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Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace were all here to chat through the week’s biggest tech happenings. It was.....»»
Edge AI solution provider Gorilla Technology to trade on Nasdaq via SPAC
Gorilla Technology Group, a leading edge analytics AI solution provider headquartered in Taiwan, will become a publicly-traded company on Nasdaq through the merger with Global SPAC Partners, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)......»»
LiveWire, Harley-Davidson"s electric motorcycle division, expected to become publicly-traded company in 2022
Harley-Davidson is expected to spin off its electric motorcycle division and turn it into a public-traded company through a SPAC deal in the first half of 2022......»»
Southeast Asia roundup: Grab goes public in US
Thailand's Bitkub Online is exploring neighboring markets while Singapore's Grab went public in the US stock market as the biggest SPAC deal ever......»»
Asia Venturing V: Global capital market flat? New trends emerging in Asia
Is the global capital market getting flat? Are late-stage investors chasing early-stage startups a new trend or a fad? Is Rivian SPAC reasonably valued? Experts discussed these questions at the fifth round of Asia Venturing, a monthly event co-powere.....»»
Latest Apple Arcade games for iPhone, Mac, Apple TV [New: Galaga Wars]
Apple Arcade launched with close to 100 titles and the service is seeing new games added regularly with over 200 games now in the library. Follow along with our guide on the latest from Apple’s gaming service. New for 11/12: The classic spac.....»»
Trump to launch social media platform to compete with Twitter and Facebook
Former US president to go public with TRUTH Social via merger with SPAC. Enlarge (credit: Chris Delmas | Getty Images) Donald Trump is launching a social media platform called TRUTH Social, which will go public via a merger wi.....»»
Supply chain flexibility is crucial, says Cheney Wang, VP of supply chain and Taiwan GM of Latch
Latch was founded in 2014 by a group of former Apple employees and began trading on Nasdaq on June 7th, 2021 under LTCH. Through a SPAC listing, it raised $453 million and values over $1.5 billion. The system of Latch is designed to bring all devices.....»»
Supply chain flexibility is crucial, says Cheney Wang, VP of Supply Chain and Taiwan GM of Latch
Latch was founded in 2014 by a group of former Apple employees and began trading on Nasdaq on June 7th under LTCH. Through a SPAC listing, it raised $453 million and values over $1.5 billion. The system of Latch is designed to bring together all devi.....»»
Judge Releases Redacted Lunar Lander Lawsuit From Bezos" Blue Origin Against NASA-SpaceX Contract
ytene writes: As reported by CNBC, the US Court of Federal Claims has released a redacted version of the lawsuit, filed by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, in a complaint against NASA. Earlier this year, the agency had awarded a $2.9 billion contract to Spac.....»»
Gogoro will go public on Nasdaq after $2.35B SPAC deal
Gogoro is going public. The company, which is best known for its electric Smartscooters and swappable battery infrastructure, announced today it will list on Nasdaq through a merger with Poema Global, a SPAC affiliated with Princeville Capital. The d.....»»
Forge’s SPAC deal is a bet on unicorn illiquidity
The total addressable market that Forge serves is growing by the day, with more and more unicorns being born and a steady drumbeat of unicorn IPOs doing little to clear the decks. As Warby Parker, Freshworks, Amplitude and Toast look to li.....»»
Zillow, Other Tech Firms Are In an "Arms Race" To Buy Up American Homes
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Zillow is doing a $450 million bond deal to get the money it needs. Opendoor went public via a Chamath Palihapitiya-backed SPAC deal to scale as quickly as it can. Even Rocket Homes is getting int.....»»
Cannabis giant Leafly is going public through a SPAC merger
Leafly is turning to a SPAC with Merdia Merger Corp. I to go public. The deal, valued at about $532 million and expected to generate proceeds of up to $161.5 million, includes Leafly’s recent capital raise of $31.5 million from investors, including.....»»
A lot of cash and little love: An insurtech story
The players in the space that we can name and track are generally cash-rich and market-sentiment poor. Hippo began to trade earlier this week after completing its SPAC combination. The home-focused U.S. neoinsurance provider initially stuck.....»»
Nikola cuts delivery outlook for its electric semi trucks
Nikola, the electric truck startup that went public via a SPAC merger, warned Tuesday that supply chain constraints are causing numerous delays forcing it to slash its vehicle delivery projections in half. The company, which is still in pre-productio.....»»
ISS Briefly Loses Control After New Russian Module Misfires
destinyland shares a report from CNN: An unusual and potentially dangerous situation unfolded Thursday at the International Space Station, as the newly-docked Russian Nauka module inadvertently fired its thrusters causing a "tug of war" with the spac.....»»
Egyptian ride-sharing company Swvl plans to go public in a $1.5B SPAC merger
Queen's Gambit Growth Capital, the women-led SPAC in charge of the deal, called Swvl 'a disruptive platform that solves complex challenges and empowers underserved populations.' Cairo and Dubai-based ride-sharing company Swvl plans to go pu.....»»
Lucid Motors’ SPAC merger approved after executives issue plea to shareholders to vote
Shareholders approved Friday EV startup Lucid Motors’ merger with special purpose acquisition company Churchill Capital IV, after the companies extended the deadline by one day because not enough retail investors showed up to cast their vote. The i.....»»
After going public via a SPAC, Taboola acquires e-commerce marketing network Connexity for $800M
Taboola, the company that operates a popular grid-based advertising and content recommendation network across media properties, today announced an acquisition to expand its reach further into e-commerce, its first big move since going public in June.....»»
ServiceMax promises accelerating growth as key to $1.4B SPAC deal
ServiceMax, a company that builds software for the field-service industry, announced yesterday that it will go public via a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC in a deal valued at $1.4 billion. The transaction comes after ServiceMax was sold.....»»