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Release Notes

March 2023

Feature

New Archive Page

  • Added new archive page at /archive/[year]/[month] to easily access articles from a specific month and year
  • Improvement

    Historical Data added to the 13F Investor League Table and the 13F Investor Dashboard

  • Users can now select a Filing Quarter using the filter bar in order to see investments filed in that quarter
  • Filing Quarters range from 2014Q1 to present
  • Note: Selecting more than one Filing Quarter can lead to double-counted values in columns and aggregations
  • February 2023

    Feature

    Calculated table aggregates now available when using the search box

  • Calculators at the bottom of all tables have now been optimized to calculate averages, medians, min, max, sum, etc, based on a keyword in the search field (found in the upper left of the table). This is in addition to the calculator function that currently exists and is based on filters.

    Click on the "calc" button at the bottom of a column within a table to see calculated fields.
  • New Data

    Additional Data Fields added to the Vote Redemptions Preset

  • Ext Vote 1-5 Date: The date of the respective extension vote. For convenience, this column is linked to the extension proxy document.
  • Ext Vote 1-5 Rdmpt Price: The redemption price at the respective vote.
  • New Data

    Additional Data Field added to the Vote Redemptions Preset

  • Completion Vote Redemptions: The number of shares redeemed at the completion vote.
  • January 2023

    Feature

    Added Private Placement League Table

  • The Private Placement League Table can be found in the League Table dropdown.
  • Private Placement funding is broken down into Total, PIPE, Convertible Note, and Convertible Preferred. Use the filter or the preset to choose between the three.
  • New Data

    Additional Data Fields added to the Implied Yield to Maturity (YTM) Preset

  • Maximum Deadline Date: Assumes all extensions have been taken, regardless if the SPAC is extending one month at a time. (Ex. have extended 2 months out of a possible 6 months)
  • Maximum Deadline Implied Cash Per Share: Uses the 'Maximum Deadline Date'
  • YTM Maximum Date: calculates YTM using the 'Maximum Deadline Date' and 'Maximum Deadline Implied Cash per Share'
  • New Data

    Additional Data Field and filter added to the Vote Redemptions Preset and Custom Table

  • Special Status (Acquired, Bankrupt, Delisted, Pending Acquisition, or Reorganization)
  • You can find the field in the Show/Hide Column selector tool by typing 'Special Status' in the search field
  • Feature

    Added SPAC Archive Preset

  • SPAC archive preset can be found in the Custom Table drop-down. This preset mimics the SPAC Archive Table found on the previous version of this website.
  • December 2022

    Improvement

    Added Liquidations Preset

  • Created new preset summarizing liquidation information
  • Added new column "Redemption Value per Share" showing the price at which shares were redeemed at liquidation
  • Feature

    Added release notes

  • ‘Release Notes’ are now available in the user dropdown labeled ‘Release Notes’
  • New Data

    Additional Data Fields added to the Extensions Preset

  • Vote extension time (months)
  • Total time to complete (initial + extensions)
  • Total extension contributions (maximum)
  • Projected EBITDA and actual EBITDA data for 2021 and 2022 added to the Projections preset
  • Separate closing date and liquidation date columns
  • Improvement

    Improved Shareholder Votes Page

  • Added four new columns
  • Type of Proxy/Shareholder Vote
  • Contribution to Trust Pending Vote
  • Current Implied Cash-per-Share
  • Link to relevant proxy
  • Feature

    Added EBITDA Projections Preset

  • Includes Projected EBITDA and Actual EBITDA data for 2021 and 2022 added to the Projections preset
  • November 2022

    New Data

    Additional Data Points added to database

  • Projected and actual revenue for 2022 added to Revenue Projections Preset
  • Warrants in decimal format added to the Universe Preset
  • Transaction costs added to the Universe Preset
  • Feature

    Added Extension Vote Default Preset

  • A new Extensions Preset was added detailing all extensions scheduled (auto extensions) and extensions by shareholder vote
  • Improvement

