Bending Spoons agrees to buy Eventbrite for $500M to revive stalled brand
In Brief Posted: 3:03 PM PST · December 2, 2025 Image Credits:Eventbrite Marina Temkin Bending Spoons agrees to buy Eventbrite for $500M to revive stalled brand Bending Spoons, a company that buys and revitalizes stagnating tech companies, has agreed to purchase Eventbrite for about $500 million, a far cry from the $1.76 billion the company was worth when it went public in 2018. Just like many of Bending Spoons’ previous acquisitions, including Evernote, Meetup, Vimeo, and AOL, Eventbrite has a strong brand, but the company’s business has stopped growing, according to audited financials. The events marketplace and ticketing company was co-founded in 2006 by the husband-and-wife team Julia and Kevin Hartz, and Renaud Visage. During its 12 years as a private…
