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4 Major IPOs Hitting the Market This Week:

 Bending Spoons (BSP), ITG, CopperTech

 (CUX), and Lime (LIME) — Which Stock Is

 Worth Watching?

I'll be honest with you — I almost skipped writing about this week's IPO lineup.

Every few months, a fresh batch of companies goes public, financial Twitter gets loud for about 48 hours, and then everyone moves on to the next shiny thing. It's easy to get IPO fatigue. But when I sat down and actually dug into the four companies debuting around July 1, I realized this batch is different. We're not looking at four nearly-identical "AI startup #47" clones. We're looking at a software roll-up company, an infrastructure contractor, a copper miner, and an electric scooter business — four completely unrelated industries, all hitting the public market in the same week.

That's rare, and it's worth slowing down for.

So I spent a good chunk of my week reading through filings, the IPO calendar, and financial news to put together something more useful than the typical "BUY NOW" hype post you'll find elsewhere. My goal here isn't to tell you what to do with your money — I'm not a financial advisor, and I'll say that again more formally near the end. My goal is to walk you through what each of these new stocks actually does, why people are searching for them, and what could go wrong, so you can make sense of the headlines instead of just reacting to them.

Let's get into it.

What's Actually Happening This Week?

Four companies are expected to begin trading on US exchanges around July 1:

• Bending Spoons (BSP) — an Italian software company that buys and rebuilds digital platforms, listing on Nasdaq
• ITG, Inc. (ITG) — a US infrastructure and telecom construction company, listing on Nasdaq
• CopperTech Metals (CUX) — a copper mining company, listing on the NYSE
• Lime, formally Neutron Holdings (LIME) — the electric scooter and e-bike company, listing on Nasdaq

That's a software consolidator, a "picks and shovels" infrastructure play, a commodities producer, and a transportation company — all going public within days of each other. If you've been hearing about a busy IPO season this year, this week is a big reason why.

Here's a quick snapshot of how the terms shake out, based on the latest publicly reported figures:

Symbol	Company	Exchange	Price Range	Shares Offered	Expected Raise
BSP	Bending Spoons	NASDAQ	$26–$28	~57.97M	~$1.6B–$1.8B
ITG	ITG, Inc.	NASDAQ	$19–$22	~19.51M	~$493.7M
CUX	CopperTech Metals	NYSE	$16–$18	~23.53M	~$487.1M
LIME	Neutron Holdings (Lime)	NASDAQ	$24–$26	~6.96M	~$180.9M

A quick caveat on that table: IPO terms move right up until pricing day, and Lime's expected raise in particular has been reported at slightly different figures depending on the source and whether you count shares from selling shareholders. Always check the final prospectus for the locked-in numbers.

Why Does It Matter That They're So Different?

Here's something I've learned from watching IPO cycles over the years: when a bunch of similar companies go public at once (think the wave of food delivery apps a few years back, or the SPAC boom), it usually means investors are chasing one trend. When the IPO calendar looks this scattered, it tells you something else — it tells you the broader market has regained enough confidence that companies across very different sectors all feel like now is a good time to test the waters.

That's generally a healthier signal than one narrow trend getting overheated.

Bending Spoons (BSP Stock): The One Everyone's Talking About

If you've used Vimeo, WeTransfer, Evernote, Eventbrite, or even AOL recently, you've already used a Bending Spoons product without necessarily knowing it. The company's broader portfolio also includes Brightcove, Harvest, Komoot, Remini, and StreamYard — a pretty wide spread of productivity, video, and creative tools that most people don't realize all roll up under the same parent.

I'll admit, when I first heard the company's strategy described, it sounded a little unusual for a "tech company." Bending Spoons doesn't really build new products from scratch. Instead, it buys older, well-known digital platforms that have huge existing user bases but have gotten a bit stale, and then aggressively modernizes them — cutting costs, automating operations with AI, and rebuilding the product experience.

Why Are Investors So Excited?

