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AOL Owner Bending Spoons Jumps 40% After $1.68 Billion IPO

Bloomberg Businessweek · 2026-07-01 · 59 min

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The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: Bending Spoons shares surged 40% above their initial public offering price after the company and some of its backers raised $1.68 billion. The trading gives Bending Spoons a market value of $25.7 billion. That compares with a valuation of about $14.5 billion in 2025, after a funding round comprised of $270 million in primary capital and $440 million in secondary capital and a $2.8 billion debt package, according to PitchBook data. Bending Spoons was formed in 2013 and derived its name from a scene in the 1990s science-fiction film The Matrix.

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