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Last week featured eight announced SPAC deals. The week also had earnings from several well-known former SPACs. Here is a look back at the week that was SPACs for deals and headline news, all covered on Benzinga’s “SPACs Attack.” SPAC Deals Quantum encryption company Arqit Limited...

A leading electric micromobility company announced a SPAC deal Wednesday with plans to expand to more cities and new segments. The SPAC Deal: Bird announced a deal with Switchback II Corporation (NYSE: SWBK) valuing the company at $2.3 billion. Current Switchback II Corporation shareholders will...

The German police had a field day marshalling people around at the world's largest beer festival Oktoberfest, mediating in nearly 2,000 altercations at the 16-day event. Held annually in the months of September and October in Munich, Germany, Oktoberfest witnesses 7 million people every year, who...

Bird, a leading micro-mobility company founded in 2017, has just completed a $275 million Series D round of venture capital funding with CDPQ and Sequoia Capital leading the round.  This announcement by Bird CEO and founder Travis VanderZanden occurred on October 3 at TechCrunch Disrupt San...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a popular consumer product does not always make a great investment. The e-scooter craze is a recent example. "Even if scooters become ubiquitous that doesn't mean that any individual scooter company will generate outsize returns," said Dan Hoffer,...

In the pursuit of shared mobility, electric scooters are making a ubiquitous appearance across urban spaces in Europe and North America, with startups behind these vehicles pushing billion-dollar valuations in record time. People, especially millennials, are increasingly enamored by this low-cost...

Bird Scooter's chief product officer (CPO) shot back at skeptics this past week in a Linkedin post aimed at reassuring investors as the company tries to raise money amid mounting concerns about the viability of the micro-mobility business model. "I rarely write about Bird's business performance,...