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SPAC

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Tue 08 Feb 2022

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.

Trump 'tried to sell Truth Social to Musk' as SPAC deal stalled

Talk about an unholy social media alliance
Offbeat12 Mar 2024 | 96

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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