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Latest SPAC News: Bitcoin Depot reports preliminary first quarter 2023 results, and Marley Spoon to list on Frankfurt Stock Exchange via SPAC deal
Bitcoin Depot Reports Preliminary First Quarter 2023 Results
GSR II Meteora Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: GSRM), a special purpose acquisition company, and Lux Vending LLC dba Bitcoin Depot Inc., a U.S.-based Bitcoin ATM (“BTM”) operator and leading fintech company, today reported Bitcoin Depot’s preliminary unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023. Bitcoin Depot also plans to post an updated investor presentation to the Company’s investor relations website with recent financial results and company developments today.
Total revenue for the first quarter of 2023 is expected to range between $163 million and $165 million, a 5% to 6% improvement compared to $155 million in the first quarter of 2022.
READMarley Spoon to decamp to Frankfurt Stock Exchange via SPAC deal
Meal delivery service Marley Spoon and its advisers at Greenhill & Co have laid out a three-course meal for investors, serving a buyout bid from a Frankfurt-listed SPAC, an equity raising and debt relaxations.
First up, the $52 million placement had no trouble finding backers – old and new – even though the 17¢ per CDI price was a 17 percent premium to the last close. On the debt side, Marley Spoon’s primary lender Runway Growth Finance Corp has extended maturities and agreed to an interest-only periods.
Marley Spoon and Greenhill have hammered out a takeover from a Frankfurt Stock Exchange-listed SPAC that’s related to its current investor 468 Capital – in a scrip deal that implies a 45 percent premium to where the CDIs last traded.
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Shepherd Ave Capital Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: SPHAU) is the latest SPAC to file to IPO, making 24 new registration statements that have filed since June 1, 2024. So far, only two of those 24 have gone public, but it does indicate an active August. In SPACLand at least, August is never slow. As for Shepherd...
At the SPAC of Dawn SPACs have now priced 20 IPOs seven months into 2024 with an eye on beating 2023’s total of 31 IPOs. With a little more than 5 months left in the year, it’s expected that SPACs should at least match that number by only needing to price roughly two IPOs per...
DT Cloud Star announced the pricing of its $60 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “DTSQU”, Thursday, July 25, 2024. The new SPAC aims to combine with an established business with long-term financial visibility, but has not limited itself to a particular industry or sector....
Launch Two (NASDAQ:LPBBU) has filed for a $200 million IPO that shows how the market has shifted for new issuance since its sister SPAC Launch One (NASDAQ:LPAAU) filed just over a month ago. Both SPACs are underwritten by Cantor Fitzgerald and seeking nominally the same raise at IPO, but Launch Two is overfunding its trust...
FTAC Emerald (NASDAQ:EMLD) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with crypto fintech firm Fold at an enterprise value of $381 million. Phoenix, Arizona-based Fold provides digital banking services backed by a treasury of Bitcoin that includes FDIC-secured checking accounts as well Bitcoin trading and awards. The combined company is expected to trade on...