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Latest SPAC News: eureKING signs put option for the potential acquisition of Skyepharma and Pear Therapeutics sells for $6M in post-bankruptcy auction
eureKING, the first European SPAC in healthcare dedicated to biomanufacturing, announces the signature of a put option for the potential acquisition of Skyepharma to build a new European bio-CDMO leader
eureKING (ISIN: FR0014009ON9, Euronext Paris), the first European SPAC in healthcare dedicated to bioproduction, today announced that it has signed, on May 25, 2023, a put option agreement for 100% of the share capital of Oleron Pharma, the 100% holding company of Skyepharma.
Skyepharma is an innovative and fully integrated French CDMO player with 20 years of innovation and development experience in drug development and delivery of oral technologies. This follows eureKING’s announcement on May 16, 2023, that it had submitted a firm offer on the basis of which it has been granted an exclusivity period with a view to acquiring Skyepharma.
Pear sliced into four parts at auction for $6M
Stellar V (NASDAQ:SVCCU) has filed for a $150 million IPO with a sponsor team that has experience stretching back several SPAC cycles. Co-CEOs George Syllantavos and Prokopios Tsirigakis have steered SPACs as far back as Star Maritime Acquisition Corp, which IPO’d in 2005 and combined with shipping firm Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ:SBLK) in 2007. Star...
Athena Technology II (NYSE:ATEK) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with Ace Green Recycling at an equity value of $250 million. Houston, Texas-based Ace Green has developed technology for low-emissions recycling to harvest lithium, lead and other valuable resources from lithium-ion batteries. The combined company is expected to trade on a US exchange...
At the SPAC of Dawn One of the last major pieces to fall into place for the new Trump administration has been the one that affects SPACs most directly – the chairmanship of the SEC. Paul Atkins has now been picked for the post and is set to succeed Gary Gensler who already announced his...
Shepherd Ave Capital Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ:SPHAU) announced the pricing of its $75 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “SPHAU”, Thursday, December 5, 2024. The new SPAC intends to conduct a broad search for a combination target without a preference for a specific industry or region....
At the SPAC of Dawn SPACInsider has kept a close eye on how the new tariffs ushered in by a second Trump presidency could affect SPACs and their deals moving forward. But, there is a genre of SPAC deal that has cropped up in recent years essentially as a hedge to trade tensions and they...