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Latest SPAC News: Sportradar files for IPO following SPAC flop, SomaLogic and Twist Bioscience announce partnership to create novel antibodies, and Swvl buys on-demand bus service Shotl
Sportradar Files for U.S. IPO After SPAC Merger Flops
Sports data provider Sportradar Group AG has filed for an IPO in the U.S. after merger talks with a SPAC collapsed.
The company, based in St. Gallen, Switzerland, in its filing Tuesday with the U.S. SEC listed the size of offering as $100 million, a placeholder that will likely change. Sportradar had held talks with Horizon Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE:HZAC), a blank-check company started by Eldridge Industries co-founder Todd Boehly.
READSomaLogic And Twist Bioscience Corporation Announce Partnership To Discover Novel Therapeutic Targets and Antibodies
CM Life Sciences II (NASDAQ: CMIIU) and proteomics technology leader SomaLogic, Inc. and Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today announced a collaboration aimed at creating novel antibodies and enabling innovative drug discovery based on key disease biomarkers.
The collaboration will allow Twist to use the SomaScan® Platform to quickly identify antibodies against targets resulting from SomaLogic’s industry-leading 7,000-plex assay, believed to be one of the broadest views of the proteome available.
READSwvl Buys On-Demand Bus Service Shotl
Dubai-based transport startup Swvl has agreed to buy Shotl, an Uber-like service for bus and van operators that caters to municipalities, corporations and educational institutions, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Swvl last month agreed to merge with blank check firm Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, setting the stage for a Nasdaq listing in the fourth quarter of this year.
READPlanet And Google Cloud Partner To Bring Planetary-Scale Satellite Data Analysis To Governments and Enterprises
Under a new agreement, Google Cloud will collaborate with Planet to create joint solutions that combine Planet’s high-frequency Earth observation data with Google Cloud’s cloud-based infrastructure to enable better data-driven decision-making.
Last month, Planet entered into a definitive merger agreement with dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV (NYSE:DMYQ), a SPAC, to become a publicly-traded company.
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Indigo Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:INACU) announced the pricing of its $100 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “INACU”, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. The new SPAC plans to combine with an established, profitable company whose growth potential can benefit from its team’s expertise. Indigo’s management team is...
After a quiet June, July is set to be active throughout the month with nine de-SPACs and sponsors coming unlocked from their trading restrictions. This timing is most fortuitous for insurance investor Abacus Life (NASDAQ:ABL) and East Resources, which took it public in 2023, as it is the best performer of this group of companies...
Pyrophyte II (NYSE:PAII.U) has filed for a $175 million SPAC to dig for a natural resources target while the team’s first deal remains pending. The new SPAC is offering investors 1/2 warrants in each unit and it will have 24 months to complete a business combination without asking shareholders for an extension. It is the...
At the SPAC of Dawn The last day of the quarter is to play host to a pair of shareholder votes and a possible pricing of Indigo‘s (NASDAQ:INACU) $100 million IPO. This week is also to play host to fresh jobs numbers just before the long July 4 weekend. Black Hawk (NASDAQ:BKHA) was also one...
Terms Tracker for the Week Ending June 27, 2025 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. June continued its late-month rally with another five SPAC IPOs pricing this week, bringing the monthly total to 10 and the 2025 year-to-date count to...