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A SPAC, or “special purpose acquisition company,” is a corporate entity listed on a stock market that buys a private business as a way of taking it public more quickly than the traditional IPO route.

Quantum systems maker D-Wave takes the SPAC route

Company had hoped deal would grant access to $300m trust account, but shareholders cleared it out
HPC09 Aug 2022 | 6

SPAC sponsors could soon be held liable for over-hyping to investors

US watchdog may do something about so-called blank-check IPO capers
Legal30 Mar 2022 | 9

D-Wave to go public after $1.2 billion merger deal with SPAC

Quantum computing biz takes the easy route to IPO and future capital
HPC08 Feb 2022 | 14

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