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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

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