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Post-SPAC space firms redoubling efforts to attract institutional investor
Three space companies that went public two years ago are seeking ways to build credibility with large institutional investors that have started dipping toes into the deflated market.
Launch vehicle and spacecraft developer Rocket Lab, space technology provider Redwire, and Earth observation operator BlackSky started trading shares within weeks of each other after their 2021 merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), a financial tool offering a fast-track to stock markets. […]
Redwire’s Baliff also highlighted current confusion among investors over which companies will survive the downturn and those with business models that work.
Generally, if a company listed at $10 and is now trading at $5, “you’re kind of viewed as a survivor,” he said, “you’re going to make it. If you’re below $1 … it’s teetering on investors being able to just give you any capital, and between one and five, you know, it just depends on the day.”
READVista Equity Reportedly Shopping Genius Sports Competitor
Citing unidentified sources with knowledge of the matter, Bloomberg reported the news earlier Thursday. It’s not clear what Vista Equity’s timeline is for divesting Stats Perform nor were potential suitors or sales prices mentioned. The company uses artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies to provide sports-related data to media and gaming companies, among other clients.
Vista acquired Stats in 2014 from FOX Sports and the Associated Press. It was merged with Perform in 2019 after Texas-based Vista invested in DAZN. Through that deal, the buyer gained access to Opta, RunningBall and Watch&Bet.
Competitors include Genius Sports (NYSE:GENI) and Sportradar (NASDAQ:SRAD), which have market values of $1.25 billion and $3.20 billion, respectively. It remains to be seen if that range provides some template for Stats Perform’s ultimate sale price. Genius Sports went public in a merger with dMY II in April 2021.
READTerms Tracker for the Week Ending September 22, 2023 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. SPACs finally saw two new S-1 filings this week, the first to file since August 24th. Hainan Sirius Acquisition Corp. filed first on Thursday and...
Latest SPAC Liquidations: LF Capital Acquisition Corp. II LF Capital Acquisition Corp. II (LFAC) to Liquidate on October 3, 2023 LF Capital Acquisition Corp. II (Nasdaq: LFAC), today announced that the directors of the Company have determined to dissolve and liquidate the Company. The redemption of the Public Shares is expected to be completed on...
Latest Non-Redemption Agreements: Yotta Acquisition Corp.,Live Oak Crestview Climate Acquisition Corp. Yotta Acquisition Corp. (YOTA) Adds Non-Redemption Agreements Yotta Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:YOTA) entered into non-redemption agreements with certain unaffiliated third parties in exchange for such third parties agreeing not to redeem an aggregate of 598,680 shares of the Company’s common stock. In exchange for the foregoing...
Twin Ridge (NYSE:TRCA) announced this afternoon that it plans to convene and then adjourn its extraordinary general meeting of its shareholders originally to be held on September 26 at 11:30 a.m., Eastern Time. Twin Ridge intends to hold the new meeting at 11:30 a.m., Eastern Time, on October 3, 2023. Additional details were not given as to...
Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I (Nasdaq: SLAC) and W3BCLOUD Holdings Inc. announced this afternoon that they have mutually agreed to terminate their business combination agreement. The reasons cited were once again “due to existing market conditions”, which most likely implies the current capital market conditions as well as the fact that W3BCLOUD works within the...