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Bending Spoons (NASDAQ: BSP) signed a definitive all-cash deal to acquire Miro at a $1.355 billion enterprise value on September 10, 2026. Equity value is about $1.79 billion after net cash. Certain sellers will roll $295 million into new BSP shares. Not closed; expected Q4 2026. Miro last printed $17.5 billion in January 2022. Company ARR claim: about $600 million.
A pre-IPO company is still private; “pre-IPO” describes a possible path to a public listing, not a guarantee, a stock ticker, or a fixed price. Learn how to read the signals.
Italy's Bending Spoons filed for a U.S. IPO in June 2026. Shares began trading as NASDAQ: BSP on July 1 at a $29 IPO price. On September 10 it agreed to buy Miro at a $1.355 billion EV — see the dated memo.
China's StepFun filed for a Hong Kong IPO at ~$12B in June 2026 after a $2.5B May raise, embedding its models in 40M+ phones and a Geely vehicle deal.
Anthropic's confidential IPO filing, SpaceX's $80B prospectus, Cerebras' listing, and StepFun's Hong Kong filing signal the largest liquidity event in venture history may be near.
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