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Bending Spoons

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Founded
2013
Employees
501-1000
Offices
4

About Bending Spoons

Bending Spoons is an international technology company headquartered in Milan, Italy, that acquires and operates digital businesses. Its portfolio spans mobile applications, productivity software, creative tools, cloud services, video platforms and event technology. Founded in Copenhagen in 2013, the company relocated to Milan in 2015 and expanded from mobile applications into consumer and enterprise software.

The company combines digital product ownership with hands-on technical and commercial development. Its work includes software engineering, architectural modernization, product testing, user experience and interface design, data infrastructure, analytical modeling and AI integration. These capabilities support the ongoing development of acquired products, alongside improvements to subscription performance, user retention and monetization.

Product development and operations

Bending Spoons focuses on businesses with established product-market fit. Following an acquisition, its teams may restructure operations, overhaul codebases, redesign product interfaces and introduce machine learning capabilities. Technical development and commercial optimization form parts of the same operating approach, connecting changes to the product with how users discover, adopt and continue using it.

Its activities cover several distinct software markets. Creative applications include photo enhancement and mobile video editing, while other products support note-taking, file sharing, collaboration, live streaming and enterprise video delivery. The broader portfolio also extends to community organization, ticketing and digital media services. These products serve both individual users and organizations.

Company development

Acquisitions have been central to the company's expansion beyond its original mobile software focus. Its history includes transactions involving creative applications, productivity platforms and larger web services, broadening both its technical responsibilities and the markets it serves.

Bending Spoons operates through a corporate group with a central operating organization and subsidiaries holding particular products and operational assets. Its European presence supports shared technical, growth, design and executive functions across the businesses it operates.

More about Bending Spoons

Founders

The company was founded by Luca Ferrari, Francesco Patarnello, Matteo Danieli, Luca Querella and Tomasz Greber.

Operating model and technology

Bending Spoons holds and operates acquired businesses indefinitely, reinvesting earnings and capital into further acquisitions. Its shared operational foundation, called the “Platform,” combines proprietary software tooling with centralized expertise. Core employees are known internally as “Spooners.”

The report states that by early 2026, more than 90% of pull requests were coauthored or generated by AI models. It also reports that the company evaluated more than 800,000 applicants in 2025 to hire fewer than 300 core team members; these figures describe its recruitment model rather than independently verified employee experience.

Public initiatives

Bending Spoons developed Italy's official COVID-19 contact-tracing application, Immuni, pro bono for the Italian government.

Financing milestone

In October 2026, Berkshire Hathaway expanded its investment with an additional $330 million private placement.

Notable credits

12 credits
  • Remini
  • Splice
  • Evernote
  • WeTransfer
  • StreamYard
  • Vimeo
  • Meetup
  • Eventbrite
  • Brightcove
  • AOL
  • Airtable
  • Immuni

Offices

Where Bending Spoons is based

4 locations
  • Milan office

    Headquarters
    Via Nino Bonnet 10, 20154 Milan, ItalyMilan, Lombardy, Italy

    Opened 2024

    Global headquarters in Porta Nuova, opened in February 2024 following an €8.5 million facility buildout.

  • Warsaw office

    Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

    Opened 2026

    Direct operating office in Śródmieście, opened in September 2026.

  • Madrid office

    Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

    Opened 2026

    Direct operating office in the Recoletos area, opened in August 2026.

  • London office

    Fora The Jellicoe, 5 Beaconsfield St, London N1C 4EW, United KingdomLondon, England, United Kingdom

    Direct operating branch office.

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