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Latest SPAC News: Traveloka to raise up to $400 million, Citadel alumni team up with JDS’s Stern for new blank-check firm, and Roivant aborts plans to buy back its own SPAC
Traveloka in Talks to Raise Up to $400 Million for SPAC Deal
Indonesia’s Traveloka is in talks with potential investors to raise as much as $400 million as part of its plan to go public through merging with a SPAC backed by Richard Li and Peter Thiel.
The PIPE would be part of a deal to merge the Jakarta-based online travel startup with Bridgetown Holdings Ltd. as soon as this year, said Bloomberg. The merger is set to value the combined entity at about $5 billion.
Citadel Alumni Team Up With JDS’s Stern for New Blank-Check Firm
A pair of former Citadel credit analysts are teaming up with real estate developer Michael Stern to launch a new SPAC, according to Bloomberg.
The blank-check company, dubbed Onyx Acquisition Co. I, has filed confidential paperwork with the SEC. It’s set to seek $200 million and plans to target companies in the general industrials and construction-technology sectors with an enterprise value of $1 billion to $2 billion.
READSPAC-on-SPAC Deal Falls Apart, And So Does Immunovant’s Stock
A private drugmaker aborted plans to buy back its own SPAC at a hefty premium, sending shares of Immunovant Inc. plunging to an all-time low.
The withdrawal by Roivant Sciences unwinds part of its plan to go public by selling itself to a SPAC, and then using the proceeds to reacquire full ownership of Immunovant, which it merged into another SPAC in 2019.
Immunovant’s stock, which topped $53 last year, closed 26% lower.
READGrab Loss Narrows on Food Delivery Ahead of SPAC Merger
Singapore’s Grab Holdings Inc., set to go public in the U.S. through a merger with a SPAC, reported a narrower loss for the first quarter as the pandemic boosted demand for food delivery.
The company’s net loss shrank to $652 million in the quarter ended March 31 from $771 million a year earlier, Southeast Asia’s most valuable startup said on Monday.
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At the SPAC of Dawn The SPAC world is set to get its newest member later today when Launch Two (NASDAQ:LPBBU) begins trading having priced its $200 million IPO overnight. The technology SPAC is the first to IPO this quarter and comes after the newfound SPAC issuance momentum appeared to throttle down slightly in September,...
Launch Two Acquisition Corp. announced the pricing of its $200 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “LPBBU”, Tuesday, October 8, 2024. The new SPAC’s primary search focus will be on technology and software infrastructure companies whose products and services target financial services, real estate and...
Oaktree III Life Sciences (NASDAQ:OACCU) has filed for a $175 million SPAC with some of the most aggressively team-friendly terms seen so far in the second half of 2024. The new SPAC’s units contain 1/5 warrants and the trust is not set to be overfunded. Only the warrantless Cantor Equity Partners (NASDAQ:CEP) has IPO’d so...
At the SPAC of Dawn SPACs are set to have a sleepy start to their post-Rosh Hashanah week with no votes on the docket until Wednesday. Three SPACs are to hold extension votes that day and Clover Leaf (OTC:CLOE) will try again to close its combination with Kustom Entertainment after several adjournments on Friday. In...
Terms Tracker for the Week Ending October 4, 2024 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. This week was much, much heavier on the S-1 filings. There were five new SPACs filed along with six amended S-1 registration statements making good...