Honestly, the numbers are hard to ignore. According to the company's own IPO filing, revenue jumped from roughly $387 million in 2023 to about $671 million in 2024, then to around $1.31 billion for the full year 2025. First-quarter 2026 revenue alone came in at roughly $601 million, more than double the same quarter a year earlier.

What really caught my eye, though, is that the company swung from a net loss of around $112 million in the first quarter of 2025 to a net profit of roughly $28 million in the first quarter of 2026. Going from a meaningful loss to actual profitability in a single year is the kind of shift that gets serious investors' attention, because a lot of high-growth tech companies talk about a "path to profitability" for years without ever reaching it.

How Big Is This IPO?

The company is offering close to 58 million shares in the $26 to $28 range, which puts the deal size at somewhere around $1.6 to $1.8 billion depending on final pricing and whether underwriters exercise their option for extra shares. At the high end, that values Bending Spoons at somewhere in the neighborhood of $19 billion — a massive jump from the roughly $11 billion valuation the company carried in its last private funding round back in late 2025.

What Should You Watch Out For?

I don't want to just hand you the highlight reel, so here's the part that gives me pause: Bending Spoons has grown largely through acquisitions, which means it's carried a fair amount of debt along the way. The company's whole strategy depends on successfully integrating new platforms and squeezing more profit out of them — and on customers tolerating things like subscription price increases as part of that "optimization" process.

If a major platform in its portfolio loses users after a pricing change, or if integration costs run higher than expected, the growth story gets a lot less clean. It's also worth noting the company is keeping a dual-class share structure, meaning founders retain outsized voting control even after the IPO — something income-focused or governance-conscious investors sometimes prefer to avoid.

ITG, Inc. (ITG): The Quiet Infrastructure Bet

This is probably the least flashy company on the list, and honestly, that might be exactly why it's interesting.

ITG builds and maintains the physical infrastructure that everything else depends on — broadband networks, utility lines, telecom equipment, and the connections that link data centers to the power grid. You're not going to see ITG trending on social media, but if you've ever had fiber internet installed at your house, there's a decent chance a company like this was involved somewhere down the line.

Why Should You Care About a Construction Company?

Think about it this way: every time a tech company announces a new AI data center, somebody actually has to build the power and connectivity infrastructure to support it. That's not glamorous work, but it's essential work, and demand for it tends to track closely with how much the big tech companies are spending on AI buildout.

ITG reportedly operates across 49 states, which gives it a pretty wide geographic footprint compared to smaller regional contractors.

What Makes This IPO a Little Different?

A lot of IPOs raise money to fund aggressive growth or expansion. From what's been reported about ITG's offering, a meaningful chunk of the proceeds is earmarked for paying down existing debt rather than funding a big expansion push. I actually find that somewhat reassuring — a company that uses IPO proceeds to clean up its balance sheet first is often making a more conservative, sustainable move than one that's racing to spend investor money as fast as possible.

The company is also backed by Oaktree Capital Management, a well-known institutional investment firm, which can lend some credibility when you're trying to win infrastructure contracts that often require long-term financial stability.

The Risk Here Is Pretty Straightforward

ITG's fortunes are tied to how much telecom companies, utilities, and data center operators are spending on infrastructure. If AI capital spending cools off, or if a few major telecom clients pull back on network expansion, project volume for a company like this can dry up fairly quickly. It's a "boring but necessary" business, and boring businesses can still have real cyclical risk.

CopperTech Metals (CUX): Betting on the Electrification Boom

I'll be upfront — commodity stocks aren't usually the most exciting thing to write about. But copper has quietly become one of the more important materials of this decade, and CopperTech is making a direct play on that trend.

Why Does Copper Matter So Much Right Now?

Copper is everywhere in the technologies driving the next phase of the economy: electric vehicles, EV charging stations, power grid upgrades, solar panels, wind turbines, and yes, the data centers powering the AI boom. Every one of those things needs a lot more copper wiring than the technology it's replacing.

Some analysts have started calling copper the "new oil" of the energy transition, and while I'd take that comparison with a grain of salt, the underlying demand story is real. EVs alone can require several times more copper than a traditional gas-powered car.

