Bending Spoons Files for a U.S. IPO: Italy's Consumer-Software Giant Goes Public
Italy's Bending Spoons filed for a U.S. IPO in June 2026, a milestone for European consumer software and a test of public-market appetite for profitable app empires.
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Italy's Bending Spoons filed for a U.S. IPO in June 2026, a milestone for European consumer software and a test of public-market appetite for profitable app empires.
Moonshot AI, StepFun, and Qianxun Intelligence show China's AI labs racing to scale revenue and list in Hong Kong as the country builds AI self-reliance.
GIC, Temasek, ADIA, ICONIQ, and pension funds increasingly co-lead the biggest 2026 rounds — blurring the line between late-stage venture and pre-IPO crossover capital.
CRV led Theker Robotics’ €73M round with LVMH and Samsung participating, one of its first Spain investments, and also led Taste’s $18.5M seed.
Prometheus, Ramp, Cyera, Supabase, and space companies show how June's largest U.S. checks combined AI narratives with deployment, revenue, or industrial proof.
In mid-2026, capital began flowing from pure software models toward physical AI — robots, hardware, and real-world engineering — on the thesis that physical moats run deeper.