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On August 28, 2025, a $200 million Special Purpose Acquisition Company jointly sponsored by Mango Financial and internationally renowned investor Mr. Lo Wah Wah was officially launched. The lead underwriter for this SPAC is the US-based Early Bird Capital.
Mr. Lo Wah Wah: Internationally Renowned Investor Mr. Lo Wah Wah, currently an Executive Director of Hong Kong Dragon Financial Group Limited, is a long-term active participant in cross-border investment and financing, industrial capital integration, and capital market innovation, possessing extensive international experience. The acquisition targets for this $200 million SPAC will primarily focus on sectors such as East Asian consumer finance, new energy, biopharmaceuticals, and artificial intelligence.
Mango Financial: Exclusive Global Coordinator and Joint Sponsor Founded in 1970, Mango Financial holds Hong Kong SFC-licensed Type 1, 4, 6, and 9 financial licenses and is qualified by the China Securities Regulatory Commission for conducting overseas listing services for domestic enterprises. As a comprehensive international securities firm, Mango Financial has successfully sponsored and completed mergers for 5 SPACs, possessing mature operational experience and deep industry resources in both Hong Kong and US capital markets. This $200 million SPAC, jointly sponsored with Mr. Lo Wah Wah, represents Mango Financial's largest SPAC project to date.
Early Bird Capital: A Leader in the US SPAC Space As the lead underwriter for this SPAC, Early Bird Capital holds a solid industry position and possesses extensive practical experience in the US capital markets and the SPAC sector. With over 30 years of investment banking experience in the US, Early Bird Capital has become one of the investment banks with the highest number of SPAC issuances in the US capital market. The company has long served the capital market needs of cross-border enterprises, accumulating a significant number of successful cases, particularly in SPAC sponsorship, underwriting, and secondary market operations. Early Bird Capital is a key partner for Mango Financial in the US capital markets, and this collaboration marks another joint effort between the two firms there.
Conclusion The issuance of this $200 million SPAC opens an efficient financing channel for Asian companies to achieve global development through international capital markets. As a joint sponsor of this SPAC, Mango Financial will fully leverage its global investor network and capital market execution capabilities to drive the project's smooth implementation throughout the process and lay a solid foundation for subsequent merger transactions.
Market Context: A Prime Opportunity for SPAC Resurgence Since 2025, the US SPAC market has shown significant recovery, with deal scale reaching its highest level since 2021. As of August, 84 SPAC IPOs have been completed year-to-date, raising a total of $17.2 billion, with an average raise of approximately $200 million per SPAC. Both the number of issuances and the scale of financing have seen marked increases compared to the previous two years. The current SPAC market is flush with capital, and investor acceptance and enthusiasm for high-quality SPAC projects remain high, indicating that the strategic window for sponsoring SPACs has opened, providing a favorable opportunity for companies to enter the capital markets via a SPAC.
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