Vimeo and AOL Owner Bending Spoons Files to Go Public in US | PYMNTS.com

By PYMNTS  |  June 8, 2026 Bending Spoons, an Italian tech company that acquires software businesses, is planning to go public. The company, whose holdings include Vimeo, Eventbrite and AOL, filed for an initial public offering (IPO) Monday (June 8) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to the filing, Bending Spoons had net income of $27.5 million and revenue of $601 million for the first three months of this year. That’s compared with a net loss of $112 million and revenue of $259 million in 2025. “As we transform AOL, Eventbrite, and Vimeo, and continue to optimize our other businesses, 2026 is shaping up to be strong,” the company wrote in the filing. “However, our focus remains on maximizing our prospects not for next quarter or even next year, but for the long run. We see a vast opportunity ahead.” The filing adds that Bending Spoons has identified more than 1,000 digital businesses as potential acquisition targets, representing close to $400 billion in aggregate estimated annual revenue in 2025. Advertisement: Scroll to Continue “With AI as a potentially powerful tailwind, we believe we’re well positioned to grow for years to come,” the filing continued. A report on the filing by
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