We spoke with Stuart Landesberg, Founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative (NYSE:GROV). Grove produces a line of sustainable and plastic-free home and personal care goods and it closed a $1.5 billion combination with Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. ...READ MORE
This week, we speak with Jan-Christopher Nugent, Co-Founder and CEO of Nogin and Jon Huberman, Chairman, CEO and CFO of Software Acquisition Group Inc. III (Nasdaq: SWAG). The two announced a $658 million combination agreement in February of 2022. ...READ MORE
This week we speak with Scott Ford, CEO and Co-Founder of Westrock Coffee.
Westrock entered into a $1.1 billion combination agreement with Riverview Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: RVAC) in April of 2022, and has grown into the #1 wholesale provider of coffee and tea to US restaurants. ...READ MORE
Breeze Holdings Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:BREZ) announced late this afternoon that it has mutually terminated its combination with space logistics firm D-Orbit.
Tellingly, Breeze and D-Orbit cited market conditions as the reason for termination, which has become a common refrain for the SPAC market. ...READ MORE
This week, we speak with Dr. Denis Phares, CEO of Dragonfly Energy and Jonas Grossman, CEO and President of Chardan NexTech Acquisition 2 Corp. (Nasdaq: CNTQ). The two announced a $501 million combination agreement in May. ...READ MORE
It’s one thing to negotiate with a target company, but quite another when you have to negotiate with your own team. For Anzu Special Acquisition Corp. I (NASDAQ:ANZU), which filed an 8-K this afternoon, it appears that internal disagreements in regards to strategy have resulted in the loss of their CFO, General Counsel & Secretary, Chairman of the Board, and a Director, all of which have resigned. ...READ MORE
This week, we speak with Anil Mathews, Founder and CEO of Near.
Near announced a $754 million combination agreement with KludeIn I Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: INKA), in May of this year. ...READ MORE
Quantum Fintech Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:QFTA), filed an 8-K this afternoon laying out a potential battle regarding their business combination with TradeStation. This is oddly reminiscent of Dune’s current battle with TradeZero, including even the selling company names. ...READ MORE
We spoke with Jim Zukin, the CEO & Chairman of Zukin Certification Services, and former Co-Founder of Houlihan Lokey, about his new product – the Reasonable Basis Review, or “RBR”. ...READ MORE
This week, we speak with Kirk Taylor, President and CFO of American Acquisition Opportunity Inc. (Nasdaq: AMAO).
It announced a $97 million combination agreement with Royalty Management Corporation in June.
Royalty Management has pulled together a range of unique financing deals that give it royalties on business activities ranging from water treatment utilities to coal exploration and land renewal. ...READ MORE
Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. (NYSE: DNA), the cell programming company which previously combined with Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp. in September of 2021, announced this morning that it would be buying the biotech company Zymergen (Nasdaq: ZY), in an all-stock transaction. ...READ MORE
This week, we speak with Zvi Schreiber, CEO of Freightos, and Ezra Gardner, CEO of Gesher I Acquisition Corp.
The two companies entered into a $436 million business combination last month. ...READ MORE
Dune Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:DUNE), which previously launched a lawsuit against its combination partner TradeZero, while Dune’s Board also recommended shareholders vote against this deal, is nonetheless rejecting TradeZero’s termination of their merger agreement. ...READ MORE
This week, we will be speaking with Voltus CEO Gregg Dixon. Voltus entered into a $822 million combination agreement with Broadscale Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: SCLE), in December of 2021.
Voltus runs software that allows customers to manage their distributed energy resources in a way that both monetizes the energy they have stored and reduces the strain on the wider grid. ...READ MORE
In a usual move this afternoon, Gobi Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: GOBI) filed a proxy for a shareholder vote, but it’s not to extend its deadline. Instead, Gobi intends to shrink its timeline so it can liquidate early. ...READ MORE
This week, we speak with Nic Radford, Founder and CEO of Nauticus Robotics and Eli Spiro, CEO of CleanTech Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: CLAQ).
The two announced a $377 million dollar combination agreement in December of 2021. ...READ MORE
This week, we speak with Andre Frederico, general manager for Latin American data firm Semantix and Rafael Steinhauser, co-founder and CEO of Alpha Capital Acquisition Company (Nasdaq: ASPC).
Semantix entered into an $693 million dollar combination agreement with Alpha Capital Acquisition Company in November 2021. ...READ MORE
We finally got a new amendment to Bill Ackman’s previously filed Pershing Square SPARC Holdings, allowing us to see the latest iteration of his “new and improved” SPARC product.
If you recall, the first iteration of the SPARC was debuted last summer when Ackman announced his deal with Universal Music Group (“UMG”). ...READ MORE
This week, we speak with Garrett Smallwood, CEO of Wag. Wag entered into an $350 million dollar combination agreement with CHW Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: CHWA) in February. It has created a marketplace for connecting pet owners to dog-walkers and other pet services near them that works like Uber, except for our furry friends. ...READ MORE