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...
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...
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...
At the SPAC of Dawn Ever since Digital World announced its combination with Trump Media (NASDAQ:DJT) back in October 2021, it was clear that SPACworld and the Trump show were set to be intertwined for quite some time. And, although not every headline has a bearing on the wider SPAC world, Trump Media’s post-close rise...
At the SPAC of Dawn This week, bookended by the end of Ramadan and the beginning of Passover, could wind up stacked with events to avoid those holiday times, but for now SPACs have scheduled just six extension votes for this stretch. Redwood (NASDAQ:RWOD) and Genesis Growth Tech (OTC:GGAAF) have yet to release results from...
At the SPAC of Dawn As portions of the market rallied suddenly yesterday from Wednesday’s inflation gloom, LiveWire (NYSE:LVWR) was among the surprising gainers. The manufacturer of electric motorcycles that spun out from Harley Davidson in a 2022 SPAC deal with AEA-Bridges has never been among the flashiest EV de-SPACs, but it has quietly provided...
At the SPAC of Dawn Yesterday’s high CPI readings may have dampened hopes of summer rate cuts, but the public markets do seem increasingly content to shoot towards the cosmos in terms of the new types of companies they hope to welcome. SPACs have been a major part of commercial space ventures accessing public capital,...
At the SPAC of Dawn While the dealmaking environment appears to be improving in the US, there are changes afoot down under that could have both positive and negative effects for SPAC deals completed in Australia. The country has hosted five SPAC transactions over the past two years, which has made it a low-key popular...
At the SPAC of Dawn As noted in Monday’s morning roundup, SPAC activity has slowed to start April, but one of today’s votes is notable for a variety of reasons. Screaming Eagle (NASDAQ:SCRM) shareholders are set to vote on the fourth-largest deal by enterprise value that has been announced since the start of 2023. The...
At the SPAC of Dawn The pace of votes has slowed as the calendar turns into the second week of April with three completion and extension votes each. Roth CH (NASDAQ:USCT) is also holding its vote to convert to a non-SPAC shell without a trust. This momentary slowdown isn’t necessarily a sign that the backlog...