Technology1 Jul 2026SEO 801 min read

Analysis: After $18B IPO, Bending Spoons founder says success comes from minimizing luck

AOL is public again — sort of. Its owner Bending Spoons , the 13-year-old Italian company that has been quietly acquiring beloved but ailing Internet brands fo…

AOL is public again — sort of. Its owner Bending Spoons , the 13-year-old Italian company that has been quietly acquiring beloved but ailing Internet brands for the past decade , went public on the Nasdaq today, opening at an over $18 ​billion valuation , with the stock then popping 40% by market close. Headquartered in Milan, Bending Spoons applied some of the private equity playbook to a long series of acquisitions — Meetup, Eventbrite, Vimeo, WeTransfer, and many others. But it is not a flip…

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