12/01/2020 03:52, Tue | (US) SPAC & IPO News

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Summary

• [11/30/2020 23:24] 1. EV bus and truck maker The Lion Electric to take SPAC route to public markets [Link]
• [11/25/2020 18:01] 2. Insurtech’s big year gets bigger as Metromile looks to go public [Link]
• [11/30/2020 16:35] 3. The Station: COVID’s effect on car ownership [Link]
• [11/25/2020 23:10] 4. Daily Crunch: Amazon Web Services stumble [Link]
• [11/27/2020 18:15] 5. French tycoon Xavier Niel could launch SPAC company next week - sources - Reuters UK [Link]
• [11/27/2020 18:15] 6. French tycoon Xavier Niel could launch SPAC company next week - sources - Reuters UK [Link]
• [11/29/2020 19:40] 7. France's Niel, Pigasse target consumer goods with new acquisition vehicle - Reuters [Link]
• [11/30/2020 11:51] 8. EV maker Lion Electric to go public through SPAC merger - Reuters [Link]
• [11/30/2020 22:01] 9. UPDATE 1-Smart-glass maker View to go public via $1.6 bln SPAC merger - Reuters [Link]
• [11/27/2020 13:00] 10. A new SPAC is on the hunt for a wealth-management deal. Here's a look at the type of companies it's targeting. [Link]
• [11/29/2020 13:26] 11. The inside story of how Henrik Fisker pulled off a $3 billion deal to fuel his electric car comeback (FSR) [Link]
• [11/24/2020 16:15] 12. A portfolio manager at $38 billion Baron Funds shares his checklist for investing in the most promising SPACs — and names 3 of the booming 'blank-check companies' he finds attractive now [Link]
• [11/25/2020 19:26] 13. BuzzFeed's HuffPost acquisition has kicked off talk of more digital media consolidation, and SPACs are already circling [Link]
• [11/24/2020 11:49] 14. SoftBank's profitable fintech jewel OakNorth says it is lending at 'levels never seen before' during COVID-19 [Link]
• [11/27/2020 14:00] 15. Keith Rabois was an early investor in Airbnb, Palantir, and 5 other unicorns that went public this year. He says his success comes from taking risks in companies other VCs would laugh at. [Link]
• [11/24/2020 11:45] 16. 10 Tuesday AM Reads [Link]
• [11/24/2020 20:45] 17. Pay-per-mile auto insurance firm Metromile, which has a consumer app and licenses tech to large insurers, says it's going public via a SPAC at a $1.3B valuation (Mary Ann Azevedo/FinLedger) [Link]
• [11/25/2020 12:12] 18. The Pandemic Is Still Weighing on C.E.O.s' Minds [Link]
• [11/30/2020 23:24] 19. EV bus and truck maker The Lion Electric to take SPAC route to public markets [Link]
• [11/30/2020 16:35] 20. The Station: COVID's effect on car ownership [Link]
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1. EV bus and truck maker The Lion Electric to take SPAC route to public markets

published : 11/30/2020 23:24
Canadian electric truck and bus manufacturer The Lion Electric Company said Monday it plans to become a publicly traded company via a merger with special-purpose acquisition company Northern Genesis … [+2053 chars] More...

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2. Insurtech’s big year gets bigger as Metromile looks to go public

published : 11/25/2020 18:01
In the wake of insurtech unicorn Root’s IPO, it felt safe to say that the big transactions for the insurance technology startup space were done for the year. After all, 2020 had been a big one for t… [+1630 chars] More...

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3. The Station: COVID’s effect on car ownership

published : 11/30/2020 16:35
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here just click The Station to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hello and welcome back to The Station, a new… [+9234 chars] More...

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4. Daily Crunch: Amazon Web Services stumble

published : 11/25/2020 23:10
An Amazon Web Services outage has a wide effect, Salesforce might be buying Slack and Pinterest tests new support for virtual events. This is your Daily Crunch for November 25, 2020. And for those o… [+2648 chars] More...

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5. French tycoon Xavier Niel could launch SPAC company next week - sources - Reuters UK

published : 11/27/2020 18:15
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - French telecoms magnate Xavier Niel could launch a European special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) as early as next week in what would be Europes first major so-called bl… [+1818 chars] More...

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6. French tycoon Xavier Niel could launch SPAC company next week - sources - Reuters UK

published : 11/27/2020 18:15
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - French telecoms magnate Xavier Niel could launch a European special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) as early as next week in what would be Europes first major so-called bl… [+1818 chars] More...

