Vimeo owner Bending Spoons heads for US market debut after $1.68 billion IPO
Key takeaways
- The listing will test investor appetite for software companies after the industry was hammered earlier this year over fears that AI could disrupt established business models.
- Software companies have been largely absent from the U.S.
- "It'll definitely be a data point for the software industry, but that may simply be due to the scarcity of deals here.
Vimeo owner Bending Spoons heads for US market debut after $1.68 billion IPO FILE PHOTO: Bending Spoons CEO Luca Ferrari poses with the company logo in Milan · Reuters Reuters Wed, July 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM GMT+7 2 min read SPCX July 1 (Reuters) - Bending Spoons is set for its U.S. market debut later on Wednesday after the Italian technology company priced its initial public offering above the range to raise $1.68 billion.
The listing will test investor appetite for software companies after the industry was hammered earlier this year over fears that AI could disrupt established business models.
Software companies have been largely absent from the U.S. IPO market so far in 2026, even as a steady flow of large deals and SpaceX's blockbuster listing pushed second-quarter proceeds past a record-breaking $100 billion.