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Latest SPAC News: DWAC fails to pay proxy solicitors, and Ocean Biomedical discovers new therapy that can potentially kill cancerous cells
Trump SPAC fails to pay proxy firm despite tough hunt for votes, Financial Times reports
Executives behind a SPAC Digital World Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:DWAC) that plans to take Donald Trump’s media business public have failed to pay their proxy solicitors, The Financial Times reported on Saturday.
Digital World Acquisition Corp, set up by Patrick Orlando, has not paid Saratoga Proxy Consulting for its work helping to rally shareholders, report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
READOcean Biomedical discovers new therapy that can potentially kill cancerous cells
Ocean Biomedical and Aesther Healthcare Acquisition Corp. announced the discovery of a therapy that could potentially kill glioblastoma and melanoma cells – two types of cancerous cells – and block the spread of these cells to the lungs.
The company discovered antibodies that can target both CHI3L1, a regulator of a series of cancer-causing pathways, and ICPI, immune checkpoint inhibitors.
The Providence-based biopharma company recently announced it has entered a merger agreement with special purpose acquisition company Aesther Healthcare Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:AEHA), which is expected to be complete by the end of 2022. Ocean Biomedical will then become a subsidiary of Aesther Healthcare Acquisition Corp. and the combined company will be renamed Ocean Biomedical Inc.
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Below is a daily summary of links to the latest SPAC news and rumors gathered across the web. Latest SPAC Liquidations: Sierra Lake, Z-Work, Lerer Hippeau, and Climate Real Impact Solutions II Sierra Lake Acquisition Corp. Shareholders Approve Liquidation Sierra Lake Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: SIER) announced today that due to its inability to...
Parsec Capital (NASDAQ:PCX) announced in an 8-K this morning that it has begun the process of liquidating its trust account, but the filing also curiously notes that the team is trying to carry on with its announced combination with Enteractive Media. The announcement matches what the SPAC said in its 10-Q filed November 18, that...
Below is a daily summary of links to the latest SPAC news and rumors gathered across the web. Latest SPAC News: Palihapitiya blames Fed for crushing the blank-check bubble, and Hong Kong is set to regain top-three IPO ranking in 2022 SPAC king Chamath Palihapitiya says the Fed crushed the bubble in blank-check firms...
PHP Ventures Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: PPHP) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with ConstrucTech company Modulex Modular Buildings Plc (“Modulex”) at a valuation of $600 million. UK-based Modulex manufactures 3D volumetric steel modular buildings and harnesses emerging technologies to meet housing and infrastructure needs. The combined company is expected to trade on the...
7GC & Co. (NASDAQ:VII) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with video engagement platform Banzai at an enterprise value of $380 million, or 17.3x its revenue in the 12 months ending in September 2022. Bainbridge Island, Washington-based Banzai provides a suite of virtual event management and analytical tools through a software-as-a-surface (SaaS) model....