February 2021 was the strongest month yet for SPAC acquisitions globally when the value of these deals exceeded 100 billion U.S. dollars. In contrast, the total value of SPAC acquisitions amounted to 152 billion U.S. dollars for the entire year of 2020. A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is a company with no business operations which is set up for the sole purpose of raising capital through an initial public offering with the goal of buying an existing company. Historical data shows that the average initial returns after SPAC IPOs can vary, though have been generally positive over the past two decades.
Value of special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) M&A deals completed worldwide from March 2018 to February 2021
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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Statista. (April 27, 2021). Value of special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) M&A deals completed worldwide from March 2018 to February 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 12, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232014/value-spac-acquisitions-global/
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Statista. (2021). Value of special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) M&A deals completed worldwide from March 2018 to February 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 12, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232014/value-spac-acquisitions-global/
Statista. "Value of Special Purpose Acquisition Company (Spac) M&a Deals Completed Worldwide from March 2018 to February 2021 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Apr 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1232014/value-spac-acquisitions-global/
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