What's CopperTech's Edge?

The company's value largely comes down to its ownership stake in high-grade copper mining operations. In mining, "high-grade" matters a lot — it generally means a company can extract more usable copper per ton of rock, which tends to translate into lower production costs and better margins, especially when copper prices dip.

The Honest Risk Picture

Here's the thing about commodity companies that's different from software or infrastructure businesses: their profits are heavily tied to a price they don't control. Copper prices can swing significantly based on global demand, currency moves, and supply disruptions. Even a well-run, high-grade mining operation can see profits shrink fast in a down cycle.

If the company's mining assets are located outside the US, there's also geopolitical and regulatory risk to factor in — things like export policies, local labor disputes, or permitting changes can all affect operations in ways that have nothing to do with how well the company is run.

Lime (LIME Stock): A Comeback Story With Some Real Caveats

I want to spend a little extra time here, because the publicly available filing details paint a more complicated picture than the simple "scooters are back" narrative you might see elsewhere.

Lime, officially Neutron Holdings, runs the electric scooters and e-bikes you've probably seen scattered around major US cities. A few years ago, most people assumed the whole micromobility industry would never turn a real profit. Lime has actually made meaningful progress on that front — but it's not quite the clean profitability story some headlines suggest.

The Uber Connection

Uber has been involved with Lime since 2018 and currently owns around 14 million shares. Lime rentals are bookable directly through the Uber app in a lot of markets, and that relationship reportedly accounted for around 14% of Lime's revenue in 2025. Uber-affiliated entities have also expressed non-binding interest in buying up to $20 million of stock as part of the IPO — though it's worth noting that's an expression of interest, not a locked-in commitment.

Here's the Part That Gave Me Pause

Lime's revenue has grown nicely — from around $521 million in 2023 to nearly $887 million in 2025. But the company is still posting net losses (about $59 million in 2025, though that's narrower than prior years), and more importantly, its SEC filing reportedly includes explicit "going concern" language. In plain English, that means the company has stated it doesn't currently have enough cash on hand to cover roughly $846 million in debt payments coming due within the next 12 months, and that completing this IPO and a related refinancing is part of how it plans to address that gap.

That's a meaningful detail that I think gets glossed over in a lot of the breezier coverage of this IPO. It doesn't necessarily mean the company is in crisis — plenty of growth companies use a public offering specifically to refinance debt — but it does mean this is a higher-risk, more leveraged situation than a simple "profitable comeback" story.

Regulation Is Still the Wildcard

Beyond the balance sheet, Lime's business is still subject to the same risk it's always faced: cities can restrict, regulate, or outright ban scooter and e-bike programs at their discretion. A shift in local policy in even a handful of major markets could meaningfully affect growth.

So Which IPO Looks Most Interesting? (New Stocks to Watch

 This Week)

I get asked this kind of question a lot, and I want to be careful here — "most interesting" isn't the same as "best investment," and what's right for one person's portfolio might be completely wrong for someone else's risk tolerance or goals.

If You Want the Biggest Growth Story

That's Bending Spoons, by a wide margin. The combination of rapid revenue growth, a recent swing to profitability, and a genuinely unusual business model makes it the most talked-about name in this group.

If You Want Indirect AI Exposure Without Picking a Single AI Winner

ITG is the one to look at. It doesn't bet on any specific AI company succeeding — it benefits from the broader infrastructure buildout regardless of which AI players come out on top.

If You Want Exposure to the Electrification Trend

CopperTech is the most direct play here. Just go in understanding that commodity businesses move very differently than tech or software stocks.

If You're Drawn to the Urban Transportation Story

Lime is genuinely interesting, but I'd encourage you to read the actual risk factors in the filing before getting swept up in the comeback narrative — particularly the debt and liquidity situation.

Some Questions You're Probably Asking Yourself

I get a version of these questions almost every time an IPO week rolls around, so let me try to answer the ones that come up most.

Can I Actually Buy Shares on the First Day?

