March 26th, 2021
Good evening,
Thanks for reading “The Nightcap”, a nightly recap of all the day’s highlights in the SPAC world. In this newsletter, you will find a breakdown of the day’s deals, IPO’s, “in talks” reports, and noteworthy new SPAC S-1 filings.
Of course, you can always discover and track all of the SPACs at spactrack.net.
The SPAC Market Stats:
The Deals:
1) BowX Acquisition Corp. (BOWX) & WeWork (no description needed!)
$9B EV
$800M PIPE including investments from Insight Partners, funds managed by Starwood Capital Group, Centaurus Capital, and funds and accounts managed by BlackRock
2) Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. (SV) & AeroFarms, a vertical farming company with certified B Corporation status.
$8.97B EV
$125M PIPE
Deal News Reports:
None today.
Notable S-1 Filings:
1) CEA Space Partners I Corp. (CEAS)
$250M, 1/3 warrant
Focus: Space Economy
Officers:
Edward Horowitz (Former Chairman & CEO of Viacom Broadcasting and the Viacom Interactive Media Group)
Dr. Lonnie Johnson (BOSS.)
NASA scientist and inventor
Former Acting Chief of the Space Nuclear Power Safety Section at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico,
Former Senior Systems Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, where he worked on the Galileo mission to Jupiter, the Mars Observer project and the Cassini (Saturn) project.
Inventor of the SuperSoaker water gun and several Nerf dart guns
Directors:
Nicole Stott (Former NASA Astronaut: the first person to fly the robotic arm to capture a free-flying HTV cargo vehicle, and a member of the Space Shuttle Discovery’s final flight crew)
Rick Michaels, Jr. (Chairman & CEO of the CEA Group)
2) and 3) Crucible Acquisition Corp. II (CRUA) and III (CRUB)
Focus: Software Tech
Officers:
Brad Feld (Founding Partner of Foundry Group and Co-founder of Techstars)
CRUA: $200M, 1/4 warrant
CRUB: $350M, 1/4 warrant
Directors:
Tina Sharkey (Co-founder and Former CEO of Brandless, Director of PBS, and Former Director of HomeAway)
4) Parabellum Acquisition Corp. (PBRM)
$125M, 1/2 warrant
Focus: Tech and IoT
Officers:
Narbeh Derhacobian (Former CEO of Adesto Technologies)
5) and 6) Science Strategic Acquisition Corp. Bravo (SCIB) and Charlie (SCIC)
Focus: D2C Brands and Services, Mobile & Social Entertainment
Officers:
Michael Jones (Former CEO of Myspace)
SCIB: $200M, 1/2 warrant
Directors:
Jeff Bonforte (CEO of Grindr)
SCIC: $125M, 1/4 warrant
Upcoming Dates:
Next Week’s Shareholder Meetings and Unit Splits (common shares and warrants to commence trading separately from underlying units)
Monday, March 29th
Unit Splits: JOFF Fintech Acquisition Corp. (JOFF), Sustainable Development Acquisition I Corp. (SDAC), Itiquira Acquisition Corp. (ITQ), RMG Acquisition Corp. III (RMGC), HH&L Acquisition Co. (HHLA), Altimar Acquisition Corp. II (ATMR), Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation II (DCRN), Compute Health Acquisition Corp. (CPUH), Isleworth Healthcare Acquisition Corp. (ISLE)
Wednesday, March 31st
Collective Growth Corp (CGRO) Shareholder Meeting to Approve Business Combination with Innoviz
Thursday, April 1st
Unit Splits: Priveterra Acquisition Corp. (PMGM), GigCapital4, Inc. (GIG)
New Providence Acquisition Corp (NPA) Shareholder Meeting to Approve Business Combination with AST SpaceMobile
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