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Cannabis SPAC Tuatara Capital Acquisition files for a $150 million IPO

January 27, 2021
TCACU

Tuatara Capital Acquisition, a blank check company formed by Tuatara Capital targeting the cannabis industry, filed on Wednesday with the SEC to raise up to $150 million in an initial public offering.

The New York, NY-based company plans to raise $150 million by offering 15 million units at $10. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one-half of a warrant, exercisable at $11.50. At the proposed deal size, Tuatara Capital Acquisition would command a market value of $188 million.

The company is led by CEO and Director Albert Foreman, co-founder, Managing Partner, and CIO of cannabis sector-focused private equity firm Tuatara Capital; COO and Director Mark Zittman, co-founder and a senior advisor at Tuatara Capital; and Chairman Richard Taney, a senior advisor at Tuatara Capital and former CEO of Curaleaf (TSXV: CURA). The company plans to target businesses in the cannabis industry that are compliant with all applicable laws and regulations within the jurisdictions in which they are located or operate.

Tuatara Capital Acquisition was founded in 2020 and plans to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol TCACU. The company filed confidentially on February 14, 2020. J.P. Morgan and BMO Capital Markets are the joint bookrunners on the deal.