Below is a daily summary of links to the latest SPAC news and rumors gathered across the web.
Latest SPAC News: Intuitive Machine soars 330%, FaZe Clan drops 20% of its workforce
Space-Exploration Co.’s 330% Jump Shines in Sea of De-SPAC Pain
It’s been a brutal start to the year for companies bold enough to go public through SPAC mergers, but in that sea of red, a space-exploration company stands out as a raging success.
Intuitive Machines Inc. (NASDAQ:LUNR), which debuted earlier this week, has soared 330% to $44.77 after more than tripling on Thursday, triggering at least seven halts. The Houston-based company, with the ticker LUNR, is the top performing de-SPAC to start trading this year.
READFaZe Clan reportedly drops 20% of its workforce as stock price plummets
FaZe Clan (NASDAQ: FAZE) has reportedly laid off 20% of its overall workforce as the gaming and online entertainment brand continues to see its stock price plummet in 2023.
Staff members have allegedly been let go at a gradual pace since December, 2022, with the full round of layoffs only just concluded in February, 2023. Workers were seemingly notified at an all-hands meeting earlier this week.
Electric Vehicle Makers Eye SPAC Stock Fixes in Delaware Hearing
Marathon hearings begin Monday in a Delaware court where more than 20 businesses seek retroactive validation for common stock issued as part of a blank-check merger with a shell entity.
Most of the companies say they may have issued millions of shares without stockholder authorization—in some cases hundreds of millions—after misreading, or getting bad legal advice about, an obscure statutory provision. Now they face uncertainty about their capital structure, with potentially chaotic consequences for the status of their stock and shareholders.
Billionaire Bill Foley Accused of Pushing ‘Horrific’ SPAC Deal
Billionaire businessman Bill Foley—a prolific dealmaker who owns two professional sports teams—is facing investor litigation over claims he made a killing steering a shell company into a “horrific” blank-check merger with Paysafe Ltd.
An investor sued Foley and other architects of the transaction Thursday, claiming they were motivated to engineer the catastrophic deal by the capital structure of Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II, which stood to give them a huge windfall from any merger, even a bad one.
Pyrophyte Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE:PAII.U) announced the pricing of its $175 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the NYSE under the symbol “PAII.U”, Thursday, July 17, 2025. The new SPAC plans to focus its search on companies within the energy sector that constitute critical links in the supply chain of the...
At the SPAC of Dawn Rare earth miner MP Materials (NYSE:MP) was one of the early winners of the 2020 SPAC boom, having picked up momentum following its 2020 deal with Fortress Value. But, the company’s news that it will become a major supplier of battery materials for Apple’s empire of electronic devices has sent...
Solarius Capital Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:SOCAU) announced the pricing of its $150 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “SOCAU”, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. The new SPAC plans to combine with a target in the asset management, wealth management or financial services industries. Solarius Capital’s management team...
Exciting new things are coming for SPACInsider subscribers, and some have already arrived! This summer, SPACInsider is unveiling the SPACInsider Alerts App on iOS with an Android launch soon to follow. The app allows subscribers to stay ahead of the SPAC market with real-time, customizable filing alerts with instant notifications landing the moment that a...
At the SPAC of Dawn Futures are largely green with the CPI reading coming up, and several SPACs and de-SPACs have cause to feel bullish regardless of what the reading states. Pharma and beauty company Longevity Health (NASDAQ:XAGE) announced it will acquire plasma collection firm True Health ahead of market open in news that has...