Below is a daily summary of links to the latest SPAC news and rumors gathered across the web.
Donald Trump values his nascent media company at less than $30 million, a stark discount to the more than $1 billion valuation implied by investors who piled into the blank check that’s hoping to bring the firm public.
The former president said Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., which is going public through a SPAC merger with Digital World Acquisition Corp.(NASDAQ:DWAC), is worth $5 million to $25 million, according to a financial disclosure filed late Friday with the Federal Election Commission.
READFormer Representative and Truth Social CEO, Devin Nunes calls out SEC Chairman Gary Gensler for slow walking the approval that’s still needed for the Truth Social SPAC deal: “You have three people that are clearly involved in this transaction, or non-transaction, trying to basically kill our ability to have access to the public markets.”
READDominic Perks has left Hambro Perks, the VC firm he co-founded a decade ago. The company confirmed to Investment Week Perks is no longer working at the business, but no reason for his exit was provided,
Hambro Perk’s special purpose acquisition company HPAC told investors on 14 April Perks had resigned as a director with immediate effect.
HPAC was London’s first SPAC, launched in November 2021, following the UK government’s removal of trading suspensions on SPACs after they confirmed a deal.
READLakeview RNG, a wholly owned subsidiary of NEXT Renewable Fuels (“NEXT”), has acquired assets associated with the Red Rock Biofuels development in Lake County, OR effective Friday, April 14, 2023. Lakeview RNG is commencing a redevelopment plan focused on completing construction of certain aspects of the site while replacing or enhancing others. When complete, the Lakeview RNG facility is expected to be capable of converting forest waste into renewable natural gas (“RNG”) and clean hydrogen.
NEXT announced its $530 million business combination with Industrial Tech II (NASDAQ:ITAQ) in November 2022.
READFG Merger Corp. (NASDAQ:FGMC) provides retail investors access to a security that has historically only been available to institutions. Retail investors will be able to invest in a publicly-traded company with a unique asymmetric structure, and they’ll be able to do that straight through their regular brokerage accounts.
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Trajectory Alpha (NYSE:TCOA) announced in an 8-K this morning that it has opted to postpone its June 8 extension vote to June 12 at 10 am ET. The SPAC will use this extra time to engage with shareholders at work to reverse redemption decisions. Trajectory Alpha’s team may still be getting acquainted with some major...
Tracking SPACs and all of their various types of “corporate actions” can be challenging. After all, a SPAC can postpone, adjourn, extend, complete, liquidate early, do a tender offer, and in some cases, one SPAC do all of those actions within its lifespan. Naturally, this can be challenging to manage. More importantly, it can very...
Below is a daily summary of links to the latest SPAC news and rumors gathered across the web. Latest SPAC News: Byju skips payment on dollar loan and HNR affirms intent to purchase equity interests of Pogo Resources High-Flying Indian Startup Byju’s Skips Payment on Dollar Loan One of India’s best-known startups has skipped payment...
Avalon Acquisition Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAC) announced in an 8-K this morning that it has entered into a prepaid forward purchase agreement with RiverNorth SPAC Arbitrage Fund, the purchaser, as it works to close its combination with financial services firm The Beneficient Company, or Ben. As part of the agreement, RiverNorth agreed to effect certain purchases of shares...
Blue Ocean (NASDAQ:BOCN) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with digital media company TNL Mediagene at a pre-money enterprise value of $275 million. TNL Mediagene holds the Japanese licenses for a number digital media properties as well as Taipei-based The News Lens. The combined company Is expected to trade on the Nasdaq once...
