HeyJaredThe DESPAC Podcast
The DESPAC Podcast gives private company leaders the guidance, structure, and truth they need to approach SPAC and DESPAC transactions with confidence. Hosted by Chaz Churchwell, the owner of Churchwell Insurance Agency.
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SPAC and DESPAC Market Update: Deal Sizes, Valuations, and Sector Trends (opens the original)
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373 active SPACs are hunting for targets — but only 23.3% of completed DESPACs trade above $10. Chaz Churchwell and Joshua Wilson break down the current SPAC-to-DESPAC data and what it means for private companies weighing a public listing. Chaz Churchwell, founder of Churchwell Insurance Agency and a D&O specialist for public companies, joins executive producer Joshua Wilson to unpack the state of the SPAC and DESPAC market. Drawing on SPAC Research's weekly monitors, they cover buyer poo...
What Attorneys and Bankers Won't Tell You About DESPAC Filings — Brian Cavalli (opens the original)
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Attorneys and bankers rarely say this part out loud: your SEC filing doesn't move without a printer, and waiting too long to bring one in is one of the biggest reasons DESPAC filings blow their deadlines. Brian Cavalli, Director of Sales at EdgarAgents and a 17-year veteran of the financial printing industry, joins host Chaz Churchwell to unpack the piece of the DESPAC process most sponsors overlook. Brian explains what EDGARizing a document means, why typesetting exists, how XBRL tagging fit...
What Institutional Investors Actually Look For in a DESPAC Candidate — Christine McNerney (opens the original)
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One DESPAC CEO took his freshly raised public capital and vanished for a month to golf across Japan. Christine McNerney, Portfolio Manager at Periscope Capital, has seen why that ego sinks a DESPAC - and what makes an institutional investor say yes instead. Christine McNerney is Portfolio Manager at Periscope Capital, a Toronto-based fund active in SPACs for over a decade. She joins host Chaz Churchwell on what institutional investors look for before backing a DESPAC: real capital needs vs. ...
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