(Sources: SPACInsider, SPAC Analytics, Dealogic) As a result, it is estimated that there are more than 400 SPACs in the market looking for M&A targets. Some of these SPACs come with celebrity endorsements. There is even a rap video, thanks to Cassius Cuvée and Mags Lionne. Clearly, this movement cannot be ignored. At the risk of providing an overly generalized summary of the typical structure (basically enough to get you through a webcast happy hour): A SPAC is a company that undergoes an IPO at a time when it has no operations. It is formed for the purpose of raising cash to be held in trust for the purchase of a private company, taking it public in the process.