Former Hulu CEO Randy Freer is the latest media executive to join the growing crowd those getting into the investment game via a SPAC, or Special Purpose Acquisition Company.
Betting on ‘blank check’ companies
These are strange days for the stock market. You can take a company public without actually having a business, customers, or revenue. And if you’re Woody Benson, you can do it from the master bathroom of your home in Bonita Bay, Fla., showing slides over Zoom to prospective investors.
Former Disney executives Mayer and Staggs plan new SPAC – source
Former Walt Disney Co executives Kevin Mayer and Thomas Staggs plan to raise $300 million in an initial public offering for a new special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
Healthcare SPAC VIDA FLaSH Acquisitions files for a $175 million IPO
VIDA FLaSH Acquisitions, a blank check company targeting the US healthcare industry, filed on Thursday with the SEC to raise up to $175 million in an initial public offering.
Autonomous vehicle sensor startup AEye to go public via a SPAC
Artificial intelligence-powered autonomous vehicle sensor startup AEye Inc. today announced that it plans to go public via a special-purpose acquisition company.
Satellite Data Firm BlackSky Going Public in Merger With Osprey SPAC
BlackSky Holdings Inc., a satellite imagery and data company, is going public through a reverse merger with blank-check company Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp., according to people with knowledge of the matter.
CCIV stock soars 30% on report it’s nearing deal with Lucid Motors
Electric vehicle startup Lucid Motors may be nearing a Michael Klein-run SPAC agreement to take the California based company public, according to Reuters. The potential development sent shares of blank-check company Churchill Capital IV (CCIV) up more than 30% on Tuesday afternoon.
Institutional demand buoys socially conscious SPACs
Some of the world’s largest asset managers from Blackstone to BlackRock have signaled an appetite to invest in socially responsible companies—and special-purpose acquisition companies are all too happy to serve them.
Billionaire Red Sox Co-Owner Seth Klarman Takes Stake in RedBall SPAC
RedBall’s effort to take the Red Sox public may have fallen through, but it managed to get into business with one of the team’s owners anyway. Hedge fund billionaire Seth Klarman has taken an 8.6% stake in the SPAC, according to a regulatory filing today.
Silverstein’s Tal Kerret seeks $250M for SPAC
Scott Rechler has a SPAC. Rob Speyer has two. And now, Silverstein Properties’ Tal Kerret is joining the craze. In a regulatory filing Tuesday, SilverSPAC Inc. said it intends to raise $250 million for a blank-check firm that aims to take a proptech firm public.
SPAC Flop Is Test Case for Disgruntled Investor Lawsuits
Shareholders try to hold blank-check company leaders accountable. Waitr Inc. never had the resources of rivals Grubhub Inc. and UberEats. Yet in November 2018 the online food ordering and delivery business went public through a merger with blank-check firm Landcadia Holdings Inc.
Z-Work is a new SPAC with an unusual target: The gig economy
A group of all-star disruptors who pioneered digital stock trading, on-line retail, community-building for far-flung workers, and software M&A in Silicon Valley are now embarking on another kind of disruption, launching a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) with plans to take a startup public.
Weekly SPAC Rundown – 2/8 – 2/14
A weekly review on the latest SPACs from The SPAC Investor.
ReNew Power eyes US listing via SPAC at $4 bn valuation
ReNew is in talks to merge with RMG Acquisition II, owned by Nasdaq-listed Riverside Capital Management.
Baby Monitor Maker Owlet to Go Public Via Sandbridge SPAC
Baby monitor maker Owlet Baby Care Inc. is going public through a reverse merger with a blank-check company backed by private equity firm Sandbridge Capital, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Endless boom in blank-check companies is wearing out insurers
The SPAC boom is overwhelming a key player in the creation of a blank-check companies: insurers.
SPAC Week, Part II: Why SPACs Make Sense (Podcast)
SPAC Week returns with Joe Crouthers, Co-Founder and CEO of Ceres Group Holdings, who discusses why they’re focused on the plant-touching side of the sector.
Indian online grocer Grofers said to seek SPAC deal after stalled M&A talks
Grofers is considering a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that would allow it to ‘indirectly’ list on one of the US public markets.
Clearing House Apex in Merger Talks With Ledecky’s SPAC
Northern Star Investment Corp. II surged Friday after people familiar with the matter said Apex Clearing Corp., a securities custody and clearing firm, is in talks to go public through a merger with the blank-check company.
Post Holdings launches SPAC to raise up to $400M
Post Holdings is forming a special purpose acquisition company, the CPG maker said in a statement. Post said the blank check company plans to raise $400 million to partner with a business in the CPG space.