one third of SPAC merger deals announced in the United States had been completed.
February 2021 was a record month for both SPAC IPOs and SPAC mergers. SPACs, or special purpose acquisition companies, are public companies which raise money and then aim to merge with a private company, thus taking the target company public in the process. The value of SPAC IPOs reached 35.3 billion U.S. dollars in February 2021 and SPAC mergers were valued at 117 billion U.S. dollars. As of that month, only Value of special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) IPOs and merger deals worldwide from January 2019 to February 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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- Premium Statistic Returns of S&P 500, Nasdaq, IPOs & SPAC mergers in the U.S. 2020-2021
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SPAC IPOs
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Performance
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- Premium Statistic Number of acquisition-seeking SPACs in the U.S. 2020, by sector
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SPAC acquisition advisors
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- Premium Statistic Top 20 financial advisors to SPAC acquisitions in the U.S. 2023, by deal value
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Wall Street Journal. (March 29, 2021). Value of special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) IPOs and merger deals worldwide from January 2019 to February 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1231532/monthly-value-spac-ipos-and-mergers/
Wall Street Journal. "Value of special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) IPOs and merger deals worldwide from January 2019 to February 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 29, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1231532/monthly-value-spac-ipos-and-mergers/
Wall Street Journal. (2021). Value of special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) IPOs and merger deals worldwide from January 2019 to February 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1231532/monthly-value-spac-ipos-and-mergers/
Wall Street Journal. "Value of Special Purpose Acquisition Company (Spac) Ipos and Merger Deals Worldwide from January 2019 to February 2021 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1231532/monthly-value-spac-ipos-and-mergers/
Wall Street Journal, Value of special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) IPOs and merger deals worldwide from January 2019 to February 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1231532/monthly-value-spac-ipos-and-mergers/ (last visited May 19, 2024)
Value of special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) IPOs and merger deals worldwide from January 2019 to February 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1231532/monthly-value-spac-ipos-and-mergers/