Terms Tracker for the Week Ending April 12, 2024 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. The month of April is still feeling pretty sleepy, but there’s reason to believe that will change relatively soon with some notable events lined up...
SPACs have brought a number of sustainability companies to market, but the economics of carbon credits have always been on the edge of those specific opportunities. Focus Impact Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:FIAC) aims to change that with its $213 million combination with DevvStream, a Canadian company focused on generating carbon credits with proprietary technology-based approaches. This week, we...
In a surprise move, the NYSE has proposed a rule change to its listing standards to allow SPACs to continue listing up to an additional six months beyond the current 36. However, this is only if the SPAC has signed a definitive agreement prior to the 36 month deadline. As background, both the Nasdaq and...
SPAC deals have provided a variety of ways to try and ride the growth in the private aviation space. One of the most successful so far has been to approach it not through the aircraft or sales of flights, but as an infrastructure play. This week, we speak with Francisco Gonzalez, CFO of private hangar operator...
Terms Tracker for the Week Ending April 5, 2024 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. There are slow weeks, and then there are s-l-o-w weeks. This past one being in the latter camp. However, next week promises to be a...
An In-Depth Look at SPAC Activity Through the First Quarter of 2024 Below is a summary of the year-to-date SPAC performance. After a dismal 2023, the first quarter of 2024 truly felt like a “new” year and that perhaps the scales would tilt toward a more risk-friendly market. And for the most part, that has...
Terms Tracker for the Week Ending March 29, 2024 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. This week, SPACs followed the typical pattern leading up to a holiday weekend with a light amount of new issuance news. However, there is the...
IB Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:IBACU) announced the pricing of its $100 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “IBACU”, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The new SPAC will have a broad search focus and will not be limited to a particular geographic region or industry, but believe there...
They say timing is everything and at the end of a week punctuated by two successful traditional IPOs from Astera and Reddit, the sponsor team that announced the CCIV/Lucid deal at the absolute peak of the capital markets insanity that was Q1-2021 dropped their latest new SPAC – Churchill Capital Corp. IX. Is this a...
At the SPAC of Dawn The final week of the month and quarter is set to tie up a number of loose ends as five SPACs are to hold completion votes and five extension votes. Almost half of these have already been postponed or adjourned once and some procrastination into the second quarter remains in...