Title: Software’s new consolidator gets big vote of confidence from Berkshire URL Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/17/bending-spoons-wants-to-revive-software-castoffs-berkshire-investing.html Published Time: 2026-10-17T12:00:01+0000 Markdown Content: Guests during the Bending Spoons initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Wednesday, July 1, 2026.
Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images At the time of its Nasdaq debut in July, [Bending Spoons](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/BSP/) was a little-known holding company out of Italy that owned older internet names like AOL, Vimeo, Eventbrite and Evernote.
Less than four months later, the Milan-based firm has emerged as a surprising home for former high-flying software startups that have been thrust aside by the artificial intelligence boom.
Its M&A plan got a major boost this week from the most famous holding company on the planet: [Berkshire Hathaway](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/BRK.B/).
Berkshire, which Bending Spoons describes as a "longstanding inspiration" for its strategy, has now invested over $900 million in the company, including a $330 million stake [disclosed](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/14/berkshire-hathaway-investment-bending-spoons.html) on Wednesday.
Wall Street loved the deal, sending Bending Spoons' stock up 41%, though some of those gains were lost later in the week, leaving the company with a market cap of about $30 billion.