12/10/2020 01:04, Thu | (US) SPAC & IPO News

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Summary

• [12/09/2020 22:59] 1. UK electric vehicle startup Arrival picks Charlotte for its North American headquarters [Link]
• [12/03/2020 16:06] 2. As Metromile looks to go public, insurtech funding is on the rise [Link]
• [12/04/2020 20:49] 3. Lidar startup goes public, makes founder a billionaire [Link]
• [12/04/2020 07:08] 4. Europe set to tiptoe into SPAC-land as shell company deal pipeline builds - Reuters India [Link]
• [12/04/2020 00:22] 5. Private equity firm Thoma Bravo raising blank-check acquisition vehicle: sources - Reuters [Link]
• [12/09/2020 12:19] 6. Analysis: Investors push back on blank-check company insiders' payout bonanza - Reuters India [Link]
• [12/09/2020 20:24] 7. UPDATE 1-Investors push back on blank-check company insiders' payout bonanza - Reuters India [Link]
• [12/09/2020 12:13] 8. Analysis-Investors push back on blank-check company insiders' payout bonanza - Reuters UK [Link]
• [12/04/2020 16:51] 9. Breakingviews - Fund firm merger-SPAC deal has hairy outline - Reuters [Link]
• [12/07/2020 21:45] 10. Breakingviews - Blackstone’s SPAC foray puts price on convenience - Reuters [Link]
• [12/07/2020 21:41] 11. Breakingviews - Blackstone’s SPAC foray puts price on convenience - Reuters India [Link]
• [12/03/2020 12:34] 12. Electric hypercar maker Rimac says SPAC funding hype could damage industry - Reuters UK [Link]
• [12/07/2020 20:26] 13. Simpson Thacher, Weil lead on $9 bln Paysafe blank check deal - Reuters [Link]
• [12/04/2020 07:03] 14. Europe set to tiptoe into SPAC-land as shell company deal pipeline builds - Reuters [Link]
• [12/07/2020 12:40] 15. Paysafe to go public via $9 billion deal with Bill Foley-backed SPAC - Reuters [Link]
• [12/07/2020 12:41] 16. Paysafe to go public via $9 billion deal with Bill Foley-backed SPAC - Reuters Canada [Link]
• [12/09/2020 12:54] 17. HydraFacial to go public via $1.1 billion deal with former Allergan CEO-backed SPAC - Reuters India [Link]
• [12/07/2020 12:26] 18. Paysafe to go public via merger with Bill Foley-backed SPAC - Reuters UK [Link]
• [12/03/2020 15:24] 19. UPDATE 1-Luminar Technologies shares rise 30% in public market debut - Reuters [Link]
• [12/07/2020 19:03] 20. Exclusive: Online lender SoFi explores deal to go public - sources - Reuters [Link]
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1. UK electric vehicle startup Arrival picks Charlotte for its North American headquarters

published : 12/09/2020 22:59
Arrival, the UK electric vehicle startup that plans to become a publicly traded company through a merger with  special purpose acquisition company CIIG Merger Corp., has picked Charlotte for its Nort… [+1530 chars] More...

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2. As Metromile looks to go public, insurtech funding is on the rise

published : 12/03/2020 16:06
Earlier this week, TechCrunch covered the latest venture round for AgentSync, a startup that helps insurance agents comply with rules and regulations. But while the product area might not keep you up… [+3908 chars] More...

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3. Lidar startup goes public, makes founder a billionaire

published : 12/04/2020 20:49
Enlarge/ Luminar CEO Austin Russell. 11 with 9 posters participating Luminar founder Austin Russell has become one of the youngest self-made billionaires after the lidar maker debuted on public mar… [+4333 chars] More...

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4. Europe set to tiptoe into SPAC-land as shell company deal pipeline builds - Reuters India

published : 12/04/2020 07:08
FILE PHOTO: Nikola's logo pictured at an event in Turin, Italy, December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Massimo Pinca Business News Clara Denina Abhinav Ramnarayan Arno Schuetze LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A… [+4356 chars] More...

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5. Private equity firm Thoma Bravo raising blank-check acquisition vehicle: sources - Reuters

published : 12/04/2020 00:22
(Reuters) - Private equity investor Thoma Bravo has hired an investment bank to raise funds in an initial public offering for a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), one of the first technology… [+632 chars] More...

