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Latest SPAC News: GreenLight Biosciences returns to private market, Jet.AI partners with Vegas Golden Knights and Cirrus Aviation, and True Velocity announces partnership with FN America
GreenLight returns to private market in $46M deal after taste of Wall Street
GreenLight Biosciences will seek its dream off Wall Street in a go-private deal less than two years after taking the special purpose acquisition company route there.
The company is returning to private life in a $45.5 million all-cash deal from a coalition led by Fall Line Capital, according to a Tuesday relaease. The agreement comes two months after GreenLight first disclosed that Fall Line was interested in scooping up the faltering RNA biotech. The deal was unanimously agreed upon by GreenLight’s board of directors.
JET.AI Partners With Vegas Golden Knights And Cirrus Aviation To Provide Fans With By-The-Seat Private Jet Experience To Away Games
Jet Token Inc. d/b/a Jet.AI, an innovative private aviation, artificial intelligence, booking and membership platform and Cirrus Aviation, a leading private jet provider, have announced an official partnership with the Vegas Golden Knights to provide fans the ultimate private aviation experience for away games.
This partnership comes on the heels of Jet.AI’s recent announcement of a proposed business combination with Oxbridge Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: OXAC).
True Velocity Partners with FN America to Develop M240 Conversion Kit
Texas-based advanced technology company TV Ammo, Inc. announced today a strategic development partnership with FN America that would enable one of the most prolific machine guns in the world to fire its proprietary 6.8TVCM composite-cased cartridge.
As previously announced on November 1, 2022, TV Ammo, Inc. entered into a business combination agreement with Breeze Holdings Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: BREZ).
READAUM Biosciences Doses First Patient in Phase 2 Clinical Trial of AUM001 in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
AUM Biosciences Pte. Ltd. (“AUM”), a global clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing precision oncology therapeutics, announced today that the first patient has been dosed in its Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating AUM001 for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (MSS CRC). AUM001 is a mRNA translation inhibitor that targets MNK 1/2 and the chokepoint of multiple pro-oncogenic signalling pathways for the treatment of MSS CRC.
As previously announced on October 20, 2022, AUM entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp. V (Nasdaq: MCAG).
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Israeli tech firms have made up an outsized proportion of SPAC activity and despite the ongoing tensions in its region, that dealmaking is continuing unabated. In fact, the SPAC named for the particular mission of taking Israeli firms public through SPACs, Israel Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:ISRL) in fact just took one step closer in completing that...
At the SPAC of Dawn Although the market has largely recovered from a negative stretch last week, the roller coaster is tilted back downward for Trump Media (NASDAQ:DJT), which slid -8% yesterday to $32.57 – one of its lowest points since closing with Digital World last month. Other SPACs and de-SPACs are having a more...
Remember the metaverse? Many do not. Meta’s (NASDAQ:META) attempted transition to virtually living and working seemed to mark a trend that went up and down quickly, but one SPAC deal has both survived that roller coaster and may rise with a second. Back in December 2022, Newbury Street (NASDAQ:NBST) announced a $1.85 billion combination with...
At the SPAC of Dawn Tucked into the bill that provides $95 billion in funding to American allies passed by the House this weekend is another measure that is likely to have far more impact on at least one pending deal in SPAC world. It would appear that the timing was fortuitous for TikTok rival...