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Latest SPAC News: Betsy Cohen’s new SPAC plans to raise $220 million and EQRx partners with Abdul Latif Jameel Health
Betsy Cohen’s new SPAC aims to raise $220 million via U.S. IPO
FTAC Emerald Acquisition Corp, backed by banking and fintech entrepreneur Betsy Cohen, said on Monday it plans to raise up to $220 million through an IPO in the United States.
The blank-check company, known earlier as Emerald ESG Acquisition Corp, is offering 22 million units at $10 each, it said in a filing.
READEQRx Announces Partnership Agreement with Abdul Latif Jameel Health to Commercialize Lead Oncology Programs in Middle East, Turkey, and Africa
EQRx, a new type of pharmaceutical company committed to developing and delivering important new medicines to patients at radically lower prices, today announced a strategic collaboration agreement with Abdul Latif Jameel Health, part of international diversified family business Abdul Latif Jameel.
Through the agreement, Abdul Latif Jameel Health will become EQRx’s regulatory and commercial partner for aumolertinib and sugemalimab, if approved, in selected markets throughout the Middle East region, as well as in Turkey and all of Africa.
In August 2021, EQRx announced a proposed combination with CM Life Sciences III (Nasdaq: CMLTU) to accelerate its growth.
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News and Rumors PR: Bannix (NASDAQ:BNIX) has provided more information on the combination with VisionWave that it announced yesterday, specifying that the imaging technology that VisionWave will acquire from GBT Technologies will primarily seek out applications in military combat scenarios and geological surveys. PR: Grove Collaborative (NYSE:GROV), which combined with Virgin Group II in June...
At the SPAC of Dawn Fed Chair Jerome Powell has given new hints that the administration would be showing greater levels of comfort with inflation if a cut could help improve unemployment numbers. Those numbers could get an update today at 8:30 am ET to bring new jobless claims as well as final prices for...
News and Rumors CNBC: Former WeWork (OTC Pink:WEWKQ) founder Adam Neumann has offered to buy back control of the company for $500 million but has yet to secure the necessary financing. WeWork went public with BowX in October 2021. PR: Satellite telecom firm Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR) has signed an agreement to build and launch two...
Bannix (NASDAQ:BNIX) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with VisionWave Technologies for $30 million. The combined company is expected to trade on the Nasdaq once the deal is completed with an initial outside date of September 14. Transaction Overview Bannix has about $17 million in its trust after seeing 77.4% of its shares...
At the SPAC of Dawn Much of the attention yesterday was on tracking the swings of the newly-completed Trump Media (NASDAQ:DJT) deal with the FT going as far to suggest it may “make SPACs great again.” Not all of the day’s data points were on the positive side of the ledger, however. IB Acquisition Corp....