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Latest SPAC News: Elizabeth Warren criticizes BC Partners’ plan to take PetSmart public and U.S. Air Force awards $19.3M contract to Tomorrow.io
Warren Admonishes BC Partners as It Weighs PetSmart SPAC Deal
Senator Elizabeth Warren criticized a reported plan to take BC Partners’ PetSmart public through a blank-check company, saying the deal heightens previous concerns about the retailer and the process.
BC Partners is mulling taking the pet supply retailer public through a SPAC backed by private-equity firm KKR & Co. in a deal valued at $14 billion including debt, Bloomberg reported last month.
READU.S. Air Force Awards $19.3 Million Contract to Tommorrow.io for Spaceborne Weather Data
Tomorrow.io, developer of a leading platform for global weather and climate security, has been awarded a $19.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to develop a constellation of weather satellites that will provide the USAF with three-dimensional global weather and ocean data.
Tomorrow.io previously announced plans to list on Nasdaq through a merger with Pine Technology Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: PTOC). Upon closing, Tomorrow.io’s common stock and warrants are expected to trade on Nasdaq under the new ticker symbols “TMW” and “TMWW”.
READAGBA (NASDAQ:AGBA) stock is up over +90% this morning following a +211% premarket spike on news it has signed a definitive agreement to combine with social streaming video platform Triller. AGBA, the company itself, was formed by the $555 million combination between a SPAC of the same name and TAG Companies, a financial services firm...
At the SPAC of Dawn Since closing its combination with DHC last month, AI customer engagement firm BEN (NASDAQ:BNAI) has rolled out new partnerships with call center and healthcare clients. And, while it faces a fair bit of competition in the chatbot realm, several high-profile institutions have demonstrated that creating one that provides useful services...
Blue Ocean (NASDAQ:BOCN) provided significantly more texture today in the presentation for its $275 million combination with Asian digital media group TNL Mediagene, which it expects to hit profitability in the second half of the year despite a slight shakeup in financing for the transaction. The first big update in the first investor deck is...
At the SPAC of Dawn A brand new market may have just opened up for space de-SPACs as NASA administrator Bill Nelson announced a shift in the agency’s $11 billion program for a mission to return samples from Mars. Rather than rely on the agency’s internal technologies that would be predicted to get a sample...
Overall deal flow between SPACs and biotech firms has slowed over the last year, but some pending FDA changes could breathe new life into particular business models within the space. In particular, the FDA has asked Congress as part of its 2025 Legislative Proposals to eliminate the interchangeability designation for biosimilar medications, claiming the existing...