McKinley (NASDAQ:MKLY) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with geospatial intelligence firm Space-Eyes at an implied enterprise value of $370 million. Space-Eyes provides awareness tools focused on drones, maritime traffic and wildfires. More
East West Ave Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:EWAVU) announced the pricing of its $100 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "EWAVU" on Friday, July 31, 2026. More
With redemptions coming in high in the first two completion votes this week, Digital Asset (NASDAQ:DAAQ) was slated to hold the week's third later today. But, it has instead opted to delay its special meeting by two weeks rather than force it during a week where the market has been balancing both AI worries and a parsing of the Fed's trajectory on interest rates. More
Churchill Capital Corp XIII (NASDAQ:XIIIU) announced the pricing of its upsized $360 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "XIIIU" on Friday, July 31, 2026. More
August brings a slate of much healthier de-SPACs to their lock-up expirations than has been seen in quite some time. Among the four de-SPACs, whose SPAC sponsor partners will be newly freed to trade stock this month, the average share price is about $6. More
Throughout early 2026, one of the encouraging trends for SPACs had been lower redemption rates at close for business combinations. After a difficult 2021-2024 period where any final redemption tally below 90% felt like a minor miracle, it has been heartening to see many deals close with negligible redemptions and the averages have dropped. More
On this week's podcast, we speak with Paul Lichty, Co-Founder and CEO of Forge Nano. He explains how Forge Nano’s atomic layer deposition approach can build better batteries and semiconductors while maximizing the rarest materials these require. More
D-Day has arrived for what could be new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's first real movement on interest rates since officially taking office in May. Consensus expectations are for holding rates as is, but many expect a renewed hike could be in the cards eventually. More
Karman Line Acquisition Corp. Karman Line Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:XTERU) has filed for a $200 million SPAC aiming to join the wave of SPACs bringing the private space industry into the public markets. More
This summer has had a lumpy pace of SPAC business but the clusters have been quite exciting. In both June and now July there have been streaks of five business combinations announced within a five-day period and and the last time SPACs went five-for-five like that before was March 2023. More
