March 30, 2022
Proposal requires SPACs disclose conflicts during, after listing Disclosures must be issued at least 20 days before deal vote Rule would strip SPACs of legal safe harbor for projections Wall Street’s watchdog on Wednesday unveiled a draft new rule to …
March 4, 2021
Hippo Enterprises said it will go public through a merger with a blank-check firm, backed by Silicon Valley heavyweights Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus, in a deal that gives the merged entity a pro forma enterprise value of $5 billion. …
March 1, 2021
Former Credit Suisse Group AG Chief Executive Officer Tidjane Thiam raised $300 million for his blank-check company after boosting the size of the deal. Thiam’s Freedom Acquisition I Corp. sold 30 million units at $10 apiece in its U.S. initial …
February 19, 2021
A blank-check firm, backed by AmTrust Financial Services Chief Executive Officer Barry Zyskind, is looking to raise $300 million through an initial public offering, a regulatory filing showed on Friday. Pine Technology Acquisition Corp. said it plans to sell 30 …
February 16, 2021
Waitr Inc. never had the resources of rivals Grubhub Inc. and UberEats. Yet in November 2018 the online food ordering and delivery business went public through a merger with blank-check firm Landcadia Holdings Inc. Landcadia had some powerful names behind …
January 25, 2021
A blank-check firm backed by prominent investor Bill Foley has agreed to take Alight Solutions LLC, the U.S. benefits services provider owned by buyout firm Blackstone Group, public in a deal valued at $7.3 billion, the companies said on Monday. …
October 16, 2020
Shares of Shift Technologies Inc. fell 6.7% in their Nasdaq debut on Thursday after the online used-car seller went public through a reverse-merger deal with blank check firm Insurance Acquisition Corp. Shift shares were trading at $10.86 in morning trade, …
June 22, 2020
Shift Technologies Inc., an online retailer for used cars, is in talks to merge with blank-check company Insurance Acquisition Corp., according to people familiar with the matter. The companies could announce a transaction within a month, said the people, who …