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SPACs issue units to their founders that will convert into approximately 20% ownership upon the successful completion of a deal
by danielahn 9y ago
SPACs issue units to their founders that will convert into approximately 20% ownership upon the successful completion of a deal
- probe 9y agoNo it's the founders of the SPAC (Chamath et. al) get 20% of the SPAC, which will then be diluted once they merge with the target startup. I do think you do raise a fair question of what stake Chamath et. al should get for sourcing a deal. 20% is definitely high, and I think a typical SPAC is something like 5% sourcing stake for the owners.
- danielahn 9y agoSorry for late reply! 20% is standard SPAC comp. Also yes, I apologize, you are right - they get 20% of the value of the SPAC, so if they buy 10% of a company, they are only getting 20% promote on that 10%.