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Latest SPAC News: Quanergy files for bankruptcy, Royalty Management becomes a member in Texas Tech University’s Center for Advancing Sustainable and Distributed Fertilizer Production, and Bakkt study finds future crypto purchase consideration holds steady
Ex-SPAC Quanergy Files for Bankruptcy Less Than a Year After Going Public
Quanergy Systems Inc. (NYSE:QNGY), a maker of high-tech sensors and related software, filed for bankruptcy about 10 months after going public through a merger with a blank-check company.
The firm will try to sell itself out of bankruptcy and expects to keep operating in the meantime, according to a statement. Quanergy listed assets and liabilities of as much as $50 million each in its Chapter 11 petition.
In February, the company said it closed its deal to go public through a business combination with CITIC Capital that netted it close to $50 million of cash.
READAmerican Acquisition Opportunity Inc.’s Merger Target, Royalty Management, Becomes Member in Texas Tech University’s Center for Advancing Sustainable and Distributed Fertilizer Production
American Acquisition Opportunity Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AMAO) merger target company, Royalty Management Corporation (RMC), announced today that it has become a gold member of Texas Tech University’s recently created Center for Advancing Sustainable and Distributed Fertilizer Production, or ‘CASFER’ organization. Becoming a gold members of CASFER enables RMC to have access to the technologies and intellectual property developed out of CASFER, in particular the innovative and novel technologies to produce, capture, and recycle nitrogen-based fertilizers resulting from farming activities.
READBakkt Study Finds Future Crypto Purchase Consideration Holds Steady Despite Recent Crypto Failures
Bakkt Holdings Inc (NYSE: BKKT), a digital asset platform that unlocks crypto and drives loyalty to create delightful, connected experiences for a broad range of clients, today released findings from its “Bi-Annual U.S. Consumer Crypto Sentiment Study” of more than 2,000 U.S. consumers who own crypto or are interested in crypto, examining their interest in crypto following the summer volatility, their preferred security features and outlook for crypto’s role in the global financial system.
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Terms Tracker for the Week Ending May 2, 2025 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. April wrapped with some real momentum. Over the course of the month, 19 SPACs filed new S-1s, while 12 IPOs priced. Furthermore, nine deal announcements...
ProCap Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:PCAPU) has filed for a $200 million SPAC to hunt for a fintech or financial services target. The new S-1 filing was BTIG’s second of the week after a two-month break, bringing its 2025 new SPAC filings to five and the bank has so far managed to IPO five SPACs as well....
MSM Frontier Capital Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:MSMUU) has filed for a $225 million SPAC to search for a infrastructure target in Africa. The new SPAC will head out on this expedition with a trust that is not overfunded and units that each contain one right to a 1/8 share. It will also have 24 months to...
At the SPAC of Dawn This action-packed week in SPACs comes to an end with three more SPACs launching their IPOs, bringing it to nine on the week. And, the crypto strategy that SPACInsider noticed becoming increasingly popular among de-SPACs earlier this year has continued to gain steam. This week, edtech firm Classover (NASDAQ:KIDZ), fresh...
Cartesian Growth Corporation III (NASDAQ:CGCT) announced the pricing of its upsized $240 million IPO and its shares are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “CGCT”, Friday, May 2, 2025. The new SPAC intends to combine with a closely held private company ready to make the jump to being a market-leading transnational...