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SPAC is Special-purpose Acquisition Company. From wikipedia, > ... a shell corporation listed on a stock exchange with the purpose of acquiring a private compa
by philshem 5y ago
SPAC is Special-purpose Acquisition Company. From wikipedia,
> ... a shell corporation listed on a stock exchange with the purpose of acquiring a private company, thus making it public without going through the traditional initial public offering process.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special-purpose_acquisition_company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special-purpose_acquisition_co...
From the article:
> Palihapitiya promotes the SPAC as an innovation that “democratizes access to high-growth companies” while “dismantling” the “traditional capital market.” But he has sometimes acknowledged a simpler allegiance. “I want the fucking money,” he told students at Stanford’s business school, in 2017. “I will play the goddam game, and I will win.”