The Stats:
The Deals from Last Week (3):
1) Iron Spark I Inc. (ISAA) & Hypebeast (no warrants)
Valuation: $352.7M EV
PIPE: $13.3M including investments from Tom Brady, Naomi Osaka, Kevin Durant, Rich Kleiman, Tony Hawk, Joe Gebbia, Jonah Hill, Adam Levine, and Electric Feel Ventures
2) Riverview Acquisition Corp. (RVAC) & Westrock Coffee Company
Valuation: $1.09B EV
PIPE: $250M including “$60M from R. Brad Martin, NFC Investments, LLC, and the other Riverview Acquisition Corp. founders, $25M from Westrock Coffee founders, and $78M each from HF Capital, the Haslam family investment office, and funds managed by Southeastern Asset Management.”
3) Pacifico Acquisition Corp. (PAFO) & Caravelle Group (rights +130%)
Valuation: $527M EV
PIPE: Anticipated $60M PIPE
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News from Last Week:
Dune SPAC Sues TradeZero for ‘Outright Falsehoods’ About Merger (Bloomberg Law)
AI-based content firm Instoried raises $200 mn from GEM, seeks to go public (Business Standard)
Spac dealmakers sweeten terms to stem investor flight (FT)
Data-Center Operator Cyxtera Exploring a Sale Among Strategic Options (Bloomberg)
Trump-Tied Social Media SPAC Slides After Key Executives Quit (Bloomberg)
Citi to Pause New SPAC Issuance as SEC Signals Crackdown (Bloomberg)
Hertz to buy up to 65,000 electric vehicles from Polestar [merging with Gores Guggenheim, Inc (GGPI)] (Reuters)
FinAccel [terminated merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II (VPCB) on 3/14/22] Spends $200 Million for Indonesia Digital Banking Push (Bloomberg)
Updates from Last Week:
Terminations
MDH Acquisition Corp. (MDH) and Olive Ventures Holdings, Inc. mutually agree to terminate merger
Merger Votes/ Completions
Helix Acquisition Corp. (HLXA) announced the closing of the merger with MoonLake Immunotherapeutics and began trading as MLTX
Poema Global Holdings Corp. (PPGH) completed its merger with Gogoro and will begin trading under the new ticker: GGR today
29.5M shares were redeemed or an estimated ~86% of the public SPAC shares
Merger Vote Set:
Extensions
Nocturne Acquisition Corp. (MBTC) extended the deadline from 4/5/22 to 7/5/22 by adding $0.10 per share to trust
Ventoux CCM Acquisition Corp. (VTAQ) extends the deadline from 3/30/22 to 6/30/22 by adding $0.10 per share to trust
Vickers Vantage Corp. I (VCKA) extended its deadline by 3 months, from 4/11/22 to 7/11/22, by making an additional contribution to the trust account
Other Deal Updates
Zanite Acquisition Corp. (ZNTE) adds an additional $10M investment to the PIPE for its merger with Eve, bringing the total PIPE proceeds to $357.3M
Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. (SV) & NuScale Power announce an additional $15M PIPE investment from Nucor increasing total PIPE proceeds to $236M
NuScale also announces Japan Bank for International Cooperation has invested $110M in NuScale via a purchase of equity from existing investor, Fluor. Fluor continues to be the majority owner in NuScale
Scilex [merging with Vickers Vantage Corp I (VCKA)] announces it has entered into a Non-Binding term sheet for $5B committed equity financing facility with B. Riley Principal Capital to be effective upon closing of the merger
Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II (VGII) and Grove announce a $27.5M subscription agreement and a $22.5M backstop between Grove and Corvina, an affiliate of VGII’s sponsor
De-SPAC S-1 Filings (including PIPE resale registrations*):
S-1 filings:
Quanergy Systems (QNGY)
Allego (ALLG)
*When applicable
S-4 Activity:
S-4 filings:
EJF Acquisition Corp. (EJFA) & Pagaya Technologies
Thunder Bridge Capital Partners IV, Inc. (THCP) & Coincheck (Confidential filing)
Delwinds Insurance Acquisition Corp (DWIN) & FOXO Technologies
Brookline Capital Acquisition Corp. (BCAC) & Apexigen
Upcoming Dates:
Upcoming Announced Shareholder Meetings, Unit Splits, Warrant Redemptions
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