An In-Depth Look at SPAC Activity Throughout the Third Quarter of 2023 Below is a summary of the year-to-date SPAC performance. We're now three-quarters of the way through 2023 and while activity remains muted, there is a sense that SPACs have run the most difficult part of the "correction" gauntlet and have reached a better stasis. More
Terms Tracker for the Week Ending September 29, 2023 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week's pricings. As September comes to a close, SPACs did not price any IPOs during the month with the most recent IPO (99 Acquisition Group) having priced on August 18th, roughly six weeks ago. More
Athena Consumer Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:ACAQ) announced this afternoon that its stockholders approved its combination with German EV-maker e.GO at a special meeting held earlier today. Additionally, Athena Consumer's warrant proposal to convert all outstanding warrants to 0. More
October is set to be a quiet month for lock-up expirations with only four de-SPACs and four sponsors now open to trade their shares for the first time. The first customer is Bitdeer Technologies. More
Graf Acquisition Corp. IV (NYSE:GFOR) announced in an 8-K this afternoon that its shareholders approved its combination with NKGen Biotech at a special meeting September 25. A total of 3,386,528 shares were redeemed in connection with the vote, leaving Graf IV with about $27. More
Anzu Special Acquisition Corp I (NASDAQ:ANZU) has closed its combination with Envoy Medical and its shares and warrants are to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbols "COCH" and "COCHW" on October 2. More
Mercato Partners (NASDAQ:MPRA) closed its combination with Brazilian software firm Nuvini this afternoon and its shares and warrants are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbols "NVNI" and "NVNIW" on October 2. More
Below is a daily summary of links to the latest SPAC news and rumors gathered across the web. $1 bln metals SPAC deal backed by Glencore, automakers collapses A $1 billion metals deal by blank-cheque fund ACG Acquisition Co has been terminated following delays when the different sides, which included a leading global miner and top automakers as anchor investors, tried to revise it, ACG said on Thursday. More
TradeUP (NASDAQ:UPTD) announced this morning that it has closed its combination with Estrella Biopharma and its shares and warrants will begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbols "ESLA" and "ESLAQ" on October 2. More
Mobiv Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:MOBV) announced this morning that its shareholders approved its combination with EV motorcycle-maker SRIVARU at a special meeting September 28. Redemptions whittled Mobiv's IPO share pool of 10,005,000 down to 195,992 through the vote. More
