Gravity Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: GVACU) has filed for a $250 million SPAC with a generalist focus, but with strong ties to Asia and the Middle East. The team is led by CEO Iris Zhao, a Malta citizen based in the UAE who brings the group's prior SPAC experience, having served as COO of Mars Acquisition Corp, which IPO'd in 2023. More
Is risk appetite back? The S&P 500 is back near record highs and the Dow is currently topping 53,000 after a brutal July, and that's usually good news for deSPAC announcements and SPACs in general. More
TCGX Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:TCGX) announced the pricing of its $75 million IPO and its shares are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "TCGX" on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. More
Luminous Acquisition (Nasdaq: LUMIU) has filed for a $105 million SPAC built around the ARC Group investment-banking network. Luminous keeps its mandate broad, planning to search for a target with an enterprise value of $700 million or more in whatever sector best fits its team's background. More
1776 Acquisition Corp (NYSE: SVSX.U) has filed for a $150 million SPAC led by a first-time team with roots in small-cap capital markets and the digital-asset world, casting a wide net across technology-enabled sectors. More
July closed with a cleanup of some of the older vintages of SPACs. Six of the seven SPACs that liquidated in June and July first came public back in 2020 or 2021, and had spent four-plus years on extensions before finally handing cash back to holders. More
Newbridge Acquisition Limited (Nasdaq:NBRG) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with AI and functional water firm Startech Group Inc. in a deal that values the target at a $1 billion base purchase price. More
GX Acquisition Corp. III (NASDAQ:GXTRU) has filed for a $200 million SPAC that brings the serial team behind GX Acquisition Corp. and GX Acquisition Corp. II back to market for a third at-bat, this time focusing on the infrastructure powering the AI boom. More
Bluerock Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq:BLRK) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with enterprise agentic AI firm Yellow.ai at a pre-money equity value of $300 million and a $365.3 million pro forma enterprise value. More
August starts the month with three IPOs on the calendar so far after closing July with 18 deals priced. SPACs are now just nine IPOs away from matching 2024's IPO count of 144 with five more months left in 2026. More
