Ford and BMW-backed battery maker Solid Power set to go public

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Solid Power Inc, an electric-vehicle battery maker backed by Ford Motor Co and BMW, said on Tuesday it would go public by merging with a blank check firm in a deal that values the combined entity at around $1.2bn (roughly R16,549,644,000)

Ford and BMW last month participated in Solid Power's $135m early stage financing round.Solid Power Inc, an electric-vehicle battery maker backed by Ford Motor Co and BMW, said on Tuesday it would go public by merging with a blank check firm in a deal that values the combined entity at around $1.

from private investors including Koch Strategic Platforms, Riverstone Energy Limited, Neuberger Berman funds and Van Eck Associates Corporation.Shares of the special purpose acquisition company were up 3.3% premarket. SPACs are publicly listed shell companies that raise funds intending to merge with private companies to take them public.

Electric-vehicle makers including Lucid Motors, Fisker Inc and Nikola Corp went public through SPAC mergers or have announced plans for the same over the past year. Volkswagen AG-backed battery maker QuantumScape Corp went public through a blank check merger in a $3.3bn The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter, after which Solid Power would be listed on the Nasdaq under the new ticker symbol"SLDP".

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co Inc is serving as a financial adviser to Solid Power, while Citigroup Global Markets Inc and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC advised DCRC.

 

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