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
This week we are speaking with Nate Morris, Founder and CEO of Rubicon, the “Uber” of trash collection. Rubicon entered into an $1.7 billion deal with Founder SPAC in December.
Rubicon is bringing digitization to a sector that has long resisted change in waste management. We ...READ MORE
We don’t typically post Op Eds, but a buy-side individual who has been investing in SPACs since 2003 approached us wanting to offer their own perspective on the current SEC proposal. ...READ MORE
This week we will be speaking with Roger Dahle, Founder and CEO of Blackstone Products, which signed a $900 million combination agreement with Ackrell SPAC Partners I in December.
Blackstone has channeled the power of TikTok to popularize its line of outdoor griddles and found ways to capture efficiencies by vertically integrating its supply chain in China. We ...READ MORE
Many times over the past few years there have been instances where we’ve wished we had access to our own database of Traditional IPOs. ...READ MORE
This week we speak with Prasad Gundumogula, CEO of Mondee, and ITHAX CEO, Orestes Fintiklis.
Mondee entered into an $842 million combination agreement with ITHAX Acquisition Corporation in December 2021. It sells excess inventory in the travel and hospitality industries to closed groups within its network, while also managing a meaningful swath of travel-related marketing space. ...READ MORE
This afternoon, Pershing Square SPARC Holdings, which is the affiliate of Pershing Square Tontine Holdings (NYSE: PSTH), put out a press release stating they intend to withdraw their proposed amendment to the New York Stock Exchanges listing rules that would have allowed SPARC warrants, or “SPARs”, to trade on the NYSE. ...READ MORE
This week, we will be speaking with Alan Baratz, CEO of D-Wave, and DPCM Capital Chairman and CEO Emil Michael.
D-Wave has developed quantum computing machines that are already powering cloud-based applications to solve business problems today. ...READ MORE