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SPACs move the party abroad as Europe and Tel Aviv welcome listings
The SPAC Party Gets Going in Europe, This Time With Better Terms
Sponsors are looking to continue the craze elsewhere, and top of the list is Europe, where the number of new SPACs accelerated from February to April, and there’s no sign of growth there abating. “Learning lessons from the U.S., sponsors proceed cautiously to avoid the wrath of regulators.”
Hedosophia European Growth listed in Amsterdam on May 14th, and is led by Ian Osborne, a London-based investor that has previously partnered with Chamath Palihapitiya’s Social Capital for their U.S. listed SPACs.
READIsrael Makes Tel Aviv SPAC-Ready, With Focus on Tech Deals
Israel has established rules to open up the Tel Aviv stock market for SPACs, aiming to join in a boom in these investment vehicles which have raised billions of dollars in the United States.
Anat Guetta, head of the Israel Securities Authority, said the requirements in Israel aim to protect investors without dampening their appetite for SPACs as an alternative fundraising route for local companies.
“It will likely take time for our market to become more sophisticated and reach a place where deals are of a similar profile to Wall Street, and we didn’t want to expose our investors to any harm that without a doubt would be inherent in the learning process,” Guetta told Reuters.
READGM-Backed Wejo Is in SPAC Merger Talks With Virtuoso
British automotive startup Wejo is in talks to go public through a merger with Virtuoso Acquisition Corp., people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg.
Virtuoso is seeking to raise new equity with an enterprise value of more than $1 billion.
READCanada’s Algoma Steel Is in Talks To Go Public via Legato SPAC
Canada’s Algoma Steel Inc. is in talks to go public through a merger with Legato Merger Corp. in a deal valued at more than $1 billion, according to Bloomberg.
Legato, led by a management team including David Sgro, Eric Rosenfeld and Brian Pratt, raised approximately $236 million in a January initial public offering. The SPAC has said it will focus on finding a target business in the industrial, renewables, infrastructure, engineering or construction industries.
READDubai Investment Firm FIM Partners Considers Raising SPAC
Emerging markets manager FIM Partners is considering listing a SPAC in the U.S., people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The Dubai-based investment firm, backed by EFG Hermes, could seek about $250 million. J.P. Morgan is advising.
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The pace of lock-up expirations is picking up in the final month of the year after a relatively quiet November. Seven de-SPACs and sponsors will be freed to run downstairs and see what the public markets have brought them, but not all are likely to find treats in their wooden clogs. The fastest kid into...
Innovative International (NASDAQ:IOAC) announced in an 8-K that it has removed its earnout shares in connection to its combination with car sharing program Zoomcar. On November 30, IOAC and Zoomcar agreed to a letter agreement regarding the release of 20 million earnout shares, which were originally intended to be placed in an escrow account upon...
Nukkleus (OTC:NUKK) announced “the completion of its strategic merger” with Brilliant (NASDAQ:BRLI) this morning, which has caused some ripples in the market, but it does not appear to represent an actual closing of the business combination. The two sides may have dotted the Is and crossed the Ts on their own internal documents, but Brilliant...
ClimateRock (NASDAQ: CLRC) announced this morning that it has terminated its business combination with solar plant developer EEW. The SPAC noted that it decided to part ways with its target since the conditions to closing were not satisfied or waived by the outside date of September 30. ClimateRock inked the $650 million deal with EEW in...
10x Capital Venture II (NASDAQ:VCXA) filed a variety of changes to its combination with African Agriculture while also postponing its completion vote to 8 am ET December 5. The tweaks waive African Agriculture’s requirement to secure an offtake agreement and also shift 3,000,000 shares to a bonus pool for all combined company shareholders. Of these,...