For most retail investors, yes, but it's not always as simple as clicking "buy" the moment trading opens. Getting in at the actual IPO price (before the stock starts trading publicly) usually requires a brokerage with IPO access, like the ones that partner directly with underwriters. Most everyday investors end up buying once the stock starts trading on the open market, which means you're often paying whatever the first-day "pop" (or drop) has already set the price at.

I've made the mistake before of assuming I was getting an early-investor deal by buying on day one, only to realize institutional investors had already locked in shares at a lower price the night before. It's a good reminder that "IPO day" and "IPO price" aren't always the same thing for regular people.

Why Do IPO Prices Swing So Much in the First Few Days?

A new stock doesn't have years of trading history to anchor its price, so there's a lot of guesswork happening in real time. Early trading is dominated by short-term traders trying to catch momentum, which can cause wild swings that have very little to do with the company's actual fundamentals. I've watched plenty of solid companies dip 15-20% in their first week simply because early buyers took profits, only to see the stock stabilize once the dust settled.

This is exactly why I mentioned earlier that watching the first few months matters more than obsessing over the first few hours.

Is It Smarter to Wait a Few Months Before Buying?

There's no universal right answer here, but I'll share my own approach: I generally prefer to wait until a company has reported at least one full quarter as a public company before deciding whether I want in. That gives you an actual earnings report, a shareholder letter, and some real trading history to look at instead of just a glossy prospectus written by the company's own bankers.

That said, waiting isn't free either — if a company performs well, you'll typically pay a higher price for the privilege of more certainty. It's a genuine trade-off, not a guaranteed win either way.

What's the Difference Between These Four Companies in Terms

 of Risk Level?

If I had to rank them from what I'd consider lower-risk to higher-risk based purely on what's publicly known right now, I'd put it roughly like this: ITG (steady, debt-paydown-focused, less speculative) and Bending Spoons (high growth but now profitable) sit on the more stable end, CopperTech sits in the middle because commodity price swings are unpredictable but the underlying demand trend is strong, and Lime carries the most risk given the going-concern language and near-term debt obligations in its filing.

That's just my read based on what's been disclosed — not a recommendation, and definitely not the final word.

A couple of things I've picked up after following IPOs for a while, for what they're worth:

Don't assume "new" means "undiscovered." By the time a company IPOs, institutional investors have usually already had access and done extensive due diligence. You're not getting in early in the way it might feel like you are.

Read the actual risk factors section of the filing, not just the headlines. This is genuinely the most useful five minutes you can spend before considering any IPO. It's where companies are legally required to lay out what could go wrong, and it's often far more candid than the marketing materials.

Watch the first few months, not just the first day. IPO-day price action is notoriously volatile and doesn't always reflect how a stock will trade once the initial hype settles down.

Position size matters more than stock selection. Even if you're excited about one of these companies, a single new public stock shouldn't make up an outsized chunk of your overall portfolio, especially in the first year after listing.

Final Thoughts

What strikes me most about this week's IPO lineup isn't any single company — it's the variety. Instead of four companies competing for the same sliver of investor attention, we've got four genuinely different bets on where the economy is headed: AI-driven software consolidation, the physical infrastructure behind AI, the raw materials needed for electrification, and the future of getting around cities without a car.

Bending Spoons will probably get the most headlines this week, and it's easy to see why given the size of the deal and the speed of its growth. But ITG, CopperTech, and Lime each tell their own story about where money is flowing right now, and each comes with its own set of trade-offs worth understanding before you decide whether any of them belong in your portfolio.

The first day of trading always generates a lot of noise. What actually matters is whether you understand the business well enough to hold through the months and years that follow — and that starts with reading past the ticker symbol to what the company actually does.

A Quick, Honest Disclaimer

I'm not a licensed financial advisor, and nothing in this article is personalized investment advice. IPO terms (pricing, share counts, and offering size) can and often do change right up until the day of pricing, so always check the most current SEC filings and verified news sources before making any decisions. Investing in newly public companies carries real risk, including the possibility of losing money, and you should do your own research or talk to a qualified financial professional before buying any stock mentioned here.

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