The expirations of lock-ups for SPAC teams and target companies are set to kick off on the first day of the year in 2026, and this happens to be a high-value opportunity for both sides with the first to reach this milestone. More
2025 is coming to a close in the middle of a quiet week for SPACs that has not been pushed into sudden action by major changes like 2022's introduction of excise tax liabilities on redemptions. More
Abony I (NASDAQ:AACOU) has filed for a $200 million IPO to usher in a new transition of a de-SPAC team into a SPAC team. Underwriter BTIG has collaborated with the new team to craft terms that are highly similar to those in the S-1 of Illumination I filed earlier in the day. More
The final trading days of the year have brought more business activity among de-SPACs as automotive sensing and computing technology firm ECARX (NASDAQ:ECX) bought into EV maker Lotus (NASDAQ:LOT) to further solidify their partnerships. More
Illumination I has filed for a $200 million IPO to bring another experienced team back to the market in the next year. This is unlikely to be the last new SPAC S-1 filing of the year, but it nonetheless is a part of a late-game blitz by underwriter BTIG, which has now served as left lead on seven SPACs filing their initial S-1s this month and four that have IPO'd in December. More
The final week of the year comes with only a smattering of business on the docket for both SPACs and the broader macro picture. While there will be fresh figures on November's pending home sales released later today and Fed minutes on Tuesday, Wednesday morning's initial jobless claims are the likely to be among the only major bits of economic data hitting the market. More
Terms Tracker for the Week Ending December 26, 2025 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week's pricings. Happy Holidays! More
Happy Holidays. This will be another slow news day thanks to the SEC being closed, but rest up. We still have one more week left in the year and there are sure to be additional IPOs, new SPAC filings and possibly some deal announcements. More
SPAC teams put five new S-1s under the tree in the last hours that EDGAR was open ahead of the holiday break and this quintet of vehicles would raise just shy of $1 billion in the aggregate. More
The 2025 SPAC market has made it to the holidays, but not without one last burst of fresh S-1 filings. Five new SPACs have put in the paperwork for IPOs over the past 24 hours, with Cantor Fitzgerald and BTIG backing two each. More
