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August 11 2020
Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. II Announces Pricing of $300 Million Initial Public Offering
Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. II (the “Company”), a blank check company formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 30,000,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit.
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August 10 2020
Hims in talks to merge with Oaktree-backed SPAC
Hims, a telehealth company that offers personal health and wellness products, is in negotiations to go public by merging with blank-check company Oaktree Acquisition, according to Bloomberg.
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August 10 2020
Gores Holdings V, Inc. Completes $525 Million Initial Public Offering
Gores Holdings V, Inc. (the “Company”), a blank check company sponsored by an affiliate of The Gores Group, LLC, a global investment firm founded in 1987 by Alec Gores, and formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock…
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August 07 2020
BowX Acquisition Corp. Announces Closing of $420,000,000 Initial Public Offering
BowX Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) announced today that it closed its initial public offering of 42,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit. The offering resulted in gross proceeds to the Company of $420 million.
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August 07 2020
Cantor’s second SPAC CF Finance Acquisition II files for a $525 million IPO
CF Finance Acquisition II, the second blank check company formed by Cantor Fitzgerald, filed on Friday with the SEC to raise up to $525 million in an initial public offering.
www.renaissancecapital.com
August 07 2020
Holicity Inc. Announces Closing of $275 Million Initial Public Offering
Holicity Inc. (the “Company”) announced the closing today of its initial public offering of 27,500,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit. The units are listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange (NASDAQ) and began trading under the ticker symbol “HOLUU” on August 5, 2020.
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August 07 2020
Fintech SPAC FTAC Olympus Acquisition files for a $750 million IPO
FTAC Olympus Acquisition, the fourth blank check company formed by management of The Bancorp to acquire a fintech busines, filed on Friday with the SEC to raise up to $750 million in an initial public offering.
www.renaissancecapital.com
August 07 2020
The CEO who made one of Silicon Valley’s worst acquisitions wants a $400 million blank check
he blank-check bonanza has already reached mind-boggling heights, but now we seem to have jumped the shark. A preliminary prospectus was filed last week by a company called Burgundy Technology Acquisition Corp. seeking to raise $400 million for a special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC.
www.marketwatch.com