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BlackSky CEO Brian E. O’Toole (center) and other company executives celebrate their company’s Sept. 10 initial public offering by ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange a few days later. Photo courtesy BlackSky Technology Inc.
Oct 28, 2021

SPAC-ulative finance

One of the hottest investment tools in the past year and a half has imploded. But don’t give up on special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs as these peculiar financial structures are called, industry experts say. Also called blank-check companies, SPACs are here to stay, but not necessarily at the high-flying levels of 2020 and […]

Dec 2, 2020

Arlington-based blank check company raises $300M in IPO

Arlington-based Capitol Investment Corp. V raised $300 million through its initial public offering, the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) announced Wednesday. Led by Chairman and CEO Mark D. Ein and President and CFO L. Dyson Dryden, the company was formed for the purpose of a merger or purchase of another company, though a news release […]

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