Thursday s SPAC Opportunities: Is SPAC + Crypto Next? Another Good Deal Pop Shows a Healthier SPAC Market
It may start to feel boring for investors, but the SPAC market is getting healthy and that continues to provide opportunities for patient yield + optionality plays. BCTG had a good deal pop of almost 8%. VIH / Bakkt took a big hit (-12%) following the Coinbase IPO.
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BCTG Acquisition Corp (BCTG) taking
Tango Therapeutics public in a $350M deal and then a rare late afternoon announcement from
Roth CH Acquisition II (ROCC) who is taking music company
Reservoir public in a $788M deal.
BCTG was well received popping 7.94% through the close and up another 1.65% in after hours trading.
The SEC is zeroing in on SPACS. Altimeter (AGC) is taking Grab public in a record breaking $40b dollar SPAC merger. SPACs with announced deals took it on the chin yesterday.
SPAC Wrap: Investors Should be Happy with a Merger-less Monday; Announced Deals Take a Hit
Merger-less Monday was a bit of a surprise today, but given SPACs with announced deals took a hit, that s probably a good thing. Look for activity to pick up as the week progresses though.
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Apr 12, 2021
Even given the otherwise sideways day in the markets (S&P up, DJIA down, Nasdaq 100 down), some investors will be a bit disappointed in the SPAC activity. No deals were announced, SPAC IPOs stayed on the sidelines, and we saw only two prospective new SPACs file S-1s.
Those invested in SPACs with announced deals took a hit today though. The majority of units and common shares were down, with some down significantly (e.g. PSAC / Faraday; see full list below). Investors will need to be careful about deciding when to get in and out of SPACs once the deal is announced. While there have been some good post-deal pops on great execution (e.g. DMYD and MUDS w/ its NFT play announced today),
SPAC Weekly Wrap: Signs of Life in SPAC Land
The SPAC market has stabilized a bit as things almost got back to normal this week. Several M&A deals were announced with some (RICE, MUDS) performing quite well. Pre-IPO activity remained light though and two were downsized.
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Apr 9, 2021
A bit of return to normalcy this week as it feels like the low point of the SPAC market is behind us. New issues actually traded up (unlike the tail end of March) and several deals were met with investor enthusiasm. Highlights include:
Rice Acquisition RICE soaring day-1 +52% on its announcement of Aria/Archaea
SPAC Wrap: RICE stock takes off, TWCT is muted on Deal Announcements. IPOs Take a Rest Day
RICE surged over 50% on its Renewable Gas M&A deal, while True Wind Capital s deal with Cellebrite was greeted with a much more muted reaction from the market
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Apr 8, 2021
While M&A pops had returned a bit, it s been awhile since we ve seen a massive rally on a SPAC name after announcing an M&A deal, which is exactly what happened today with
Rice Acquisition Corp (RICE) up 52%. Rice is
combining Aria Energy and Archaea Energy and taking them public in a $1.15 billion merger. That will make the combined company into a leading renewable natural gas platform.