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Latest SPAC News: Mondee announces 1Q financials results, returns to positive EBITDA while Prenetics tumbles following Nasdaq debut
Mondee Announces 1Q 2022 Financial Results; Returns to Positive EBITDA, Almost Tripling Net Revenue
Mondee Inc., the high-growth, travel technology company and marketplace, with a portfolio of globally recognized platforms and brands in the leisure and corporate travel sectors, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022. Mondee has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with ITHAX Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: ITHX) that is expected to result in Mondee becoming a publicly listed company on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “MOND”.
Positive Adjusted EBITDA was $2 million, despite January and February negative impact of COVID-19 Omicron variant, an improvement of $6 million as compared to a 1Q21 Adjusted EBITDA loss of $4 million.
Gross revenue of $469 million was up 205% year-over-year as compared to $154 million in the first quarter of 2021.
READHong Kong Biotech Prenetics Tumbles After Nasdaq Debut
Biotech company Prenetics (NASDAQ:PRE) has lost more than one-third of its value since listing on the Nasdaq this week, as the Hong Kong startup’s chief executive warned that a key virus-screening business was set for a steep fall.
Shares in the company, a COVID-19 test provider that helped soccer’s Premier League resume matches, closed at $5.10 in New York on Thursday, down 40% from a high of $8.50 reached on its U.S. trading debut Wednesday.
Prenetics was the first Hong Kong unicorn to list in New York in a merger deal with SPAC Artisan Acquisition, backed by New World Development CEO Adrian Cheng.
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At the SPAC of Dawn On a day when the US markets are closed, there’s always a chance of SPAC actions sliding by as the SEC has left its EDGAR filing system open. Right on cue, Welsbach Technology (NASDAQ:WTMA) filed that it had come to a definitive agreement with battery production technology firm Evolution Metals....
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...