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Ripped blank checks: SPAC market sees bump in merger terminations

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The SPAC market is showing new signs of pressure as four merger agreements have been called off over the past two weeks. That represents 36% of the year’s 11 terminations, all of which have come in the second half of the year, mostly from deals announced in the first half. The news coincides with rising SPAC redemption rates and a decline in post-merger SPAC returns. November...read more

SPAC cracks: 6 new SPACs break issue in Thursday IPOs

SPACs became a casualty of the broader market sell-off on Thursday, as six of the day's nine SPACs finished below issue. Before last week, the SPAC market had gone two months without a deal going negative on its first day, a stretch of 200+ SPACs. The six included HERAU, AURCU, ACAHU, PSAGU, RXRAU, TRCA.U, the worst of which closed 1.5% below issue. The two deals...read more

SPAC Khosla Ventures Acquisition prices $300 million IPO, targeting differentiated tech

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Khosla Ventures Acquisition, a blank check company formed by Khosla Ventures targeting proprietary tech with large market opportunities, raised $300 million by offering 30 million shares at $10. The offering did not contain warrants. The sponsor may receive an additional 5 million shares after completing the de-SPAC and hitting certain performance hurdles. The SPAC's...read more

High-profile VC's first SPAC, Khosla Ventures Acquisition files for a $300 million IPO

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Khosla Ventures Acquisition, a blank check company formed by Khosla Ventures, filed on Friday with the SEC to raise up to $300 million in an initial public offering. The offering does not contain warrants. At the proposed deal size, the SPAC would command a market value of $359 million, which excludes up to 5 million shares that the sponsor may receive after completing the...read more

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