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Minute Media and Digitonic consider listing through a SPAC, and Bridgetown 2 is in talks to merge with Property Guru
Digital Ad Startup Minute Media Explores Going Public
Digital advertising company Minute Media is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on a plan to go public as soon as this year.
Minute Media, which owns brands including Mental Floss and the Players’ Tribune website started by former baseball star Derek Jeter, is considering an IPO or a listing through a SPAC.
The company would seek to be valued at more than $1 billion when it lists its shares. It was valued at about $500 million after raising funding last year, according to data provider PrivCo.
READDigitonic Considering IPO or Sale to SPAC
Mobile marketing specialist Digitonic is considering a stock market listing in either the UK or North America and is also actively speaking to a SPAC that could lead to an acquisition of the company.
READTPG-Backed PropertyGuru Eyes $2 Billion Thiel SPAC Deal
Bridgetown 2 Holdings Ltd., the blank-check company backed by Richard Li and Peter Thiel, is in advanced talks to merge with Singapore’s online real estate firm PropertyGuru Pte, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg.
The SPAC has been in discussions with PropertyGuru on the potential deal, which could be announced as soon as next month, and a transaction could value the combined firm at as much as $2 billion, the people said.
READSmart-Lock Startup Latch Rose 4% on First Day of Trading
Smart-lock startup Latch began trading Monday through a SPAC listing that raised $453 million and values the company at over $1.5 billion. The shares, issued through a SPAC run by Tishman Speyer Properties, rose 4% on the first day of trading.
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McKinley Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ:MKLYU) has filed for a $150 million SPAC to hunt for an innovative target company with an experienced financial team that has dabbled in SPACs before. The new SPAC is offering investors one right to a 1/10 share in each unit with no overfunding of the trust, but it could provide a...
At the SPAC of Dawn The rain of SPACs has continued with four expected to make their debuts during today’s trading sessions after pricing their IPOs overnight. The largest of these, EQV Ventures II (NASDAQ:EVACU), even managed an upsize, making it the largest SPAC IPO since Ares II (NYSE:AACT) pulled together $450 million in 2023....
EQV Ventures II (NASDAQ:EVACU) announced the pricing of its upsized $420 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “EVACU”, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. The new SPAC plans to merge with an energy target involved in upstream exploration or production. EQV II’s management team is led by...
Vendome Acquisition Corporation I (NASDAQ:VNMEU) announced the pricing of its $200 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “VNMEU”, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. The new SPAC plans to focus its search on target business in the consumer sector operating in North America, Southeast Asia, and Europe....
Origin Investment Corp. I (NASDAQ:ORIQU) announced the pricing of its $60 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “ORIQU”, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. The new SPAC aims to mount a broad search for a target with a strong management and both revenue and earnings growth potential....