A talk by Todd Anderson, Brendan Carroll and Greg Smith
LendIt Fintech,
Victory Park Capital and
FT Partners
Focus Areas covered by this talk
About this talk
One of the hottest trends on Wall Street has found its way to the fintech market. A SPAC or special purpose acquisition company is a shell company set up by investors with the sole purpose of raising money through an IPO to eventually acquire another company. SPACs have skyrocketed from a small handful of deals in 2019 to more than 20 in 2020.
- What is a SPAC and why would a company choose this route?
- What has changed in the market where so many deals are now getting done?
- Why would a company go the traditional IPO route if a SPAC option exists?
- Will the SPAC trend have staying power?
Todd Anderson
Fintech, Digital Banking, Online lending, Venture Capital
Brendan Carroll
Brendan Carroll is a Senior Partner at VPC, which he co-founded in 2007. He is responsible for strategic initiatives and firm operations in addition to sourcing, evaluating and executing investment opportunities.
Greg Smith
Greg Smith is a Managing Director at FT Partners where he leads the Firm’s research efforts. Greg has over two decades of experience covering the Financial Technology (FinTech) industry as both an analyst and banker.