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 one third of SPAC merger deals announced in the United States had been completed.
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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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 November 20, 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 November 20, 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: November 20, 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 November 20, 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/
