Tal Keinan on Sky Harbour Creating a Home-Base for Private Aviation

by David Drapkin | Jan 20, 2022 | Podcast, SPACs

Shareholder vote: January 25, 2022 for YSAC shareholders as of record December 22, 2021 Tal Keinan, a former Israeli Military pilot and the CEO of Sky Harbour, got the idea to start Sky when he couldn’t find a spot to park his plane. While this might be the ultimate...

Rangeley’s Chris DeMuth Jr. on Value Investing and SPACs

by David Drapkin | Jan 19, 2022 | Podcast, SPACs

Chris DeMuth founded Rangeley Capital and focuses on SPAC and Value investing. Trained in event-driven situations, Chris has a history of consulting for funds and bank prop desks in his earlier career. He brings a very impressive and analytical framework to his...

Sonder’s Francis Davidson on Re-Designing Hospitality and Merger with GMII

by David Drapkin | Jan 12, 2022 | Podcast, SPACs

Shareholder vote: January 14, 2022 for GMII shareholders of record at November 30, 2021 For the latest Know Who Drives Return episode, we sat down with Francis Davidson, the founder and CEO of Sonder, a hospitality company that leases and manages travel properties....

Amy Nauiokas on FinTech VC, SPACs, Diversity, and Anthemis Digital (ADAL)

by David Drapkin | Jan 7, 2022 | Podcast, SPACs

We were fortunate to sit down with Amy Nauiokas, the Co-Founder, Co-Chair, and Co-CIO of fintech investing platform Anthemis ($1.2B in AUM), who has been a leading fintech investor for nearly 15 years. Though she has a career that us regular folks might find...

The SPAC Gamma Squeeze

by David Drapkin | Jan 6, 2022 | SPACs

“Gamma squeeze” has been a popular term thrown around in the mainstream over the past year, really kicking off with the GME and AMC mania of late 2020 / early 2021. This trend spilled over into SPACs as well, predominantly in the form of heavily redeemed...