorvideo editing softwareWhat they doMobile computational video and depth-effects editing application.
- FontsSectorcreative softwareWhat they doFont and text-styling application; exact product identity requires confirmation.
- Sectortime tracking and invoicing softwareWhat they doBusiness software for time tracking, project reporting, and invoicing.
- Sectordigital publishingWhat they doDigital publishing and content-distribution platform.
- Sectortranslation softwareWhat they doLanguage translation and dictionary application.
- Sectoroutdoor route planningWhat they doOutdoor navigation platform for finding, planning, recording, and sharing adventures.
- Sectorsocial media management softwareWhat they doSoftware for planning, creating, approving, and publishing social-media content.
- Sectorsocial networking and eventsWhat they doPlatform for organizing local groups, meeting people, and discovering shared interests.
- Sectormileage tracking softwareWhat they doAutomatic mileage-tracking and reporting software.
- SectorAI photo editingWhat they doAI-powered photo enhancement and generation application.
- Sectorcall security softwareWhat they doSpam-call and unwanted-message blocking application.
- SpliceSectorvideo editing softwareWhat they doMobile video-editing application.
- Sectorlive-streaming and recording softwareWhat they doBrowser-based software for livestreaming and recording video.
- Sectorcall recording softwareWhat they doMobile telephone-call recording application.
- Sectorpet technologyWhat they doGPS tracking and health-monitoring devices and subscription application for pets.
- Sectorcaller identification softwareWhat they doApplication for revealing blocked callers and filtering unwanted calls.
- Sectorvideo hosting and enterprise video softwareWhat they doOnline video creation, hosting, streaming, and enterprise-video platform.
- Weather LiveSectorweather softwareWhat they doConsumer weather forecast application.
- Sectorfile transfer and creative productivityWhat they doOnline file-transfer and creative collaboration service.
All 27 tracked holdings shown
Sources
- bendingspoons.com · portfolio page
- bendingspoons.com · website
- bendingspoons.com · research
- investors.bendingspoons.com · research
The truth, first.Data as at 2026-07-21