Quartzsea (NASDAQ:QSEAU) has filed for a $60 million SPAC and is the latest to include contingencies on its underwriter fees to better align its interests with the target of a potential business combination. Underwriter SPAC Advisory Partners, which is a division of Kingswood Capital Partners, has capped its entire 4.0% deferred commission to any amounts...
Blue Water III (NASDAQ:BLUWU) has filed for a $200 million SPAC to follow up on the healthcare-focused sponsor’s 2021 pharmaceutical deal. This new SPAC is set to have 1/2 warrants in its units with no overfunding of its trust and a solid 24 months to complete a business combination. It is the third new S-1...
CCIS Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:CCACU) has filed for a $60 million SPAC that would bring a fresh new underwriter to the market in the smaller range of the spectrum. This is the first SPAC IPO filing by underwriter Benjamin Securities Inc. as left lead, although it served as co-manager for Plum IV‘s (NASDAQ:PLMKU) January 15 IPO...
It’s been an active week for Cohen & Company having filed four new SPACs in less than a week. Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:CHACU) is the latest Cohen IPO filing and shows the former Osprey team as sponsors. Name changes for teams have been a trend for the past year or so and feels a...
Harvard Ave Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ:HAVAU) has filed for a $250 million SPAC in a deal that significantly nudges upwards the prominence of D. Boral in the 2025 SPAC market to-date. Early 2025 filing activity has brought out some of the most biggest underwriters in SPACs, but, with Harvard Ave, the title of largest proposed SPAC...
UY Scuti (NASDAQ:UYSCU) has filed for a $50 million SPAC to search for a middle market target using the team’s largely China-based network of contacts. This is so far the smallest offering ask of any SPAC filing this year and in fact no other team has sought to form a SPAC smaller than $55 million since...
Texas Ventures Acquisition III Corp. (NASDAQ:TVACU) became the third SPAC to file for an IPO with Cohen & Company in a row Monday morning, but it has some distinct differences from its cousin SPACs on terms. While Cohen’s other recent pair Real Asset Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:RAAQU) and Digital Asset Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:DAAQU) have initially asked...
Goldman Sachs veteran Peter Ort headlines two new SPACs that filed for IPOs Friday in Real Asset Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:RAAQU) and Digital Asset Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:DAAQU), which collectively sport some of the most team-friendly terms yet seen in 2025. Both new SPACs have 1/4 warrants in their units and no rights, bringing a level of...
Rithm Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:RAC.U) has filed for a $200 million SPAC with a loaded room of underwriters to hunt down a target in financial services or real estate. The Rithm team has driven aggressive terms for the sponsor’s first SPAC with the help of a deep-pocketed backer and the trio of Citigroup, BTIG and USB...
Fifth Era Acquisition Corp I (NASDAQ:FERAU) has filed for a $200 million SPAC to potentially make another run at a blockchain or crypto transaction after the team’s first attempt fell short of sealing a deal. The new SPAC is offering investors a right to a 1/10 share in each unit, but it is not overfunded...