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Terms Tracker for the Week Ending September 11, 2026 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week's pricings. SPAC activity was light this week owing to the shortened Labor Day holiday week, plus Rosh Hashanah on Friday. ...

Aperture AC (NASDAQ:APUR) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with crypto mining firm Atlantic HPC Group at a pro forma enterprise value of $227 million. Atlantic HPC is developing power-intensive Bitcoin mining facilities in three US states. ...

This week, we speak with Dr. José Rosas-Bustos, CEO of EigenQ, and Dan Nash, CEO and Chairman of Silicon Valley Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: SVAQ). The two announced a $2.93 billion business combination in June. ...

ARC Group I (NASDAQ:ARCL) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with Malaysian financial services firm Firstborn Top Capital at a $1.1 billion pro forma enterprise value. Kuala Lumpur-based Firstborn Top Capital provides consumer finance credit through an online portal as well as institutional finance offerings. ...

At the SPAC of Dawn This week wraps up with a pair of new business combinations, both of which come from SPACs that IPO'd in the current cycle. Aperture AC (NASDAQ:APUR) had been searching for a target since its May 2026 IPO before settling on crypto mining firm Atlantic HPC Group this week while ARC Group I (NASDAQ:ARCL) has been on the hunt for only five months. ...

Harbour Island Acquisition Corp. I Harbour Island I (NASDAQ:HRIAU) has filed for a $100 million SPAC for a technology-focused target search. The new SPAC is offering investors a 1/2 warrant in each unit and the longest transaction deadline of this quartet of SPACs with a full 24-month clock. ...

Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VIII (NASDAQ:IPHXU) announced the pricing of its $250 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "IPHXU" on Friday, August 28, 2026. ...

Rainier Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ:RNAQU) announced the pricing of its $75 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "RNAQU" on Thursday, August 27, 2026. ...

JATT III Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:JTTT) announced the pricing of its $60 million IPO and its shares are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "JTTT" on Wednesday, August 26, 2026. ...

Southern Cross Acquisition II Corp. (NASDAQ:SCATU) announced the pricing of its $75 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "SCATU" on Wednesday, August 26, 2026. ...

Karman Line Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:XTERU) announced the pricing of its $200 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "XTERU" on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. ...

NorthStrive Acquisition Corp. I (NASDAQ:NSAIU) announced the pricing of its $100 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "NSAIU" on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. ...

New Iceland Arctic (NASDAQ:NIAAU) has filed for a $125 million SPAC that puts a new geography on the Board for the first time. As the SPAC's name suggests, it hosts a team based in Iceland that has long specialized in seeking out investment opportunities in the country. ...

Legion Capital (NYSE:LCAD.U) has filed for a $200 million SPAC that is bringing a group of anchor investors along with it into the space race. The new SPAC is offering investors 1/3 warrants in its units with the standard 24-month transaction deadline without a means of automatically extending this. ...

RainRock (NASDAQ:RRCKU) has filed for a $150 million SPAC with a focus on digital assets and AI-driven financial services. The team's search thesis in fact includes a number of buzzwords that haven't been seen in a SPAC S-1 in a while including "Web3" and "metaverse". ...

Graf Industrial II (NYSE:GTOO.U) has filed for a $220 million SPAC that will mark the first time the Graf team has had two SPACs in circulation simultaneously. The team's other vehicle, Graf Global (NYSE:TONT), is working to close a deal with professional sports league Big3 Basketball it announced in June, and this filing could suggest that things are progressing apace with that transaction. ...

Haymaker Acquisition Corp V Haymaker V (NYSE:HYAC.U) has filed for a $250 million SPAC that returns a prolific serial sponsor to the market after a short summer break. The new SPAC is offering investors a 1/4 warrant in each unit, marking a return to this premium structure for the first time since Haymaker III, which IPO'd in 2021. ...

ARC Group II (NASDAQ:CLMZU) has filed for a $105 million SPAC bringing a generous unit structure for investors. The new SPAC is offering one full warrant and one right to a 1/4 share in each unit and investors can also count on a near-term redemption opportunity as ARC Group II has just 12 months on its initial transaction deadline with the ability to extend this by three months at its discretion. ...

This week, we speak with Gianfranco Imperato, CEO of Trasteel, and Jamie Karson, Vice Chairman of Sizzle Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ:SZZL). The two announced a $1.3 billion business combination in April. It has been an interesting year for steel as it has been the target of trade restrictions and supply chain snares. ...

For our first-ever video podcast episode, we headed to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to speak with Allyson Satin, COO of the Ares SPACs, and Paul Wood, Co-Head of SPAC Investment Banking at BTIG. ...

This week, we speak with Tod Higinbotham, CEO of battery maker ZincFive and Jim Rhee, Chairman and CEO of Spark I Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:SPKL). The two announced a $752 million combination in June. Lithium-ion batteries have dominated much of the conversation in cutting-edge technology. ...

On this week's podcast, we speak with Paul Lichty, Co-Founder and CEO of Forge Nano. He explains how Forge Nano’s atomic layer deposition approach can build better batteries and semiconductors while maximizing the rarest materials these require. ...

This week, on a SPACInsider Podcast Replay, we revisit a September 2024 discussion from the beginning of the current SPAC cycle. SPACInsider founder Kristi Marvin was joined by Ed Kovary, Head of SPAC Capital Markets at BTIG, Nick Skibo, Managing Partner at Gritstone Asset Management, and Dimitre Genov, Managing Director at Brookline Capital Markets. ...

This week, we speak with Dr. Wasiq Bokhari, CEO of quantum computing firm Pasqal, to discuss its $1.98 billion combination with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ:BBCQ). Quantum computers are plugged in and doing real commercial work, but, how can you get them to collaborate with CPUs and GPUs on a single problem? ...

At the SPAC of Dawn The end of this shortened week brings back-to-back inflation readings with PPI numbers slated for this morning and CPI coming in tomorrow. The National Association of Realtors is also expected to report about 4 million new home sales at 10 am ET. ...

At the SPAC of Dawn De-SPACs have continued to be beneficiaries of US government boosts as quantum computing firms are the latest to receive attention under the CHIPS Act. Both D-Wave (NASDAQ:QBTS) and Rigetti (NASDAQ:RGTI) have announced that they may now receive up to $100 million for R&D as the US Department of Commerce seeks to build quantum computing capacity in the United States. ...

At the SPAC of Dawn SPACs have five votes coming up and the recent slate of non-redemption agreements and adjournments suggests that investors still have some happy feet in the current market environment. ...

At the SPAC of Dawn A healthy bounce in the Nasdaq yesterday was good for a wide range of de-SPACs, but not quite as strongly as for ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT). The EV charging network surged +74. ...

At the SPAC of Dawn Uncertainty around bond yields, interest rates and other sources of instability have left a climate that has returned the SPAC world to high redemptions after a Spring that saw many teams reach completion with relatively low redemption rates. ...

At the SPAC of Dawn SPACInsider has now revamped its SPAC profile pages! The new profile pages are designed to put more critical information in one place and prevent the need for scrolling to get to the facts you need. ...