Hamilton Chukyo Brokerage Says Air Taxi Startup Joby In Talks To Go Public TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / January 22, 2021 / Hamilton Chukyo Brokerage has today said that electric passenger aircraft developer Joby Aero Inc is negotiating a deal to go public via a merger with a blank-check acquisition company with a valuation estimated to be around $5 billion. "Joby has engaged investment banks to explore interest from special purpose acquisition companies, SPAC's, about a potential deal," said Michael Williams, Head of Private Wealth Management at Hamilton Chukyo Brokerage. Joby has created a zero-emissions, all-electric, vertical aircraft which it has scheduled for launch as an air-taxi service by 2023. Last month, the Santa Cruz, California-based firm agreed to take over Elevate, the flying taxi subsidiary of Uber Technologies Inc. Uber took a stake in Joby as part of the agreement.