Taking Your Company Public With The Least Risk: Understanding SPACs
Operations and Exit Strategy
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A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) allows a private company to become public without following the traditional IPO path. A SPAC is a publicly traded company that raises investment funds through an initial public offering and then completes an acquisition of an existing company.
Over 370 SPACs have been completed to date, raising over USD $65 billion and currently accounting for approximately 20 percent of all IPOs on the NASDAQ.
Hear Co-CEO of Forum Merger II Corporation, David Boris (YPO Big Apple, YPO Palm Beach Gold), Tina Pappas, Managing Director in Equity Capital Markets and Joel L. Rubinstein, Partner of the global law firm Winston & Strawn LLP
Learn how SPACs can help your company have permanent capital and achieve its next level of growth.
Find out why some of the world's leading investors including Richard Branson, Apollo, TPG and Blackstone have all used SPACs to benefit their companies.
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