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Terms Tracker for the Week Ending October 2, 2026 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week's pricings. September closes out the month with an IPO count of five, but October starts with one thanks to the sole IPO this week from Southport Acquisition Corp II. ...

Pop Global (NASDAQ:PGAU) has filed for a $100 million IPO that would put another first-time team into the hunt with a technology focus. The new SPAC is offering investors one whole warrant in each unit and it has overfunded its trust to 100. ...

At the SPAC of Dawn Two more SPACs have closed their business combinations with both new de-SPACs set to debut later today. Interestingly, both are from the space sector, which has been fruitful for SPACs recently despite some signs that the market may begin leaning in a more risk-averse direction later this year. ...

As SPACs head into the fourth quarter of 2026, they could be facing a different environment for this stage of their target searches and the SPAC cycle as a whole could change shape with it. ...

September's corporate actions analysis showed a continued cooling in IPO issuance, but a strong increase in newly announced business combinations.  The month recorded 16 new merger announcements, more than double the seven announced in both July and August, while only five SPACs priced IPOs, down from 12 in August and 18 in July. ...

Southport Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE:PORT.U) announced the pricing of its $200 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the NYSE under the symbol "PORT.U" on Thursday, October 1, 2026. ...

Bluerock Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ:BRRKU) announced the pricing of its $150 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "BRRKU" on Friday, September 24, 2026. ...

Live Oak Acquisition Corp. VI (NASDAQ:LOVIU) announced the pricing of its $200 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "LOVIU" on Wednesday, September 23, 2026. ...

Leader’s Advantage Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:LEDRU) announced the pricing of its $150 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "LEDRU" on Friday, September 18, 2026. ...

Haymaker Acquisition Corp V (NYSE:HYAC.U) announced the pricing of its $250 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the NYSE under the symbol "HYAC.U" on Thursday, September 17, 2026. ...

Three Lions Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:TLACU) announced the pricing of its $100 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "TLACU" on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. ...

Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VIII (NASDAQ:IPHXU) announced the pricing of its $250 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "IPHXU" on Friday, August 28, 2026. ...

Pop Global (NASDAQ:PGAU) has filed for a $100 million IPO that would put another first-time team into the hunt with a technology focus. The new SPAC is offering investors one whole warrant in each unit and it has overfunded its trust to 100. ...

Calm Seas Acquisitions Corp. Calm Seas (NYSE:CSEA.U) has filed for a $300 million SPAC that brings a management team staffed with former generals into the hunt for a target in the oil and gas, offshore drilling and shipping sectors. ...

Frazier Life Sciences II (NASDAQ:FLSC) has filed for a $75 million shares-only SPAC with a biotech focus and a particular interest in companies developing genetic and molecular cancer drug candidates. The offering is not handing out IPO investors other goodies in the form of overfunding and it will have a full 24 months to initially complete a business combination. ...

Silicon Valley II (NASDAQ:SVATU) has filed for a $220 million SPAC to add to this growing series as its first entry looks to wrap up its first deal. The new SPAC is offering investors 1/2 warrants in its units and its team will have up to 24 months to complete a business combination with no means of automatically extending this without a vote. ...

Lower Cross Acquisitions Corp. Lower Cross (NASDAQ:LCACU) has filed for a $200 million SPAC focused on the healthcare and insurance industries. The new SPAC is offering investors 1/3 warrants in its units and 24 months to initially complete a business combination. ...

Oceanhawk II (NASDAQ:OHIIU) has filed for a $150 million SPAC to form a duo of searching vehicles by a new sponsor team. The new SPAC is offering investors one right to a 1/10 share in each unit and is one of only three SPACs filing in September with only rights and no warrants in its structure. ...

This week, we speak with Dr. José Rosas-Bustos, CEO of EigenQ, and Dan Nash, CEO and Chairman of Silicon Valley Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: SVAQ). The two announced a $2.93 billion business combination in June. ...

This week, we speak with Gianfranco Imperato, CEO of Trasteel, and Jamie Karson, Vice Chairman of Sizzle Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ:SZZL). The two announced a $1.3 billion business combination in April. It has been an interesting year for steel as it has been the target of trade restrictions and supply chain snares. ...

For our first-ever video podcast episode, we headed to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to speak with Allyson Satin, COO of the Ares SPACs, and Paul Wood, Co-Head of SPAC Investment Banking at BTIG. ...

This week, we speak with Tod Higinbotham, CEO of battery maker ZincFive and Jim Rhee, Chairman and CEO of Spark I Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:SPKL). The two announced a $752 million combination in June. Lithium-ion batteries have dominated much of the conversation in cutting-edge technology. ...

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. ...

This week, on a SPACInsider Podcast Replay, we revisit a September 2024 discussion from the beginning of the current SPAC cycle. SPACInsider founder Kristi Marvin was joined by Ed Kovary, Head of SPAC Capital Markets at BTIG, Nick Skibo, Managing Partner at Gritstone Asset Management, and Dimitre Genov, Managing Director at Brookline Capital Markets. ...

At the SPAC of Dawn The third quarter of 2026 is in the books and with it comes a chance to look back on how SPACs stacked up during this period. ...

At the SPAC of Dawn By and large, when a company undergoing an active de-SPACing process winds up in the news, it tends to be a good thing. That is the case this week as autonomous trucking firm PlusAI, which has a pending business combination with Texas Ventures (NASDAQ:TVA), found itself in the middle of a caper that has the hallmarks of the original Fast and the Furious mixed with Ocean's Eleven. ...

At the SPAC of Dawn The deluge of SPAC news has kept pouring on with three new SPACs filing their S-1s over the past 24 hours and another two SPACs rolled out new business combinations. ...

At the SPAC of Dawn SPACs see a banner day with three business combinations announced and but teams can expect a more quiet week on other fronts as only one is set to hold a shareholder vote over the next five days. ...

At the SPAC of Dawn Bluerock II (NASDAQ:BRRKU) managed to price its $150 million IPO last night, which will bring September's IPO slate to five once it debuts. Bluerock II is also the third SPAC in a row to IPO with less than 24 months to initially work with on its initial transaction timeline. ...

At the SPAC of Dawn After a run of challenging redemption results, Hennessy VII (NASDAQ:HVII) got good news this week as it managed to expand its total trust funds remaining after redemptions from $2. ...