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Latest SPAC News: Gogoro unveils swappable solid state battery for electric vehicles, Snoop Dogg joins Faze Clan’s board of directors, and ex-Tesla lawyer gets $30M to join Luminar
Gogoro Unveils World’s First Swappable Solid State Battery Prototype for Electric Vehicles
Gogoro® Inc., a global technology leader in battery swapping ecosystems that enable sustainable mobility solutions for cities, today announced the world’s first solid-state lithium ceramic battery prototype for two-wheel battery swapping. Jointly developed by Gogoro and ProLogium Technology, a global leader in solid state battery technology, the new Gogoro solid state battery prototype integrates with Gogoro’s existing vehicles and swapping network.
Poema Global Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:PPGH) entered into a definitive agreement to combine with electric vehicle (EV) battery re-charger Gogoro in September.
READSnoop Dogg to Join Faze Clan’s Board of Directors And Becomes Newest Talent Member
FaZe Clan, Inc. the digitally native lifestyle and media platform rooted in gaming and youth culture, announced today that the entertainment icon, avid gamer, and owner of Death Row Records, Snoop Dogg will become a member of FaZe Clan’s talent network and, upon closing of the previously announced business combination with B. Riley Principal 150 Merger Corp. (NASDAQ: BRPM), will join FaZe Clan’s board of directors.
READEx-Tesla Top Lawyer Gets $30 Million to Join Startup Luminar
Luminar Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:LAZR) gave its new chief legal officer Alan Prescott nearly $30 million in total compensation last year to lure him away from Tesla Inc.
Prescott, a former safety engineer and in-house lawyer at Ford Motor Co., served as senior counsel for autonomous vehicles at Uber Technologies Inc. prior to joining Tesla in 2017. He became acting general counsel and corporate secretary for Elon Musk’s electric automaker in late 2019.
Luminar is a laser sensor startup backed by billionaire Peter Thiel that went public in 2020 by merging with Gores Metropoulos.
READMeesho IPO: SPAC Listing in US Or Public Offering in India on the Cards
Social commerce marketplace Meesho is looking to finalize a location and build a compliance framework by the end of this month, for its public offering planned in the first half of 2023. The Facebook and Softbank-backed company is contemplating choosing from either a public listing in India or a SPAC-listing in the US.
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At the SPAC of Dawn Happy Friday! SPACInsider has unveiled new presets on SPAC Performance accessible via the Data drop-down to easily sort for the highest and lowest performing active SPACs and de-SPACs. On the de-SPAC side, Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) continues to be well ahead of the pack, logging a 710% return by share price adjusted...
AGBA (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...