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Popular home-genetics testing firm 23andMe (ME) agreed Thursday to go public via a SPAC operated by Virgin Group’s Sir Richard Branson in a deal that will value the company at some $3.5 billion."Of the hundreds of companies we reviewed for our SPAC, 23andMe stands head and shoulders ab...

23andMe to Merge with Virgin Group's VG Acquisition Corp. to Become Publicly-Traded Company Set to Revolutionize Personalized Healthcare and Therapeutic Development through Human Genetics - 23andMe is a leading consumer genetics and research company that offers a personalized he...

VG Acquisition Corp. was formed on 9/16/20 to focus on businesses that operate in one of the Virgin Group's core sectors. The company is expected to ramp up its efforts to find an acquisition target company in a disruptive sector. This article discusses why VGAC is worthy of inves...

Richard Branson's VG Acquisition SPAC (VGAC) is in talks to take DNA-testing firm 23andMe Inc. public though a $4b deal, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar.Deal could me announced in coming weeks if talks work out.VGAC dropping 1.9% after gaining after the initial report earlier....

VG Acquisition Corp. looks to offer an enticing risk-reward going forward for 2021 with plenty of options for mergers in theory. An experienced team with bountiful diversification should allow VGAC to enter into a high growth industry going forward. Virgin Orbit, Virgin Hyperloop,...

VG Acquisition Corp. IPO'd in early October 2020 as a SPAC. The company intends to focus on businesses that operate in one of the Virgin Group's core sectors. While there is ample runway to execute a transaction, there has been some recent speculation that there may be a deal in t...

Famous investment bank Goldman Sachs got involved as a sponsor in the SPAC game fairly early. They've enjoyed great but hard-fought success with the first iteration taking Veritiv public. This is a review of Goldman's second issue with shares trading above $12. For further d...

Even Ratner has a background in event-driven and special situations investing. But with the SPAC market heating up he switched to a more focused strategy of primarily investing in SPACs. Evan often buys them early and even pre-IPO but can ride the warrants for years if he believes...

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