A Special Purpose Acquisition Company commonly referred to as SPAC, is a shell company that isn’t operating but is publicly listed. Its goal is to identify and buy private companies enabling the company targeted to be publicly listed on the stock market.
Investors generally start SPACs with knowledge about a specific industry to get a good deal in that area. When a SPAC is started, the founders often have a couple of target companies in mind that they want to buy and invest their money in.
One of the significant differences between SPAC and IPO is that SPAC IPO happens faster. It can take as little as eight weeks from creating SPAC to listing the IPO.
To invest in SPACs, you can choose individual securities or invest in the SPAC ETF. By selecting individual SPACs, investors can focus on promising opportunities.