SPACs

Neobank Dave Inc. Targets Acquisitions, Crypto With SPAC Windfall
Neobank Dave Inc. Targets Acquisitions, Crypto With SPAC Windfall
December 13, 2021  |  SPAC

Personal finance startup Dave Inc. will use $450 million it’s expected to raise in its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) to make acquisitions, launch new...

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CompoSecure to Go Public via SPAC Merger With Roman DBDR
CompoSecure to Go Public via SPAC Merger With Roman DBDR
November 30, 2021  |  SPAC

Roman DBDR, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), has announced Dec. 23 as the date for considering a business combination with CompoSecure to take it...

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Bitcoin Miner Griid Infrastructure Could Go Public via SPAC
Bitcoin Miner Griid Infrastructure Could Go Public via SPAC
November 24, 2021  |  SPAC

Bitcoin miner Griid Infrastructure is negotiating with blank-check firm Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp. about a possible special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger that would value...

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Warren Wants SEC to Probe Trump SPAC Deal for Violations
Warren Wants SEC to Probe Trump SPAC Deal for Violations
November 18, 2021  |  SPAC

Sen. Elizabeth Warren pressed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Thursday (Nov. 18) to look into possible securities violations in a proposed special purpose acquisition...

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IPO/SPAC Announcements Get a Boost from Paytm and Presto 
IPO/SPAC Announcements Get a Boost from Paytm and Presto 
November 12, 2021  |  IPO

IPOs and SPAC announcements in the banking sector this year to date have totaled 61, followed by firms that are engaged in transforming the way...

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Mobile Health Services Provider DocGo to Start Trading on Nasdaq
Mobile Health Services Provider DocGo to Start Trading on Nasdaq
November 07, 2021  |  IPO

DocGo, a mobile health services provider, has merged with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), Motion Acquisition Corp., and plans to begin trading on Nasdaq...

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Bakkt to Take Digital Asset Network Public on NYSE
Bakkt to Take Digital Asset Network Public on NYSE
October 17, 2021  |  IPO

Digital asset marketplace Bakkt is going public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Monday (Oct. 18), Decrypt...

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SEC’s Gensler Says Crypto, SPACs Need ‘Investor Protections’
SEC’s Gensler Says Crypto, SPACs Need ‘Investor Protections’
October 05, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

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SPAC Frenzy Fizzles as Redemptions Surge
SPAC Frenzy Fizzles as Redemptions Surge
September 27, 2021  |  SPAC

Redemption rates are rising on investments in special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), a sign that taking startups public this way has seen its heyday, Financial Times...

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