The chip shortage has been a serious headwind to many tech companies, but what has it been like for the chip makers themselves?
This week we speak with Eli Assoolin, Co-founder CEO and Chairman of Newsight Imaging.
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In the ongoing 1% excise tax battle, Anzu Special Acquisition Corp I (Nasdaq: ANZU) dropped a supplement to its extension vote proxy this morning. Anzu is holding its previously adjourned extension vote at 9:30AM (ET) today to extend its completion deadline six months from March 4, 2023 up to September 4, 2023.
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Distoken Acquisition Corporation. priced its $60 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “DISTU” Wednesday, February 15, 2023.
The new SPAC intends to focus on opportunities in the technology industry that have their primary operations located in Asia.
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Why stop at one SPAC deal when you can do two SPAC deals? This week we speak with Wejo (NASDAQ:WEJO) CEO Richard Barlow.
Wejo announced a business combination with TKB Critical Technologies 1 (NASDAQ:USCT) in January, about 15 months after it closed an earlier combination with Virtuoso Acquisition Corp.
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Just when you think the excise-tax issue might be getting close to being resolved… and then a new log gets thrown onto the fire.
In the ongoing discussion of the 1% excise tax issue, there seemed to be some consensus being built among investors and teams that it was verboten to ask investors to pay for it.
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The 1% excise tax on share buybacks is still causing ripple effects throughout the SPAC ecosystem. It’s a game of whack-a-mole where the issue never goes away, or like a SPAC virus that keeps spawning variants.
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Electronics manufacturing is a huge sector, but it’s also fragmented, particularly at the early stages of a new product’s lifecycle.
With its SPAC deal, Tempo Automation (NASDAQ:TMPO) is hoping to change that.
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Carbon capture technology has long been talked about, and it is finally in operation with LanzaTech among the pioneers. Its plants are turning potential emissions into clothing, household goods and sustainable fuels.
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It has been a bumpy year for crypto, but what if there was a way to invest in the space while dodging the volatility?
Bitcoin Depot hopes to be that stock and announced a $755 million dollar combination with GSR II Meteora Acquisition Corp.
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Anzu Special Acquisition Corp. I (Nasdaq: ANZU) filed their definitive proxy on Friday for their extension vote to be held on February 9th. What remained in the definitive proxy was their ability to remove earned interest from the trust account to pay for any excise tax due to redemptions.
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Armada Acquisition Corp. I (Nasdaq: AACI) filed a supplement to its extension proxy yesterday with some language that was sure to raise a few eyebrows in the SPAC investor community. Namely, that it wants the ability to remove earned interest from the trust account to pay for any excise tax due to redemptions.
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Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are hard to market to and are routinely under-banked, so how can financial services firms reach them?
This week, we speak with Plastiq Founder and CEO Eliot Buchanan.
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Below is a summary of the 2022 SPAC market.
By all counts, the number of SPAC IPOs in 2021, at 613, was a high water mark not likely to be seen again in future years.
2022 was the year of the SPAC steeplechase. Just when SPACs thought they had cleared one hurdle, they would turn the corner and find they needed to jump a new and deeper moat.
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