Thought I'd do a deep look into the world of #spacs and see what are floating out there. For those that dont know what a SPAC is - a SPAC is a special acquisition company looking to take companies public or merge and take public.
List of SPACs (this is a long list but full of interesting ones) 🔽
$AAC - ran by Ares Management, also has the former CEO of Hertz and GM as an advisor.
$AACOU - a media SPAC with the former CEO of AOL, former CEO of Hulu, and Troy Carter involved.
$AAQC - industry spac with former CEO of $HD , former Vice Chair of $GE and so forth.
$ACAM - spac ran by former CEO of Gucci and former Vice Chair of Neiman Marcuz
$ACAQ - tech spac with the former Chair and CEO of USA Network)
$ACIC - taking Archer Aviation public.
$ACDI - entertainment spac with creator of Runescap, former COO of Quibi, etc.
$ADER - gaming, consumer, lodging, entertainment SPAC.
$AGCB - this spac company also has $AGC .
$AGGR - spac with former CEO of Yahoo, former CEO of Blackboard, and others.
$ALCC - spac ran by chairman of Y Combinator and Michael Klein of Churchill Capital
$ANAC - sports spac with former CEO of $MSG , former pres. of Ticketmaster, etc
$APGB - ran by $APO
$ARGU - media spac ran by former CEO of CBS, and former CEO of $VIAC digital.
$BCTA - spac ran by Eduardo Sauervin (co-fndr of Facebook), and Bruce Aust - the former Vice Chair of $NDAQ .
$BGSX - SaaS spac ran by former COO of Facebook and former CEO of Rackspace.
$BLEU - spac ran by former Chair and CEO of $TPR , Lew Frankfort (fmr CEO of Coach) and also the former CEO of $LB is advising.
$BLTS - spac made by Peter Guber, Allen Shapiro, Mark Shapiro (fmr pres of $EDR
$BLUA - Tech and media spac made with the former Chair of $LYV , Anne Farlow from $PSTH , among others.
$BOWX - WeWork 👀
$BSAQ - entertainment spac with Chair of $NCLH , and Rob Moore (fmr VC of Paramount and former CEO of Walt Dis. Studios)
$BSKY - DTC spac with co-fdr of Zulily, Michael Smith (former COO of Walmart)
$CIIG - TMT spac made by Peter Cuneo (former CEO of Marvel)
$CPAA - spac with former CEO of Gillette, Rick Kash (Vice Chair of $NLSN )
$CPAR - spac with enough advisors in F500 companies to make your head spin.
$FACA - spac made with former CEO of Sofi, former COO of Coinbase
$FLYA - tech etf with fmr CEO of Luxury Retreats, CEO of $EXPE & chair of $TWTR .
$FRXB - TMTC spac made by Tom Staggs (fmr COO of $DIS ), Kevin Mayer (DAZN Chair, former CEO of TikTok, @shaq , etc)
$IPOD $IPOF
$LEGA - spac ran by Meg Whitman (former CEO of Ebay, HP, Quibi)
$LFTR - fintech spac ran by Fmr. CEO of Etrade and former COO of Coinbase.
$LHAA - tech spac with co founder of Huff. Post, former CEO of Huff Post, current CEO of Group Nine Media, and more.
$MITA - spac with Rich Paul (Klutch Sports Group), Jim Lanzone (former CEO of CBS and now CEO of Tinder), etc.
$MSDA - media spac with founder of Dell, former CFO of Spotify & Netflix, Jim Breyer also.
$OCA - spac with co founder of RSE Ventures, former CEO of Pepsi NA, etc.
$PACX - taking Acorns public
$PFTAU - spac with Chair of Sofi, former Chair of Paysafe and more.
$PGRW - media spac with former pres of $DISH , Chris Kelly (fmr MoviePass), and also the former CEO of TIME.
$PSTH - $4B spac ran by Bill Ackman, almost acquired part of UMG.
$REVE - spac made by the CEO of the XFL, targeting entertainment, drive to dest. hotels, gaming, etc.
$SGAM - taking Redbox public
$SPNG - spac made by Harry Sloan, former Chair of MGM, who also took $SKLZ public through $FEAC .
$TMAC - music spac made by the former Pres. of Gefden Records & fmr co Chair of NBC Entertainment.
$VGII - made by the Virgin Group
💬 If you made it this far, which ones stood out to you? Which are you attracted to?
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