What’s Driving 2020’s SPAC Surge?

PitchBook venture capital analyst Cameron Stanfill joins the pod to discuss his recent analyst note "The 2020 SPAC Frenzy," which breaks down this year’s SPAC boom. Topics discussed include what’s driving the surge (1:35), how private equity firms and SPACs are forever intertwined (5:40), why reverse mergers are more forgiving to startup founders than the typical leveraged buyout (7:12) and why host Adam Lewis can’t wait to see what baseball executive Billy Beane will do with his SPAC (11:10).

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