Full-Year 2023 SPAC Review
An In-Depth Look at SPAC Activity Throughout the Full Year of 2023
Below is a summary of the 2023 SPAC market.
SPACs finally made it to the end of 2023. It was a challenging year, but one that was marked by a necessary rebalancing of supply and demand. ...READ MORE
SPACInsider 2023 Awards and SPAC Deal of the Year
SPACInsider 2023 Awards
2023 was clearly a challenging year for deal-making, but, it wasn’t all doom and gloom. Within the SPAC ecosystem there were some noteworthy standouts that are worth highlighting. ...READ MORE
Podcast: Omeed Malik, Chairman & CEO of the Colombier SPACs
This week, in a special edition of the SPACInsider Podcast, SPACInsider founder Kristi Marvin speaks with Omeed Malik, Chairman and CEO of the Colombier SPACs.
We asked Omeed what brought him into the SPAC market and how his first SPAC, Colombier I, navigated the rapidly changing market as it closed in on its combination with PublicSquare (NYSE:PSQH). ...READ MORE
Podcast: iLearningEngine’s CEO Harish Chidambaran & Matt Safaii, Chairman/CEO of Arrowroot
This week, we speak with iLearningEngine’s CEO Harish Chidambaran and Matt Safaii, Chairman and CEO of Arrowroot Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: ARRW). The two announced a $1.4 billion deal in April.
AI may be the major buzzword of 2023, but iLearningEngines has been working on AI tools since 2010. ...READ MORE
Podcast: Royalty Management Holdings CFO Kirk Taylor
This week, we get into both sides of a SPAC transaction in the form of Kirk Taylor. He helped steer American Acquisition Opportunity and now serves as CFO of Royalty Management Holdings (Nasdaq: RMCO), with which the SPAC merged in early November. ...READ MORE
Podcast: LatAm Logistics Properties CEO, Esteban Saldarriaga, and two SPAC Chairman, Tom Hennessy
This week, we speak with Esteban Saldarriaga, CEO of LatAm Logistics Properties and Tom Hennessy, Chairman and CEO of the SPAC, two (NYSE: TWOA).
The pair announced a $578 million combination in August. Esteban ...READ MORE
Podcast: X-Energy’s CEO, J. Clay Sell, Discusses Smaller-Reactor Nuclear Power
This week, we speak with J. Clay Sell, CEO of X-energy, which announced a $1.18 billion combination with Ares Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: AAC) in December 2022.
Wind and solar have each seen big booms in adoption in the 21st century due to a mix of technology and incentives aligning at the same time. Could ...READ MORE
C5 Acquisition Corp (CXAC) Sets Up Fight Over Liquidation Payment
C5 Acquisition Corp (NYSE:CXAC) filed an 8-K yesterday tipping off that the Sponsors never made their last extension contribution to the Trust back on September 11. What’s worse, they don’t intend to now that they have announced they are going to liquidate. ...READ MORE
