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New spac boom should scoop up the old

Nirgunan Tiruchelvam
Nirgunan Tiruchelvam • 4 min read
New spac boom should scoop up the old
Chamath Palihapitiya, the ‘patron saint’ of SPACS, said that he was the “The Next Warren Buffett (but cooler)” / Photo: Bloomberg
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Let’s not take moonshots. Let’s take over what’s crashed to Earth.

— motto of the new spac boom

A trend that peaked in 2021 has made a sudden revival. I am not talking about Covid, but spacs. Spacs, or special purpose acquisition companies, act as an alternative to an IPO.

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