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Latest SPAC News: HighPeak Energy explores sale, Bitcoin Depot strengthens U.S. footprint with new retail partnerships, and Intuitive Machines agrees to deliver AstroForge to space
U.S. oil producer HighPeak Energy says it will explore sale
HighPeak Energy Inc (NASDAQ: HPK), an oil-focused exploration and production company operating in the heart of the Permian basin, said on Monday it would explore strategic options including possible sale of the company.
U.S. energy producers have enjoyed stellar returns in the last two years, buoyed by higher oil prices stemming from the economic rebound from the pandemic and disruption to supply markets caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Leading Bitcoin ATM Operator Bitcoin Depot Strengthens U.S. Footprint with New Retail Partnerships
Lux Vending, LLC dba Bitcoin Depot Inc., a U.S.-based Bitcoin ATM operator and leading fintech company, today announced multiple partnerships with convenience store brands with locations spanning across several states, including FastLane, Gas Express, High’s, Majors Management and Stinker Stores. These partnerships bolster Bitcoin Depot’s retail footprint across the U.S. and further support Bitcoin Depot’s mission to Bring Crypto to the Masses.
GSR II Meteora Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: GSRM) is blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
Intuitive Machines Announces Agreement to deliver AstroForge Asteroid Mining Payload to Deep Space
Intuitive Machines, LLC, a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, today announced the execution of an agreement to deliver Brokkr-2, a deep space vehicle from California-based asteroid mining company, AstroForge, Inc., to deep space to observe one of AstroForge’s target asteroids.
As previously announced, Intuitive Machines signed a definitive business combination agreement with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: IPAX, IPAXU, IPAXW) (“Inflection Point”), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, that is expected to result in Intuitive Machines becoming publicly listed.
READListing of 11 UAE companies to raise more than $2.18bn in 2023
The listing of 11 companies on the UAE capital markets this year will raise more than Dh8 billion ($2.18 billion), the deputy chief executive of the Securities and Commodities Authority has said.
Four free-zone entities and two SPACs are in the listing pipeline in 2023, Mohamed Al Hadari said in his address at the Mena IPO Summit on Tuesday.
“While 2021 was a year of recovery, 2022 and 2023 will see significant growth and development in the local markets and IPO markets,” he told delegates in Dubai.
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An In-Depth Look at SPAC Activity Throughout the Third Quarter of 2023 Below is a summary of the year-to-date SPAC performance. We’re now three-quarters of the way through 2023 and while activity remains muted, there is a sense that SPACs have run the most difficult part of the “correction” gauntlet and have reached a better...
Terms Tracker for the Week Ending September 29, 2023 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. As September comes to a close, SPACs did not price any IPOs during the month with the most recent IPO (99 Acquisition Group) having priced...
Athena Consumer Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:ACAQ) announced this afternoon that its stockholders approved its combination with German EV-maker e.GO at a special meeting held earlier today. Additionally, Athena Consumer’s warrant proposal to convert all outstanding warrants to 0.175 shares in the combined company was also approved. A total of 884,880 shares of Athena Class A Common...
October is set to be a quiet month for lock-up expirations with only four de-SPACs and four sponsors now open to trade their shares for the first time. The first customer is Bitdeer Technologies. Its shareholders and the Blue Safari sponsor both stand to gain the most out of this group from moving some of...
Graf Acquisition Corp. IV (NYSE:GFOR) announced in an 8-K this afternoon that its shareholders approved its combination with NKGen Biotech at a special meeting September 25. A total of 3,386,528 shares were redeemed in connection with the vote, leaving Graf IV with about $27.6 million in the tank and a final redemption rate of 84.3%....