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July 31 2020
If a deal is available, RedBird Capital can prove SPACs will work in sports
RedBird Capital is betting a sports-only special purpose acquisition company will work – if the firm can spot a good prospect it believes it can flip.
www.cnbc.com
July 31 2020
Boxer Capital’s SPAC BCTG Acquisition files for a $125 million IPO
BCTG Acquisition, a blank check company formed by Boxer Capital targeting the biotech industry, filed on Friday with the SEC to raise up to $125 million in an initial public offering.
www.nasdaq.com
July 31 2020
Technology SPAC Burgundy Technology Acquisition files for a $400 million IPO
Burgundy Technology Acquisition, a blank check company formed by the former CEO of HP and a former Citi executive targeting the tech industry, filed on Friday with the SEC to raise up to $400 million in an initial public offering.
www.nasdaq.com
July 31 2020
Porch.com to go public in $523M blank-check deal
Porch.com, a VC-backed home services marketplace, is going public with a blank-check company, one of the first such deals in the proptech world.
www.therealdeal.com
July 31 2020
Burlingame ‘blank check’ company led by ex-CEOs of Kodak, EFI and SAP Concur raises $522M
E.Merge Technology Acquisition Corp. raised $522 million in the fourth Bay Area “blank check” IPO of the year.
www.bizjournals.com
July 31 2020
Cerevel to raise $445M, hit Wall Street via blank check company
Unlike a traditional biotech built around a lab discovery, Cerevel Therapeutics got a “unique” start: with $350 million from Bain Capital and a clutch of central nervous system programs from Pfizer. Now, it’s continuing its unorthodox streak as it taps the public markets.
www.fiercebiotech.com
July 30 2020
Technology SPAC one files for a $200 million IPO
one, a blank check company led by the co-founder of Eventbrite and other industry veterans targeting the tech sector, filed on Thursday with the SEC to raise up to $200 million in an initial public offering.
www.renaissancecapital.com
July 30 2020
E.Merge Technology Acquisition Corp. Announces Pricing of $522,000,000 Initial Public Offering
E.Merge Technology Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) announced today that it priced its initial public offering of 52,200,000 units at $10.00 per unit. The units will be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) and will begin trading tomorrow, Friday, July 31, 2020, under the ticker symbol “ETACU”.
www.globenewswire.com