Warren Buffett Piles on SPACs and CF Finance Lowers Deal Valuation
It was a bad day for SPACs as Warren Buffett piled on SPACs; CF Finance lowered their deal valuation with AEye; and today s MAAC deal had no pop.
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May 3, 2021
Stocks were mixed on Monday, the S&P500 was up / NASDAQ down, though this morning s SPAC M&A deal (MAAC) once again underperformed. MAAC closed up just 0.9% and below NAV at $9.95 marking yet another disappointing day-1 pop for newly announced SPAC M&A.
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger held Berkshire Hathaway s much watched virtual annual meeting over the weekend, and one of the talks of the town today (aside from naming his CEO successor) was his view on killer SPACs:
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Dan Sundheim s D1 Capital has made private investments in startups since its inception in 2018.
D1 participated in funding rounds in hot sectors like logistics, enterprise SaaS, and e-commerce.
We listed all the private investments it has announced publicly in 2021.
Hedge fund D1 Capital Partners, run by billionaire Dan Sundheim, is continuing to ramp up its private market bets having invested in at least 24 private companies in 2021 so far.
The $21 billion hedge fund has been making private investments in startups since its launch in 2018. Popular among fellow Tiger Cub firms Tiger Global and Coatue Management, private investing continues to take the hedge fund world by storm this year.
Chamath Defends His SPAC Record Following CLOV Short Squeeze
SPACs were down on Monday in a quiet news day. With the CLOV short squeeze going, Chamath is back to promoting his SPACs and FinTwit is less than welcoming.
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Apr 20, 2021
It was a quiet news day for SPACs on Monday with the CompoSecure / DBDR deal a disappointing +0.2% up on the announcement. The mania of Merger Mondays is gone and only good deals will get rewarded. Investors may not have liked CompoSecure s aggressive growth forecasts or they may be a little scared off from crypto with Bitcoin s (modest) crash back down to the mid $50k range. Regardless, they didn t bite.
SPAC Weekly Wrap: Signs of Life in SPAC Land
The SPAC market has stabilized a bit as things almost got back to normal this week. Several M&A deals were announced with some (RICE, MUDS) performing quite well. Pre-IPO activity remained light though and two were downsized.
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Apr 9, 2021
A bit of return to normalcy this week as it feels like the low point of the SPAC market is behind us. New issues actually traded up (unlike the tail end of March) and several deals were met with investor enthusiasm. Highlights include:
Rice Acquisition RICE soaring day-1 +52% on its announcement of Aria/Archaea