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Bending Spoons funding, valuation and investors
Milan software acquirer, Nasdaq: BSP since July 2026; Berkshire agreed to add $330M through a pending private placement.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Not publicly disclosed
Latest known valuation
~$1.79B target equity
Acquisition of Miro (agreed) · September 2026
Total disclosed equity funding
Not publicly disclosed
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
public
public · Milan, Italy
Overview
Bending Spoons S.p.A. is a Milan-headquartered, Nasdaq-listed company that acquires and operates digital businesses. Its shares began trading as BSP on July 1, 2026 after an IPO that provided about $954 million of gross company proceeds. On October 14, 2026, Berkshire Hathaway agreed to purchase 10 million newly issued ordinary shares at $33 each in a $330 million private placement.
The placement remains subject to customary closing conditions and would lift Berkshire's ownership to 4%. Berkshire had invested $600 million in the IPO. Bending Spoons also has a definitive agreement to acquire Miro at a $1.355 billion enterprise value; that acquisition remains pending.
Why Bending Spoons is interesting
Bending Spoons is using public equity and strategic capital to finance a serial-acquisition model. The pending Berkshire placement would send $330 million of primary capital directly to the company at $33 a share, taking Berkshire's announced investment to $930 million. The key diligence questions are closing, dilution, acquisition deployment and integration—not whether this is a venture round.
Product & use cases
A public platform company that acquires consumer and enterprise software, then applies centralized operating, product, data and AI capabilities. Its holdings span collaboration, media and productivity products, including Airtable, AOL, Evernote, Vimeo and WeTransfer.
- Public-markets compounding via serial software acquisitions
- Operating acquired workflow and consumer apps for cash and reinvestment
Key facts
- Jul 1, 2026: Nasdaq listing BSP at $29 IPO price; about $954M company gross proceeds
- Sep 10, 2026: agreed to acquire Miro at $1.355B enterprise value; not closed
- Oct 14, 2026: Berkshire agreed to buy 10M new shares at $33 for $330M; subject to close
- After the placement, Berkshire's stake would reach 4%; its two announced investments total $930M
- Stated model: acquire and operate digital businesses for long-term ownership
Funding history (newest first)
Acquisition of Miro (agreed)
2026-09 $1.355B EV Valuation: ~$1.79B target equity- Bending Spoons
IPO (Nasdaq: BSP)
2026-07 ~$954M company gross Valuation: $29/share IPO priceSource: Read source · nasdaq.com
Competitive landscape
Edge: Access to public equity, large-scale acquisition financing and a centralized operating platform gives Bending Spoons unusual capacity to consolidate established digital products. Execution depends on closing and integrating transactions without eroding customer value.
Bending Spoons is a public software operator-acquirer, not a venture fund. Berkshire's pending private placement is primary strategic equity financing. Compare its capital allocation and integration performance with serial software acquirers, not with conventional startup fundraising.
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Miro adjacent
Agreed target. See /startup/miro.
Industries
Market / IPO context
Ticker: BSP (NASDAQ)
IPO status: public
IPO date: 2026-07-01
Note: IPO priced $29 on June 30, 2026. Do not invent a live market cap here.
Editorial / static context — not a live quote.
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