Luca Ferrari

Cofounder & CEO, Bending Spoons

Luca Ferrari is cofounder and chief executive of Bending Spoons, the Milan company that buys software businesses with loyal users and rebuilds their features and pricing. Falling software valuations in the AI era have become its buying opportunity.

Net worth: $2B+; Bloomberg, Jul 1, 2026
Company: 1

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Known for

Buying fallen consumer-software brands and running them for cash; took Bending Spoons public in July 2026.

Worth knowing

Bending Spoons grew out of a failed startup: the four cofounders first built Evertale, a note-taking app, which did not work out.
The company was largely bootstrapped until 2022, and its first takeover was Evernote in 2023.
Ferrari says AI now writes at least 90 percent of Bending Spoons' code.

Age: 41
Based: Milan, Italy
Primary role: Co-Founder & CEO, Bending Spoons
Citizenship: Italy

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Bending Spoons closed its $1.36 billion Miro buyout and got a first BB rating as Fitch sees 6.1x leverage

The Milan consolidator closed the Miro buyout on October 26, got its first BB rating the day after, and is marketing $1.5 billion of double-digit-yield notes to fund more of the same: subscription software bought at a tenth of 2021 prices.

October 28, 2026 · 2 min read

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Bending Spoons closed its $1.36 billion Miro buyout and got a first BB rating as Fitch sees 6.1x leverage

Bending Spoons raised Evernote's top plan 92% to $250 in the week it took $1.5 billion of notes to market

Bending Spoons borrows $1.5 billion it will not guarantee, for deals that do not exist yet

Bending Spoons' Airtable cuts total 190 jobs, and a law firm asks if 60 days' notice was given

Bending Spoons shuts Vimeo On Demand on November 20, and buyers lose films they paid for

Berkshire put another $330 million into Bending Spoons, which paid $1.8 billion for $17.5 billion Miro

The exit drought is Bending Spoons' supply chain

Bending Spoons cuts much of Airtable's staff weeks after $1.28 billion deal; Glide sells a $25 replacement

Bending Spoons paid $1.28 billion for Airtable at 2.7 times sales; Glide prices the exit at $25 a month

Bending Spoons agreed to pay $1.355 billion for Miro; AI agents made 6.3 million unbilled calls in September

Raters lift Bending Spoons' debt to BB- while the number that tests its $28B value stays hidden

Bending Spoons Hunts Fallen Unicorns. Most of Its Growth Is Bought.

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Latest on Luca Ferrari

Bending Spoons closed its $1.36 billion Miro buyout and got a first BB rating as Fitch sees 6.1x leverage

Bending Spoons raised Evernote's top plan 92% to $250 in the week it took $1.5 billion of notes to market

Bending Spoons borrows $1.5 billion it will not guarantee, for deals that do not exist yet

Bending Spoons' Airtable cuts total 190 jobs, and a law firm asks if 60 days' notice was given

Bending Spoons shuts Vimeo On Demand on November 20, and buyers lose films they paid for

Berkshire put another $330 million into Bending Spoons, which paid $1.8 billion for $17.5 billion Miro

The exit drought is Bending Spoons' supply chain

Bending Spoons cuts much of Airtable's staff weeks after $1.28 billion deal; Glide sells a $25 replacement

Bending Spoons paid $1.28 billion for Airtable at 2.7 times sales; Glide prices the exit at $25 a month

Bending Spoons agreed to pay $1.355 billion for Miro; AI agents made 6.3 million unbilled calls in September

Raters lift Bending Spoons' debt to BB- while the number that tests its $28B value stays hidden

Bending Spoons Hunts Fallen Unicorns. Most of Its Growth Is Bought.

Connections

At Bending Spoons

In the same stories

Largest fund holders of Bending Spoons

Ties, as Forbes lists them

Either side by net worth