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.
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
New Data
Additional Data Points added to database
Sponsor
PIPE
Company Ownership
May 2022
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)
Financial Advisor Dashboard
New Data
Additional Data Points added to database
Registration Withdrawals “RW” and Abandonments were added as SPAC Statuses in the database