SPACs

Among those who are targeted include Social Capital's Chamath Palihapitiya, who was asked in a letter about his relationships to or with acquired companies and the compensation received at every level of their SPAC deals.

'A lot of fees and potential conflicts inherent,' says chairman Gary Gensler.

In a virtual event held by late-stage investor IVP, GP Eric Liaw talks about how SPACs may have slowed for now, but the clock is ticking on the two-year rule.

The covid-19 pandemic that shut down markets in early 2020 is now helping to lift healthcare investing, which has surged in the first half of 2021, according to a new report by Silicon Valley Bank.

Following the US SPAC boom of 2020 and Q1 2021, many US-based SPACs are snatching up European targets for high valuations.

SoftBank Vision Fund CFO Navneet Govil discusses his stance on inflation, ESG concerns, SPACs and LP commitments for the second Vision Fund at the CFOs & COOs Forum 2021.

Large exits in Europe during Q1 involving marketplace companies Toro, Cazoo, and Lilium are fueling growth in the sector, say investors from SpeedInvest and Adevinta

Steven Weinstein, chief executive at early stage investor Seismic Capital, says SPACs are facing a short supply of suitable companies.

Arbitrage pioneer Guy Wyser-Pratte is keen on SPACs as a way to bring retail investors into private funds. SEC regulators aren't so keen.

Regulators last week issued the second warning of the year on the booming SPAC market. Democrats are skeptical of them and regulation may be coming.