March 29th, 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) CM Life Sciences II Inc. (CMII) & SomaLogic, an “AI-data driven proteomics platform”.
$1.23B EV
$375M PIPE including investments from SB Management, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp, separate accounts advised by ARK Invest, and a new strategic investor Illumina
2) Ajax I (AJAX) & Cazoo, an online car retailer in the UK “with a fast-growing presence in Europe".
$7B EV
$800M PIPE including new and existing investors including Altimeter, funds & accounts managed by BlackRock
Deal News Reports:
None.
Notable S-1 Filings:
1) Silverman Acquisition Corp I (SACQ)
$250M, 1/3 warrant
Focus: Consumer and Business Services
Officers:
Henry Silverman (Former COO & Vice Chairman of Apollo Global Management and Former CEO & Chairman of Cendant)
Stephen Holmes (Former Chairman & CEO of Wyndham Worldwide)
2) Apollo Strategic Growth Capital III (APGC)
$400M, 1/4 warrant
Officers:
Sanjay Patel (Chairman International and Senior Partner of Private Equity of Apollo)
Directors:
Laurie Ann Goldman (Former CEO of Spanx)
3) Tribe Capital Growth Corp II (BTVC)
$300M, 1/4 warrant
Focus: Tech
Officers: Arjun Sethi (Co-founder of Tribe Capital and Former Partner of Social Capital)
Directors:
Richard Peretz (Former CFO of UPS)
Carol Foster (Former COO & CFO of SharesPost)
Duriya Farooqui (Director of InterContinental Hotels Group and Intercontinental Exchange)
Advisors:
Odell Beckham Jr. (NFL Player)
Henry Ward (CEO of Carta)
Upcoming Dates:
This Week’s Shareholder Meetings and Unit Splits (common shares and warrants to commence trading separately from underlying units)
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), Evo Acquisition Corp. (EVOJ)
New Providence Acquisition Corp (NPA) Shareholder Meeting to Approve Business Combination with AST SpaceMobile
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