SPAC and US IPO Activity

Year SPAC IPOs Total US IPOs SPAC % SPAC Proceeds $M US IPO Proceeds $M SPAC %
2025 74 108 69% 14,784 30,844 48%
2024 57 133 43% 9,624 42,245 23%
2023 31 72 43% 3,848 25,148 15%
2022 86 118 73% 13,431 22,881 59%
2021 613 968 63% 162,503 334,650 49%
2020 248 450 55% 83,386 179,389 46%
2019 59 213 28% 13,600 72,200 19%
2018 46 225 20% 10,750 63,890 17%
2017 34 189 18% 10,048 50,268 20%
2016 13 111 12% 3,499 25,779 14%
2015 20 173 12% 3,902 39,232 10%
2014 12 258 5% 1,750 93,040 2%
2013 10 220 5% 1,447 70,777 2%
2012 9 147 6% 490 50,131 1%
2011 16 144 11% 1,110 43,240 3%
2010 7 166 4% 503 50,583 1%
2009 1 70 1% 36 21,676 0%
2008 17 47 36% 3,842 30,092 13%
2007 66 299 22% 12,094 87,204 14%
2006 37 214 17% 3,384 55,754 6%
2005 29 253 11% 2,161 61,941 3%
2004 12 268 4% 485 72,865 1%
2003 1 127 1% 24 49,954 0%
Total 1,498 356,702
* IPOs greater than $40M, excludes direct listings.

Summary of SPACs

  # Proceeds $M
Seeking acquisition 129 26,607
Announced acquisition 87 14,164
Completed acquisition 775 182,088
Liquidated 506 133,360
Total 1,497 356,219
SPAC IPO pipeline 34 4,374

Recent SPAC IPO Performance

Symbol Name Price Unit Return
PAII/U Pyrophyte II 10.01 0.1%
SPEGU Silver Pegasus 10.04 0.4%
SOCAU Solarius Capital 10.03 0.3%
GTERU Globa Terra 10.08 0.8%
ONCHU 1RT 10.38 3.8%
EVAC/U EQV Ventures II 10.04 0.4%
CCIIU Cohen Circle II 10.18 1.8%
ORIQU Origin 10.00 0.0%
VNMEU Vendome 9.99 -0.1%
INACU Indigo 10.05 0.5%
NMPAU NMP 10.00 0.0%
CAEP Cantor Equity Partners III 10.92 9.2%
FIGXU FIGX Capital 10.02 0.2%
LWACU LightWave 10.03 0.3%
OBAWU Oxley Bridge 10.00 0.0%

Top Performing SPACs

Symbol Name Price Unit Return
LMB Limbach Holdings 139.81 2079%
PRIM Primoris 89.00 2063%
VRT Vertiv 131.30 1612%
TGLS Tecnoglass 75.31 1326%
ASTS AST SpaceMobile 57.45 704%
MP MP Materials 60.16 664%
OKLO Oklo 66.76 568%
RKLB Rocket Lab 51.34 546%
SMR NuScale Power 46.60 541%
BLBD Blue Bird 42.86 485%
CERE Cerevel Therapeutics 44.98 461%
IRDM Iridium 31.77 460%
MLTX MoonLake Immunotherapeutics 55.00 450%
DKNG DraftKings 43.94 448%
SYM Symbotic 53.10 431%
IONQ IonQ 44.57 428%
TWNK Hostess Brands 33.32 342%
SMPL Simply Good Foods 33.36 306%
WSC Williams Scotsman 30.37 298%
SOC Sable Offshore 28.75 274%
CEP Cantor Equity Partners / Twenty One 33.76 238%
VRRM Verra Mobility 24.87 193%
ROIC Retail Opportunity Investments (ROI) 17.49 175%
MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas 23.10 170%