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August 20 2020
Horizon Acquisition Corporation Announces Pricing of $500 Million Initial Public Offering
Horizon Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”), a newly incorporated blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 50,000,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit.
www.businesswire.com
August 20 2020
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan to chair $300 million blank-check company: report
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan will serve as chairman of a special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC (also known as a “blank check” company), that is looking to raise about $300 million in an initial public offering, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
www.marketwatch.com
August 19 2020
Mattress Retailer Casper Seeks To Raise $300M For A New SPAC
Mattress retailer Casper Sleep Inc. hopes to raise $300 million for a blank-check company, as shares of the New York-based firm have fallen by nearly 38 percent since its February debut.
www.pymnts.com
August 19 2020
Tech SPAC one prices $200 million IPO at $10
One, a blank check company led by the co-founder of Eventbrite and other industry veterans targeting the tech sector, raised $200 million by offering 20 million units at $10.
www.nasdaq.com
August 18 2020
Forum Merger III Corporation Announces Pricing of $250,000,000 Initial Public Offering
Forum Merger III Corporation (the “Company”) announced today that it priced its initial public offering of 25,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit. The units will be listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) and trade under the ticker symbol “FIIIU” beginning August 19, 2020.
www.globenewswire.com
August 18 2020
Venture investor Kevin Hartz targets tech founders with blank-check firm
Blank-check acquisition company one, backed by ticketing site Eventbrite Inc (EB.N) founder Kevin Hartz, has started its search for a tech firm to merge with, as it made its stock market debut on Tuesday after raising $200 million.
www.reuters.com
August 18 2020
Wall Street holds the cards as Main Street chases blank-check deal frenzy
Josh Black was looking for the next lucrative deal after scoring a 500% profit in a few weeks by investing in electric truck maker Nikola Corp NKLA.O following the announcement of its merger with a blank-check acquisition company.
www.reuters.com
August 18 2020
Starboard Value Acquisition files to go public as a ‘blank check’ company, to raise $300 million
Starboard Value Acquisition Corp. filed Tuesday to go public as a special purpose acquisition company, or “blank check” company, to raise $300 million.
www.marketwatch.com