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Latest SPAC News: Tanzanian entrepreneur plans $4 billion agriculture investment via SPAC, Elizabeth Warren backs SEC’s tougher SPAC plan, and TMTG unveils new features on Truth Social
Tanzanian entrepreneur Dewji plans $2-4 billion grains production investment via SPAC
The head of one of Tanzania’s biggest firms, Mohammed Dewji, said he plans to float an agriculture company worth up to $4 billion in New York or London next year, with money raised mainly from development banks.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February sent global grain and fertiliser prices soaring, though they have retreated in recent weeks. Inflation has subsequently risen in many African countries.
He said he aimed to structure the venture, for which he has yet to secure land, as a SPAC and would himself put up $400 million as 10% to 20% of total funding.
READElizabeth Warren Backs SEC’s Tougher SPAC Plan to Curb ‘Scams and Fraud’
Elizabeth Warren is coming out in support of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rules to regulate blank-check companies, urging more protections for individual investors who can fall prey to Wall Street.
In a letter to SEC Chair Gary Gensler on Friday, the Massachusetts senator said she backed the agency’s proposals for SPACs, “which will level the playing field for retail investors and prevent Wall Street insiders from perpetuating scams and fraud to line their own pockets.”
READTMTG Unveils New Features on Truth Social
Today, Trump Media & Technology Group (“TMTG”), led by its Chairman Donald J. Trump and CEO Devin Nunes, unveiled significant new features on its free-speech social media platform Truth Social, rapidly delivering another major upgrade for its users.
To provide users with a superior social media experience that augments Truth Social’s chronological feed, today’s update include a Profile Carousel atop the Truth Social feed swiftly connects users directly to the feeds of some of the most popular and active accounts they follow, a Suggested Profiles Carousel is interspersed throughout the feeds, helping users discover new and interesting accounts, and more.
Digital World (NASDAQ:DWAC) entered into a definitive agreement to combine with Trump Media and Technology Group last year on October 21.
READMobiv Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:MOBV) announced this afternoon that it has closed its combination with EV motorcycle-maker SRIVARU. Shareholders originally approved the deal at a special meeting held back on September 28, but at that time, the parties expected the transaction to take just a week to close. Redemptions whittled Mobiv’s IPO share pool of 10,005,000 down...
Achari Ventures I (NASDAQ:AVHI) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with medtech firm Vaso Corporation at an equity value of $176 million, or 19.5x its 2022 adjusted EBITDA. Wuxi, China-based Vaso provides IT services and sales support to medical device manufacturers. The combined company is expected to trade on the Nasdaq under the...
EF Hutton Acquisition Corp. I (NASDAQ:EFHT) announced this morning that its shareholders have approved its business combination with E.C.D. Auto Design. At the meeting, there were 5,089,203 shares of common stock, representing approximately 76.82% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, present. In connection with the meeting, the company’s stockholders holding 3,470,945 shares,...
Legato Merger Corp. III (NYSE:LEGT) filed for a $175 million IPO yesterday afternoon, becoming the fourth SPAC to file this week. While the other three SPACs that filed their S-1s earlier this week intend to pursue targets in the financial services and biotech industries, Legato III, similar to the earlier Legato SPACs, will focus on...
At the SPAC of Dawn This week ends with an unusually busy earnings calendar as 172 US-listed companies report quarterly figures today. Among them is Exela Technologies (NASDSAQ:XELA), which completed a combination with Quinpario 2 in 2017. The billing software company has gone on to do another SPAC deal on November 29, this time spinning...