Posts by Nicholas Alan Clayton
2025-10-07 at 8:25am
At the SPAC of Dawn The shutdown has continued to be an open door for SPACs as another team priced its IPO after hours yesterday. Cohen & Company has kept things coming on the new issuance front with BOA II's (NASDAQ:THEOU) S-1 for a $200 million IPO hitting EDGAR at about the same time. ...
2025-10-06 at 5:07pm
Lake Superior Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:LKSPU) announced the pricing of its $100 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "LKSPU", Tuesday, October 7, 2025. ...
2025-10-06 at 1:08pm
Quantumsphere (NASDAQ:QUMS) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with gaming and ecommerce firm SACH at a pre-money equity value of $300 million. Singapore-based SACH provides customer engagement tools based on metaverse spaces and events. ...
2025-10-06 at 8:21am
At the SPAC of Dawn This is a busy week for SPAC business with two completion votes on Tuesday's docket and six extension votes sprinkled throughout the week. The next five days is also set to see a smattering of Fed comments, but key economic indicators like jobless claims that were anticipated for Thursday may be further delayed by the government shutdown. ...
2025-10-03 at 3:53pm
Karbon Capital (NASDAQ:KBONU) has filed for a $300 million SPAC with a political celebrity at the top of the org chart and a focus on finding an energy infrastructure target. Joe Manchin, who led a long political career topped off by 15 years as a US senator, chairs the SPAC and no doubt lends a deep network and a fair amount of industry access to the team's efforts. ...
2025-10-03 at 1:02pm
Vernal Capital (NASDAQ:VECAU) has filed for a $60 million SPAC to bring forward another Asia-based team with experience in the insurance and crypto industries. The new SPAC is offering investors one right to a 1/10 share in each unit and it is not overfunding its trust but will have to make contributions to it in order to extend beyond its initial 18-month transaction deadline. ...
2025-10-03 at 8:21am
At the SPAC of Dawn The Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report that would have ordinarily kicked off market action today will have to wait for another time as the shutdown will delay its release. ...
2025-10-02 at 3:42pm
RF II (NASDAQ:RFAI) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with Nanyang Biologics at a $1.5 billion pre-money equity value. Singapore-based Nanyang is developing a series of cancer treatments and investigating others through its AI-powered drug discovery platform. ...
2025-10-02 at 12:42pm
Mountain Lake (NASDAQ:MLAC) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with crypto treasury firm Avalanche at a pro forma $592 million equity value. Avalanche manages the AVAX token, which is used as a blockchain payment tool in Web3, gaming and credit applications. ...
2025-10-02 at 8:23am
At the SPAC of Dawn While things may be grinding to a halt with the US federal government, the shutdown has served so far as an accelerator for SPAC business. In addition to the four new SPAC S-1s filed, the market has seen five SPAC IPOs since the start of the week and now three deal announcements. ...