Eventbrite owner goes public following March takeover
The $1.7bn IPO lists Bending Spoons on Nasdaq as it signals continued headcount cuts and new features for the ticketing platform
News By Ciaran Donnelly | 8 July 2026
Eventbrite owner Bending Spoons has listed publicly on Nasdaq following its recent purchase of the ticketing platform, as the Milan-based tech firm pledged continued layoffs as well as an effort to overhaul live event discoverability on the platform.
Bending Spoons completed the acquisition of Eventbrite in March this year. The purchase was followed by significant layoffs in April, with newly appointed general manager Andrea Parodi saying at the time that a review of the business had “made it clear that…