    New Website Link Transition

  • The newly designed website is now accessible at spacinsider.com
  • The old website is still available at old.spacinsider.com. If you would like to visit the previous SPACInsider version, go to the dropdown listed under your name in the upper right hand corner of the screen
  • October 2022

    New Data

    Additional Data Points added to database

  • You can add these columns to your preset using the “Show/Hide Columns” tool
  • Pro Forma Equity Value
  • Transaction costs
  • Upcoming and Early Liquidation Proxies, Liquidation Announcement dates
  • DeSPAC CIKs
  • Fix

    Excel Download Patch

  • Fixed issue where users were prompted with an error when attempting to download a table to Excel format
  • New Data

    13F Investors

  • Allows users to compare the quarter over quarter investments of investors by SPAC, Investor, Industry, Sub-Industry, etc. 13F investor information is now available in three locations:
  • 13F Investor tab within individual SPAC Profile Pages
  • Feature

    Help Articles (support.spacinsider.com)

  • Page based help articles with video and text instructions
  • Improvement

    Newlook SPACInsider.com (new.spacinsider.com)

  • Legacy site will stay at spacinsider.com for 1 month, and then subsequently be transitioned to old.spacinsider.com.
  • New website interface built on a completely redesigned database located at new.spacinsider.com
  • Legacy site will stay at spacinsider.com for 1 month, and then will subsequently be transitioned to old.spacinsider.com
  • Feature

    New Feature added showing the “Events Timeline” within the individual SPAC profile pages

  • Provides a timeline with links to events in the SPAC’s lifecycle from the filing of the DRS statement through the filing of the resale registration statement
  • September 2022

    Feature

    Funding Table

  • "Added a new Funding Preset to allow users to quickly and easily see the breakdown of funding for each SPAC. Funding is further refined to individual presets for:"
  • New Data

    Additional Data Point added to database

  • Added "Cash Only Trust Accounts" data point
  • July 2022

    New Data

    Additional Data Points added to database

  • Added Current Public SPAC shares (takes into account any shares redeemed at recent shareholder votes)
  • June 2022

    Feature

    Projections Table

  • Added a Projections table
  • New Data

    Additional Data Points added to database

  • Sponsor
  • PIPE
  • Company Ownership
  • Feature

    New Lock-ups Table

  • Added new table to the database highlighting both Sponsor and Company Lock-ups
  • Feature

    New Earnouts Table

  • Added new table to the database highlighting both Sponsor and Company earnouts
  • May 2022

    Feature

    IPOInsider.com Release

  • A new data tool for tracking the Traditional IPO market
  • April 2022

    New Data

    Additional Data Points added to database

  • Added IPO geography, DeSPAC geography, and Domicile fields
  • Sponsor Forfeitures
  • Stock Exchange
  • March 2022

    Feature

    Downloads for Dashboards (Annual Subscribers)

  • Annual subscribers can now download the data from all dashboards
  • February 2022

    Feature

    Related Articles on SPAC Profile Page

  • Added a related articles section to the SPAC Profile page to allow for easy access to relevant news on a specific SPAC
  • January 2022

    Feature

    Terminated Deals Table

  • Added a Terminated Deals table where each terminated deal gets its own row to account for SPACs with multiple terminations
  • Improvement

    Daily Filing Email Redesign

  • Summary of the day’s SEC filing and most recent posts are sent at 7AM and 4PM, Monday through Friday
  • Feature

    Sponsors League Table

  • Added a Serial Sponsor table to allow users to compare and rank sponsors that have completed a minimum of two SPAC combinations
  • December 2021

    New Data

    Additional Data Point added to database

  • SPAC CIKs (unique identifiers)
  • Feature

    SPAC Participant Dashboards

  • Added 5 dashboards showing more information on SPAC deals by participant
  • Underwriter Dashboard
  • PIPE Investor Dashboard
  • Law Firm Dashboard (IPOs)
  • Legal Advisor Dashboard (De-SPACs)
  • New Data

    Additional Data Points added to database

  • Registration Withdrawals “RW” and Abandonments were added as SPAC Statuses in the database