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7. France's Niel, Pigasse target consumer goods with new acquisition vehicle - Reuters

published : 11/29/2020 19:40
By Reuters Staff PARIS (Reuters) - French telecoms magnate Xavier Niel is teaming up with former Lazard banker Matthieu Pigasse and another entrepreneur to raise funds through a new listed vehicle t… [+1633 chars] More...

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8. EV maker Lion Electric to go public through SPAC merger - Reuters

published : 11/30/2020 11:51
By Reuters Staff Nov 30 (Reuters) - Electric-vehicle maker Lion Electric Co said on Monday it would go public through a merger with blank-check company Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. Lion Elect… [+166 chars] More...

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9. UPDATE 1-Smart-glass maker View to go public via $1.6 bln SPAC merger - Reuters

published : 11/30/2020 22:01
By Reuters Staff (Reuters) - Smart-glass maker View Inc said on Monday it would go public through a $1.6 billion merger with a blank-check company sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. View, whi… [+602 chars] More...

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10. A new SPAC is on the hunt for a wealth-management deal. Here's a look at the type of companies it's targeting.

published : 11/27/2020 13:00
A newly listed special purpose acquisition company is setting its sights on the US wealth-management market, and executives behind it are shedding light on what it could target.  Kingswood Acquisiti… [+3852 chars] More...

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11. The inside story of how Henrik Fisker pulled off a $3 billion deal to fuel his electric car comeback (FSR)

published : 11/29/2020 13:26
Henrik Fisker is a study in resiliency.  The demise of his first company, Fisker Automotive, in 2013 was a major setback, but it didn't prevent the Danish-born designer and entrepreneur from staging… [+8589 chars] More...

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12. A portfolio manager at $38 billion Baron Funds shares his checklist for investing in the most promising SPACs — and names 3 of the booming 'blank-check companies' he finds attractive now

published : 11/24/2020 16:15
A lot of blank checks are getting cashed on Wall Street, but it's not just a doomed fad. David Goldsmith, an assistant portfolio manager at Baron Capital, says the rush of special purpose acquisitio… [+4010 chars] More...

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13. BuzzFeed's HuffPost acquisition has kicked off talk of more digital media consolidation, and SPACs are already circling

published : 11/25/2020 19:26
Is Jonah Peretti's BuzzFeed on a path to going public?  At small private industry dinners from Los Angeles to New York, executives from Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs, are flooding … [+5264 chars] More...

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14. SoftBank's profitable fintech jewel OakNorth says it is lending at 'levels never seen before' during COVID-19

published : 11/24/2020 11:49
One of the world's largest banks, Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (SMBC), has acquired a $30 million stake in SoftBank-backed fintech OakNorth as the coronavirus pandemic pushes the UK fintech's loanbook to hig… [+5378 chars] More...

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15. Keith Rabois was an early investor in Airbnb, Palantir, and 5 other unicorns that went public this year. He says his success comes from taking risks in companies other VCs would laugh at.

published : 11/27/2020 14:00
Keith Rabois says he decided to invest in Airbnb within three minutes of his first meeting with cofounder Brian Chesky in 2010.  "He went into this monologue explaining Airbnb. I interrupted him and… [+8334 chars] More...

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16. 10 Tuesday AM Reads

published : 11/24/2020 11:45
This American Mess: Thanksgiving is here. Unfortunately, America is all over the place. Half of the states have travel restrictions of some kind. 4 out of 5 epidemiologists are having Thanksgiving at… [+4277 chars] More...

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17. Pay-per-mile auto insurance firm Metromile, which has a consumer app and licenses tech to large insurers, says it's going public via a SPAC at a $1.3B valuation (Mary Ann Azevedo/FinLedger)

published : 11/24/2020 20:45
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18. The Pandemic Is Still Weighing on C.E.O.s' Minds

published : 11/25/2020 12:12
Former President Barack Obamas new autobiography, A Promised Land, shows that the more things change, the more they stay the same. His recollections of leading during a crisis resonate, given that th… [+4375 chars] More...

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19. EV bus and truck maker The Lion Electric to take SPAC route to public markets

published : 11/30/2020 23:24
Dividend stocks are the Swiss army knives of the stock market.When dividend stocks go up, you make money. When they dont go up you still make money (from the dividend). Heck, even when a dividend sto… [+5576 chars] More...

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20. The Station: COVID's effect on car ownership

published : 11/30/2020 16:35
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here just click The Station to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hello and welcome back to The Station, a new… [+9300 chars] More...