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November 29 2020
Perella Weinberg close to merger talks with blank-check company: FT
Investment bank Perella Weinberg Partners is in advanced discussions to combine with the blank-check company FinTech Acquisition Corp IV, the Financial Times reported here on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.
www.reuters.com
November 27 2020
Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. Completes $230 Million Initial Public Offering
Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), a blank check company sponsored by Pearl Energy Investment II, L.P. (“Pearl”) and formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, today announced the closing of its initial public offering of 23,000,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit, which includes the exercise in full by the underwriters of their overallotment option to purchase an additional 3,000,000 units.
www.businesswire.com
November 25 2020
Private equity firm’s fintech SPAC Motive Capital files for a $300 million IPO
Motive Capital, a blank check company formed by Motive Partners targeting the fintech sector, filed on Wednesday with the SEC to raise up to $300 million in an initial public offering.
www.renaissancecapital.com
November 25 2020
TMT SPAC Forest Road Acquisition prices upsized $261 million IPO at $10
Forest Road Acquisition, a blank check company formed by Forest Road targeting TMT businesses, raised $261 million by offering 26.1 million units at $10. The company offered 1.1 million more units than anticipated. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one-third of a warrant, exercisable $11.50.
www.nasdaq.com
November 24 2020
Roth Capital’s second SPAC Roth CH Acquisition II files for a $100 million IPO
Roth CH Acquisition II, the second blank check company formed by executives at Roth Capital and Craig-Hallum, filed on Tuesday with the SEC to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering.
www.renaissancecapital.com
November 24 2020
Globis Capital and Chardan’s SPAC Globis Acquisition files for a $100 million IPO
Globis Acquisition, a blank check company formed by Globis Capital Advisors and Chardan Capital Markets targeting economic globalization, filed on Tuesday with the SEC to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering.
www.nasdaq.com
November 24 2020
A SPAC called FLAC? Seattle venture capital firm to launch $100 million ‘blank check’ company
One of Seattle’s biggest and longest active venture capital firms is looking to jump into the SPAC arena. Frazier Healthcare Partners — which has invested in biotechnology companies since 1991 — filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise $100 million for a special purpose acquisition corporation, also known as a SPAC.
www.geekwire.com
November 24 2020
UpHealth, Cloudbreak merge with blank check company in $1.35B deal
The rush of M&A activity in the digital health space continues as a deal involving a blank check company and two virtual care companies has created a new public digital health company.
www.fiercehealthcare.com