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Newbury Street II (NASDAQ:NTWO) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with robotics software firm FORT at an implied pro forma enterprise value of $556 million. FORT Robotics provides clients a patented hardware and software platform designed to oversee safe operations at work environments where humans and autonomous robots work together. ...

Karman Line Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:XTERU) announced the pricing of its $200 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "XTERU" on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. ...

NorthStrive Acquisition Corp. I (NASDAQ:NSAIU) announced the pricing of its $100 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "NSAIU" on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. ...

In the latest turn of a long-running saga, Canna-Global Acquisition Corp. (OTC:CNGL) announced this morning that it intends to distribute funds from a partial liquidation, resulting in shareholders receiving $6.14892631 per share between now and 5 pm ET, September 4. ...

Terms Tracker for the Week Ending August 14, 2026 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week's pricings. A quick programming note: I’m on vacation this week, so this will be a shorter edition of the column. ...

Thunder Bridge Capital Partners V, Ltd. (NASDAQ:TBCVU) announced the pricing of its $261 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "TBCVU" on Thursday, August 13, 2026. ...

NorthStrive Acquisition Corp. I (NASDAQ:NSAIU) announced the pricing of its $100 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "NSAIU" on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. ...

Thunder Bridge Capital Partners V, Ltd. (NASDAQ:TBCVU) announced the pricing of its $261 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "TBCVU" on Thursday, August 13, 2026. ...

OceanLight Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ:OCLTU) announced the pricing of its $100 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "OCLTU" on Friday, August 7, 2026. ...

Pinnacle Acquisition Corporation (NYSE:PNAQ.U) announced the pricing of its $200 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the NYSE under the symbol "PNAQ.U" on Friday, August 7, 2026. ...

TCGX Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:TCGX) announced the pricing of its $75 million IPO and its shares are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "TCGX" on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. ...

ARC Group Securities Acquisition I (NASDAQ:FJDIU) announced the pricing of its $105 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "FJDIU" on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. ...

Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VIII Inflection Point VIII (NASDAQ:IPHXU) has filed for a $250 million SPAC that would give that prolific team another vehicle as it works to close three pending deals with others. ...

Southport Acquisition Corp. II Southport II (NYSE:PORT.U) has filed for a $200 million SPAC that will be hunting for a target in the AI technology space. Under that fairly wide umbrella, the Southport II team plans to target companies that have AI data, security or workflow automation tools as well as firms operating in the AI infrastructure, robotics and AI-guided life sciences sectors. ...

Gravity Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: GVACU) has filed for a $250 million SPAC with a generalist focus, but with strong ties to Asia and the Middle East. The team is led by CEO Iris Zhao, a Malta citizen based in the UAE who brings the group's prior SPAC experience, having served as COO of Mars Acquisition Corp, which IPO'd in 2023. ...

Luminous Acquisition (Nasdaq: LUMIU) has filed for a $105 million SPAC built around the ARC Group investment-banking network. Luminous keeps its mandate broad, planning to search for a target with an enterprise value of $700 million or more in whatever sector best fits its team's background. ...

1776 Acquisition Corp (NYSE: SVSX.U) has filed for a $150 million SPAC led by a first-time team with roots in small-cap capital markets and the digital-asset world, casting a wide net across technology-enabled sectors. ...

GX Acquisition Corp. III (NASDAQ:GXTRU) has filed for a $200 million SPAC that brings the serial team behind GX Acquisition Corp. and GX Acquisition Corp. II back to market for a third at-bat, this time focusing on the infrastructure powering the AI boom. ...

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. ...

This week, we speak with Dr. Wasiq Bokhari, CEO of quantum computing firm Pasqal, to discuss its $1.98 billion combination with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ:BBCQ). Quantum computers are plugged in and doing real commercial work, but, how can you get them to collaborate with CPUs and GPUs on a single problem? ...

This week, we speak with IQM CEO and Co-Founder Jan Goetz, and Peter Ort, CEO and Co-Chairman of Real Asset Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:RAAQ) about their $1.7 billion dollar combination, announced in February. ...

On this week's podcast, we speak with Carlos Domingo, Founder and CEO of Securitize. Securitize is working to close a business combination with Cantor Equity Partners II (NASDAQ:CEPT). As the use of stablecoins spreads, the opportunity to create digital tokens of other assets is spreading as well. ...

This week, on a special edition of the SPACInsider Podcast, we speak with Vik Mittal, managing member of Meteora Capital and Ivan Deryugin, head of research for the Americas at United First Partners. ...

This week, we speak with Richard Taylor, Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of ONE Nuclear and Dan Hennessy, Chairman of Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII (NASDAQ:HVII). The two announced a $1.1 billion combination in October. ...

At the SPAC of Dawn After a somewhat sleepy week in SPAC activity last week, three SPACs have scheduled shareholder votes for this week and some of those teams vying for a public listing are expected to continue that push over the next few days. ...

At the SPAC of Dawn The conservative SPAC deal trend took another hit yesterday as Digital Asset (NASDAQ:DAAQ) terminated its business combination with Old Glory Holding on the eve of its vote to complete that transaction. ...

At the SPAC of Dawn A day after CPI numbers pointed towards a reduced probability of a rate hike, PPI numbers are now on deck as a test of how much inflation is truly cooling. ...

At the SPAC of Dawn SPACs have had a habit of seesawing between deal announcements, new S-1 filings and IPOs dominating the flow. So far, this second week of August has been all about the start of the process with five new S-1s filed since the start of the week. ...

At the SPAC of Dawn Pressure has continued to build on the wave of conservative-tinged de-SPAC plays that were trendy for several years. Some of the latest signs of this came from Black Rifle Coffee (NYSE:BRCC), which was the first to get a major pop on announcement back in 2021. ...

At the SPAC of Dawn SPACs have not gone on break this summer with plenty of activity set for this week at all points of the SPAC lifecycle. After a week where five SPACs priced their IPOs, three more are currently lined up to do the same in the coming days. ...