This week, we return to another episode from 2021, when we spoke with Will Marshall, Co-founder and CEO of Planet Labs (NYSE:PL). Planet provides data services drawn from its fleet of about 200 satellites that generate a complete image of the earth’s surface every day. It just celebrated its first quarter of EBITDA profitability, but at...
In this SPACInsider Podcast Replay, we go back to 2021, when we spoke with Chris Urmson, CEO and Chairman of autonomous truck technology firm Aurora (NASDAQ:AUR). At the time, Aurora was working to close its $10 billion business combination with Reinvent Technology Y. Chris laid out how the company planned to approach the commercialization of...
This week, in a special edition of the SPACInsider Podcast, we focus on the private markets with PM Insights founder and CEO Nick Fusco. Nick weighs in with his thoughts on the major trends shaping private market valuations today and how the market has evolved since the pandemic years. Plus, how difficult is it to...
Quantum computing has been one of the hottest investment topics in the past two months and three of the leading listed companies in the space are de-SPACs. But, how close is quantum computing to generating real value and what capabilities are still years away? This week, we speak with Alan Baratz, CEO of D–Wave (NYSE:QBTS), which...
In this special follow-up edition of the SPACInsider Podcast, we check back in with Dimitre Genov, Ed Kovary, and Nick Skibo, who last joined us at the end of Q3 2024, to assess the state of the SPAC market in 2025 and the key dynamics shaping the landscape. Our panel brings together perspectives from across...
AI assistance is finding its way into an increasing number of corners of the market, and the industrial supply chain is an area that could use help the most. This week, we speak with Ed Nabrotzky, CEO of industrial technology firm Dot Ai. Dot Ai announced a $130 million combination with ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition Corp. (OTC:SUAC) in March...
Innovation in gene therapies is hard, but also potentially ground-breaking and biotechnology firm Medera is taking its decades-long journey in the space to the public markets just as hits its next steps in the clinical process. This week, we speak with Medera CEO Ronald Li, and Kenneth Wong, CEO and Chairman of Keen Vision Acquisition Corp. The two...
This week, we speak with Betsy Cohen and Maxwell Smeal from the Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp. I team to get their views on the current SPAC landscape. Betsy Cohen is already a well-known figure in SPAC circles for having previously led the Fintech Acquisition and FTAC SPACs. Betsy and Max discuss the past, present and...
This week, we speak with Will Gray, co-Founder and CEO of New Era Helium and John Lipman, co-CEO and co-Chairman of Roth CH Acquisition V Co. (NASDAQ:ROCL). The two announced a business combination in January that would see New Era become a unique stock representing a resource that is not trading like most other commodities. Most...
This week, the SPACInsider Podcast delves into some of the tax and accounting issues that SPAC teams should be considering as we approach both the Presidential election and the end of 2024. Mark Deters and Ryan Bixenman, partners at WithumSmith+Brown, join us to help break it all down. For example, what does it mean for...