In 2020, SPACs netted record-breaking IPO proceeds of over $50 billion, and the more than 60 completed and announced SPAC mergers dwarfed the 21 and 22 seen in 2018 and 2019, respectively, based on public filings and assumed transaction sizes.
Report: SPACs 2.0
One of the areas of the financial markets that has benefited from the pandemic is special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), otherwise referred to blank cheque companies designed to create IPO access for private companies without going through the traditional IPO process.