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Latest SPAC News: QuantumScape announces departure of Chief Manufacturing Officer, Rezolve acquires ANY Lifestyle Marketing, and ProKidney announces manufacturing efficiency initiatives
QuantumScape’s Manufacturing Drama Tests Silicon Valley Moonshot
On Friday afternoon, QuantumScape announced the departure of Chief Manufacturing Officer Celina Mikolajczak after a year in the job. The Tesla and Panasonic veteran was a key hire when she joined QuantumScape to help bring battery innovations from the lab to the factory floor.
QuantumScape has been targeted by shortsellers and pummeled with shareholder lawsuits alleging it oversold its technology to investors ahead of a buzzy SPAC merger in 2020 that raised $680 million. Mikolajczak brought credibility and the expertise to take the company’s ballyhooed battery into production.
The startup cited “differing management styles,” and said its manufacturing and supply chain teams will now report directly to CEO Jagdeep Singh, a well-regarded salesman and tech leader in Silicon Valley, but not a manufacturing expert. Mikolajczak will join the company’s scientific advisory board for at least one year, and keep her stock grants.
READRezolve acquires ANY Lifestyle Marketing in Germany intended to revolutionize Mobile Engagement
Rezolve (NASDAQ: ZONE), a leader in mobile commerce and engagement, today announced it has acquired all the shares in ANY Lifestyle Marketing GmbH, the exclusive marketer for all commercial activities of Radio Group in Germany, as its next step in revolutionizing mobile engagement by disrupting the traditional radio market.
On December 17, 2021, Rezolve Limited, a private limited liability company registered under the laws of England and Wales, entered into a business combination agreement, dated as of December 17, 2021, with Armada Acquisition Corp. I, a Delaware corporation.
READProKidney Announces Manufacturing Efficiency Initiatives and Supply Chain Streamlining Expected to Reduce REACT Manufacturing Costs
ProKidney LP, a leading clinical-stage cellular therapeutics company focused on therapies for chronic kidney disease, today announced an update on manufacturing efficiency and supply chain streamlining initiatives, which could reduce manufacturing costs.
ProKidney’s current costs of manufacturing REACT™ for use in its ongoing Phase 2 Clinical Trial RMCL-002 is approximately $100,000 per patient. ProKidney anticipates that these costs will be lower for its Phase 3 trials and will continue to decrease by potentially up to 50% compared to the cost of manufacturing REACT™ for its Phase 2 RMCL-002 study as it manufactures REACT™ at commercial scale.
On January 18, 2022, ProKidney announced that it would become a publicly traded company via a business combination with Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. III (Nasdaq: DNAC).
READPolestar Delivering on Growth Promise, Continues to Drive Customer Demand, Expand Into New Markets, Increase Retail Sales Footprint and Develop Product Portfolio
Polestar, the Swedish electric performance car brand, continues to deliver on its growth promise as it progresses towards a planned listing on the Nasdaq through a proposed business combination with Gores Guggenheim, Inc. (Nasdaq: GGPI, GGPIW, and GGPIU), expected to close at the end of June 2022.
Expansion into new markets and a growing retail footprint are both driving and supporting customer demand, while the development of new models is set to propel the brand further into high-margin premium SUV segments.
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Terms Tracker for the Week Ending July 3, 2025 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. We’re heading into the July 4th holiday, so we’ll keep this week’s column short and to the point. But before you head to the beach,...
Crown PropTech (OTC:CPTKW) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with rare earth mining firm Mkango Resources (TSX-V:MKA) at a pre-money equity value of $400 million. London-based Mkango is working to commercialize a chain of rare earth mining and refining facilities in Africa and Europe. The combined company is expected to trade on the...
At the SPAC of Dawn One of the biggest sources of uncertainty in the SPAC market in recent years has been regulatory changes, but new shifts could be in its favor. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins told CNBC yesterday that the commission would review the rules for SPACs after “rather controversial” changes to the rules passed...
McKinley Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ:MKLYU) has filed for a $150 million SPAC to hunt for an innovative target company with an experienced financial team that has dabbled in SPACs before. The new SPAC is offering investors one right to a 1/10 share in each unit with no overfunding of the trust, but it could provide a...
At the SPAC of Dawn The rain of SPACs has continued with four expected to make their debuts during today’s trading sessions after pricing their IPOs overnight. The largest of these, EQV Ventures II (NASDAQ:EVACU), even managed an upsize, making it the largest SPAC IPO since Ares II (NYSE:AACT) pulled together $450 million in 2023....