News and Rumors
- SpaceNews: Boeing (NYSE:BA) has sued Virgin Galactic (NASDAQ:SPCE) alleging the space tourism venture refused to pay $25 million it owed for design work and violated Boeing’s intellectual property rights. Virgin Galactic combined with Social Capital Hedosophia in 2019.
- Bloomberg: The most popular options contract for Trump Media (NASDAQ:DJT) predicts it to plunge down to $2.50 in the coming weeks, although this could be a means of hedging as the buzzy company spends its first few weeks as a public company after closing with Digital World.
- TechCrunch: A former executive at Nextdoor (NYSE:KIND), which combined with Khosla II in November 2021, has raised $25.5 million for a venture aiming to roll up HVAC service providers.
Scheduling Notes
- LAMF Global I (NASDAQ:LGVC) intends to adjourn its Thursday vote to complete its combination with Nuvo and reconvene it at 11 am ET April 1.
At the SPAC of Dawn After an up-and-down week on the market, all eyes are set to be glued to this morning’s Consumer Price Index readouts for signs of where the Fed might take its rate-cut strategy. US exchanges had a slightly positive day in reaction to Core PPI coming in at 0.1% for December...
Ribbon Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:RIBBU) announced the pricing of its $50 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “RIBBU”, Wednesday, January 15, 2025. The new SPAC intends to take a generalist approach in searching for a business combination, but will not consider targets located in China. Ribbon’s...
Plum Acquisition Corp. IV (NASDAQ:PLMKU) announced the pricing of its $150 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “PLMKU”, Wednesday, January 15, 2025. The new SPAC intends to take a broad approach in searching for a business combination that leverages its team’s global network of contacts....
At the SPAC of Dawn It has clearly taken some time for SPACs to break out from their niche, but SPACs and de-SPACs are suddenly everywhere in current events. As the Russian invasion of Ukraine drags on, one of the most prolific SPAC teams has stepped forward with a letter of intent to take Ukraine’s...
Live Oak Acquisition Corp. V (NASDAQ:LOKVU) has filed for a $200 million IPO that brings another serial SPAC team back to the mix for a generalist search but with a pair of technology deals already in their pocket. The new S-1 also puts Santander on the board for the 2025 SPAC market after it made...