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Post-SPAC space firms redoubling efforts to attract institutional investor
Three space companies that went public two years ago are seeking ways to build credibility with large institutional investors that have started dipping toes into the deflated market.
Launch vehicle and spacecraft developer Rocket Lab, space technology provider Redwire, and Earth observation operator BlackSky started trading shares within weeks of each other after their 2021 merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), a financial tool offering a fast-track to stock markets. […]
Redwire’s Baliff also highlighted current confusion among investors over which companies will survive the downturn and those with business models that work.
Generally, if a company listed at $10 and is now trading at $5, “you’re kind of viewed as a survivor,” he said, “you’re going to make it. If you’re below $1 … it’s teetering on investors being able to just give you any capital, and between one and five, you know, it just depends on the day.”
READVista Equity Reportedly Shopping Genius Sports Competitor
Citing unidentified sources with knowledge of the matter, Bloomberg reported the news earlier Thursday. It’s not clear what Vista Equity’s timeline is for divesting Stats Perform nor were potential suitors or sales prices mentioned. The company uses artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies to provide sports-related data to media and gaming companies, among other clients.
Vista acquired Stats in 2014 from FOX Sports and the Associated Press. It was merged with Perform in 2019 after Texas-based Vista invested in DAZN. Through that deal, the buyer gained access to Opta, RunningBall and Watch&Bet.
Competitors include Genius Sports (NYSE:GENI) and Sportradar (NASDAQ:SRAD), which have market values of $1.25 billion and $3.20 billion, respectively. It remains to be seen if that range provides some template for Stats Perform’s ultimate sale price. Genius Sports went public in a merger with dMY II in April 2021.
READArmada Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ:AACIU) announced the pricing of its $200 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “AACIU”, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. The new SPAC aims to combine with a target company in the financial services (“FinTech”), Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”), or generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) industries...
LightWave (NASDAQ:LWACU) has filed for a $150 million SPAC with a team of technology specialists and a Board that has advised many SPACs in the CF series. The new SPAC breaks a streak of seven straight new S-1s filed for vehicles with rights and no warrants in their units. LightWave’s units are to each contain...
SPACInsider contributor Henrique Santa Rosa this week compiled his three favorite potential SPAC targets among potential targets in Brazil. We look at why they are compelling and why each could be a fit for a blank-check merger. Brazil is both South America’s largest economy and most populous, making it a ripe target for SPACs. But,...
At the SPAC of Dawn Welsbach Technology Metals (OTC:WTMA) have given some extra reading material for shareholders ahead of its vote to approve its combination with Evolution Metals next month in the form of the duo’s first investor presentation for the deal. The presentation details Evolution’s plan to build up a rare earth processing facility...
At the SPAC of Dawn A busy week of Fed speaking engagements is set to follow this week after Moody’s late Friday downgrade of US debt, which has left markets in the red through the weekend. SPACs may dodge some of the early fallout from the from the switch from AAA to AA1, as none...