Est. 2001·3,000+ placements · six offices · four regions
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Capital Raisingcurated sourcedetected 2026-04-24 · confidence 90%

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Bending Spoons: Capital Raising

Italian tech company Bending Spoons is preparing for a potential US IPO with a $20B valuation target, having selected top-tier investment banks including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Bank of America

Source: TechFundingNews

The leadership read

Fresh capital usually broadens the sector leadership bench strength — scale, go-to-market and operational depth — rather than any single appointment.

We are now at 90% of our code being developed by AI.
Luca Ferrari, CEO, Bending Spoons · Forbes Australia
If you choose Bending Spoons stock, you do because you like the compounding engine and arguably that works in an environment where most of those targets are cheaper.
Luca Ferrari, CEO, Bending Spoons · Forbes Australia

Market context: Backdrop: a 105.8 (Hot) Talent Market Index (down 2.4 on the month) with Americas activity rising (+2.4pts).

Bending Spoons: 3 signals in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Americas signal flow; 4 tracked across 73 days.

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