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Above Food Corp. to Be Listed on NY Exchange Through SPAC, Plans Takeover of Atlantic Natural Foods

Canada’s Above Food, producer of plant-based ingredients and CPGs, is to list on the NY exchange through a SPAC transaction with Bite Acquisition Corp. Additionally, the company is set to purchase Atlantic Natural Foods, whose subsidiaries include plant-based brands Loma Linda, CHICK’N, and Tuno, as part of the IPO. Above Food Corp. and Bite Acquisition Corp. enter a definitive business combination agreement that values the company at a pro forma enterprise value of approximately $319 million. Upon completion of the proposed transaction, Above Food will be a publicly traded company and is expected to be listed on the NYSE under the new ticker symbol “ABVE.” Above Food is a differentiated, vertically integrated plant-based ingredients and foods company committed to regenerative agriculture and sustainable food technologies …

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Number of IPOs Worldwide Dropped by Almost Half Throughout 2022

Balance for 2022 as a whole: the number of IPOs in 2022 falls by 45 percent compared to the record year 2021, volume by 61 percent / 50 percent fewer IPOs in the fourth quarter, issue volume shrinks by 73 percent. These are the results of the current IPO barometer of the audit and consulting firm EY. Companies continued to hold back on IPOs towards the end of the year: a total of 334 companies worldwide took the plunge in the fourth quarter – 50 percent fewer than in the fourth quarter of the record year 2021. The issue volume fell by 73 percent to 31.9 billion US dollars. The picture is similar for the year as a whole: the number of IPOs worldwide fell …

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SPAC Belong Capital to Merge With Unnamed Plant-Based Food Company

Belong Capital — a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) focused on high-potential tech-enabled businesses — is set to merge with a plant-based food company. As reported by Seeking Alpha, Belong said it had signed a non-binding letter of intent to combine with the unnamed company, which has an annual revenue of more than $50 million. A closing is expected in the second quarter of next year, with the plant-based company set to execute an agreement at some point over the next month. Further details will be published after the agreement. The news comes following Belong’s $150 million raise when it went public last year. Speculation While the identity of the plant-based company is unknown, Seeking Alpha appears to hint that it could be Impossible Foods, …

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Is Impossible Foods Readying For a $10 Billion Public Listing?

According to a Reuters report which cites unnamed sources, Impossible Foods may be preparing for a public listing in the next 12 months which could either take the form of an IPO or a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), at a reported value of $10 billion or over. Reuters states that Impossible has already raised $1.5 billion privately.

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Japan: Alternative Meat Startup Next Meats Holdings Gets Listed on the American OTC Market

Japanese alternative meat company Next Meats Holdings, became listed on the American OTC Market on January 26th as NEXT MEATS HOLDINGS, INC (NXMH) after acquiring an American SPAC, paving its path into the American stock market. The rapidly growing company thus enters the US stock market with plans for worldwide expansion and NASDAQ listing in the future.

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