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Morning SPAC News Roundup: August 12, 2026

SPACs have had a habit of seesawing between deal announcements, new S-1 filings and IPOs dominating the flow. So far, this second week of August has been all about the start of the process with five new S-1s filed since the start of the week. More

Nicholas Alan Clayton·Aug 12

New SPACs: Gores Holding XII, Inc. (GDOZU) and GigCapital10 Corp. (GIA.U) File for IPOs

Gores Holding XII, Inc. Gores XII (NASDAQ:GDOZU) has filed for a $312 million SPAC despite the team already having two other vehicles on the hunt. This latest iteration bears nearly identical terms to Gores XI (NASDAQ:GHXIU) and Gores X (NASDAQ:GTEN) with 1/4 warrants in its units and the ability to automatically extend its 24-month transaction deadline by three months with a signed definitive agreement with a target in hand. More

Nicholas Alan Clayton·Aug 11

New SPACs: Inflection Point VIII (IPHXU), Eaglesky (ESA.U), JATT III (JTTT), Danneskjold and Galt (CPLMU) File for IPOs

Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VIII Inflection Point VIII (NASDAQ:IPHXU) has filed for a $250 million SPAC that would give that prolific team another vehicle as it works to close three pending deals with others. More

Nicholas Alan Clayton·Aug 10

SPAC IPO Terms Tracker: August 7, 2026

Terms Tracker for the Week Ending August 7, 2026 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week's pricings. Five more IPOs priced this week to kick off August and bring the 2026 year-to-date count to 140. More

Kristi Marvin·Aug 8

New SPACs: Southport II (PORT.U), Lucens Capital I (LCNS.U), Rainier (RNAQU) File for IPOs

Southport Acquisition Corp. II Southport II (NYSE:PORT.U) has filed for a $200 million SPAC that will be hunting for a target in the AI technology space. Under that fairly wide umbrella, the Southport II team plans to target companies that have AI data, security or workflow automation tools as well as firms operating in the AI infrastructure, robotics and AI-guided life sciences sectors. More

Nicholas Alan Clayton·Aug 7

OceanLight Acquisition Corporation (OCLTU) Prices $100M IPO

OceanLight Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ:OCLTU) announced the pricing of its $100 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "OCLTU" on Friday, August 7, 2026. More

Nicholas Alan Clayton·Aug 7

Pinnacle Acquisition Corporation (PNAQ.U) Prices $200M IPO

Pinnacle Acquisition Corporation (NYSE:PNAQ.U) announced the pricing of its $200 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the NYSE under the symbol "PNAQ.U" on Friday, August 7, 2026. More

Nicholas Alan Clayton·Aug 7

Top 3 SPAC Targets – Financial Infrastructure

This column series has recently looked at a number of target sectors that were popular with SPACs during the 2020-2021 boom that are now coming back into favor. Fintech is one of the industries that SPACs were most smitten with during that period, and, five years on, the results for those de-SPACs have not been sterling overall. More

Nicholas Alan Clayton·Aug 6

Pono Capital Four (PONO) to Combine with Blackstar Orbital in $380M Deal

Pono Four (NASDAQ:PONO) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with space venture Blackstar Orbital at a valuation of $380 million. Blackstar has designed a reusable orbital spacecraft to operate in low Earth orbit and return mission payloads to Earth via runway landings for recovery and reuse. More

Nicholas Alan Clayton·Aug 6

New SPAC: Gravity Acquisition Corp. (GVACU) Files for $250M IPO

Gravity Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: GVACU) has filed for a $250 million SPAC with a generalist focus, but with strong ties to Asia and the Middle East. The team is led by CEO Iris Zhao, a Malta citizen based in the UAE who brings the group's prior SPAC experience, having served as COO of Mars Acquisition Corp, which IPO'd in 2023. More

Kristi Marvin·Aug 5