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6. Analysis: Investors push back on blank-check company insiders' payout bonanza - Reuters India

published : 12/09/2020 12:19
(Reuters) - Investors are pressuring some blank-check acquisition companies to scale back wildly lucrative payouts to their bosses that are weighing on shareholder returns, threatening to tamp down W… [+7284 chars] More...

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7. UPDATE 1-Investors push back on blank-check company insiders' payout bonanza - Reuters India

published : 12/09/2020 20:24
(Reuters) - Investors are pressuring some blank-check acquisition companies to scale back wildly lucrative payouts to their bosses that are weighing on shareholder returns, threatening to tamp down W… [+7284 chars] More...

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8. Analysis-Investors push back on blank-check company insiders' payout bonanza - Reuters UK

published : 12/09/2020 12:13
(Reuters) - Investors are pressuring some blank-check acquisition companies to scale back wildly lucrative payouts to their bosses that are weighing on shareholder returns, threatening to tamp down W… [+7284 chars] More...

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9. Breakingviews - Fund firm merger-SPAC deal has hairy outline - Reuters

published : 12/04/2020 16:51
A trader looks up at a chart on his computer screen while working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the market opening in New York July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson NEW YO… [+3002 chars] More...

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10. Breakingviews - Blackstone’s SPAC foray puts price on convenience - Reuters

published : 12/07/2020 21:45
A Paysafe booth is shown on the exhibit hall floor during the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Steve Marcus NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Blacksto… [+2687 chars] More...

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11. Breakingviews - Blackstone’s SPAC foray puts price on convenience - Reuters India

published : 12/07/2020 21:41
A Paysafe booth is shown on the exhibit hall floor during the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Steve Marcus NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Blacksto… [+2687 chars] More...

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12. Electric hypercar maker Rimac says SPAC funding hype could damage industry - Reuters UK

published : 12/03/2020 12:34
By Reuters Staff FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A surge in the use of special purpose acquisition companies (SPAC) for raising money for electric vehicle start-ups could harm the long-term prospects of the i… [+2466 chars] More...

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13. Simpson Thacher, Weil lead on $9 bln Paysafe blank check deal - Reuters

published : 12/07/2020 20:26
In the latest big SPAC deal of 2020, Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II has tapped Weil, Gotshal & Manges as a legal advisor in its merger with online payment company Paysafe, which is represen… [+188 chars] More...

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14. Europe set to tiptoe into SPAC-land as shell company deal pipeline builds - Reuters

published : 12/04/2020 07:03
LONDON/FRANKFURT, Dec 4 (Reuters) - After watching from the sidelines as a boom in the listing of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) reshaped U.S. capital markets, Europe is preparing to p… [+4126 chars] More...

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15. Paysafe to go public via $9 billion deal with Bill Foley-backed SPAC - Reuters

published : 12/07/2020 12:40
By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: Jun 21, 2017; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley arrives on the red carpet before the 2017 NHL Awards and Expansion Draft at T-Mobile Arena. Manda… [+1322 chars] More...

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16. Paysafe to go public via $9 billion deal with Bill Foley-backed SPAC - Reuters Canada

published : 12/07/2020 12:41
By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: Jun 21, 2017; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley arrives on the red carpet before the 2017 NHL Awards and Expansion Draft at T-Mobile Arena. Manda… [+1322 chars] More...

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17. HydraFacial to go public via $1.1 billion deal with former Allergan CEO-backed SPAC - Reuters India

published : 12/09/2020 12:54
By Reuters Staff (Reuters) - A blank-check acquisition firm cofounded by the former chief executive officer of Allergan, Brent Saunders, will merge with beauty company HydraFacial in a deal valued a… [+907 chars] More...

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18. Paysafe to go public via merger with Bill Foley-backed SPAC - Reuters UK

published : 12/07/2020 12:26
By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: Jun 21, 2017; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley arrives on the red carpet before the 2017 NHL Awards and Expansion Draft at T-Mobile Arena. Manda… [+437 chars] More...

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19. UPDATE 1-Luminar Technologies shares rise 30% in public market debut - Reuters

published : 12/03/2020 15:24
(Corrects typographical error in 4th paragraph to make it Luminar instead of Lumiar) SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Luminar Technologies Inc shares rose more than 30% after it began trading as a p… [+2106 chars] More...

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20. Exclusive: Online lender SoFi explores deal to go public - sources - Reuters

published : 12/07/2020 19:03
FILE PHOTO: Anthony Noto, then-chief financial officer of Twitter, holds his phone during the first day of the annual Allen and Co. media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho July 8, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Bl… [+2173 chars] More...