Bending Spoons opens office in Madrid, betting on a promising pool of tech talent

MILAN & MADRID--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bending Spoons, the technology company behind products such as WeTransfer and Meetup, has opened an office in Madrid. The decision is underpinned by Spain’s strong talent pool, fuelled by excellent universities, and by Madrid’s international appeal and its quality of life.

“We’re impressed by the talent we’ve seen in Spain. This year, we’ve received around 10,000 Spain-based applicants every month, and many of them perform among the very best candidates in our selection process. The calibre of education offered by Spanish universities is particularly high, and over the next few years we’re hoping to grow our team in Madrid into the hundreds,” says Andrea Maiorana, talent data lead.

Located in the Recoletos area, the office is the company’s third European base, following the Milan headquarters and the recently opened London branch. The office is in one of the city's most coveted locations, within walking distance of Retiro Park and the Prado Museum.

For new hires relocating to Madrid, Bending Spoons covers relocation expenses, including travel, shipping costs, and up to four months of temporary accommodation. The company also covers the cost of commuting to and from the office.

Alongside the opening of its Madrid office, Bending Spoons continues its efforts to identify and support exceptional technology talent in Spain. In September, the company will host First Ascent Spain, a three-day retreat in Milan for top tech students and recent graduates. In 2026, the company will award more than €1,000,000 in scholarships for students in Europe, including several Spanish recipients. In recent months, the company has hosted networking events in Madrid and Barcelona and supported several national initiatives, such as the Ada Byron programming competition and the Olimpiada Informática Española, supporting young people curious about a career in tech.

The Madrid Bending Spoons office is hiring for roles in software engineering, AI research, product and growth management, data, design, and more.

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About Bending Spoons

Bending Spoons is built on the conviction that operational excellence enables efficient growth through acquisitions. It acquires digital businesses, implements deep transformations and ongoing optimizations to sustainably expand earnings, and reinvests in additional acquisitions, thereby continuing the compounding cycle. The company has executed this strategy for more than a decade and, to date, has never sold a material business.

Bending Spoons strives to envision the most successful version of an acquired business, and works to close the gap between its current state and that vision as quickly and completely as possible. The transformation is typically deep and entails reorganizing teams, overhauling technology, redesigning user interfaces, accelerating product development, and enhancing marketing and monetization. AI is often both a central component of the vision and a key tool in implementing the transformation.

Bending Spoons’ performance is driven by its Platform—comprising its people, proprietary technologies, and proprietary data—and reflects an intense focus on achieving exceptional talent density, cultural strength, and technical capabilities.

Bending Spoons’ main businesses include AOL, Brightcove, Eventbrite, Evernote, Harvest, komoot, Remini, StreamYard, Vimeo, and WeTransfer.

For more information, visit bendingspoons.com.
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