Market Intel
2025-12-29 at 12:06pm
Illumination I has filed for a $200 million IPO to bring another experienced team back to the market in the next year. This is unlikely to be the last new SPAC S-1 filing of the year, but it nonetheless is a part of a late-game blitz by underwriter BTIG, which has now served as left lead on seven SPACs filing their initial S-1s this month and four that have IPO'd in December. ...
2025-12-29 at 8:24am
At the SPAC of Dawn The final week of the year comes with only a smattering of business on the docket for both SPACs and the broader macro picture. While there will be fresh figures on November's pending home sales released later today and Fed minutes on Tuesday, Wednesday morning's initial jobless claims are the likely to be among the only major bits of economic data hitting the market. ...
2025-12-27 at 10:02am
Terms Tracker for the Week Ending December 26, 2025 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week's pricings. Happy Holidays! ...
2025-12-24 at 2:19pm
SPAC teams put five new S-1s under the tree in the last hours that EDGAR was open ahead of the holiday break and this quintet of vehicles would raise just shy of $1 billion in the aggregate. ...
2025-12-24 at 8:25am
At the SPAC of Dawn The 2025 SPAC market has made it to the holidays, but not without one last burst of fresh S-1 filings. Five new SPACs have put in the paperwork for IPOs over the past 24 hours, with Cantor Fitzgerald and BTIG backing two each. ...
2025-12-24 at 7:18am
In this episode, we examine how the SPAC market evolved in 2025 and what sponsors, issuers, and investors should be thinking about as the calendar turns to 2026. Joining the discussion are Ed Kovary, Head of Capital Markets at BTIG, and Jerry Serowik, Head of Capital Markets at Cohen & Company, two firms that were among the most active in the SPAC ecosystem in 2025. ...
2025-12-23 at 1:15pm
OneIM (NASDAQ:OIMAU) has filed for a $250 million IPO that brings Deutsche Bank back into the SPAC-underwriting fold. Although bulge bracket banks once made up a large portion of SPAC issuance, most took a step back from the product after the post-boom downturn. ...
2025-12-23 at 11:27am
SPACInsider 2025 Awards 2025 marked a decisive turn for the SPAC market. After several years of recalibration, activity rebuilt steadily through the first half of the year before accelerating meaningfully as sponsors, bankers, and investors reengaged with greater conviction. ...
2025-12-22 at 5:07pm
Social Commerce Partners Corporation (NASDAQ:SCPQU) announced the pricing of its $100 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "SCPQU", Tuesday, December 23, 2025. ...
2025-12-22 at 5:01pm
Silicon Valley Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:SVAQU) announced the pricing of its $200 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "SVAQU", Tuesday, December 23, 2025. ...