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Core Technologies Fueling Digital Transformations
No one would question the fact that the most catalyzing technology of the digital transformation happening today is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its adjacent technologies. Despite the amazing progresses achieved during the course of the last decade, its technologies are still in an infant stage in terms of practical adoption and economic impacts, thanks to the impressive progresses in hardware technology, software technology, algorithm capabilities and the massive amount of data generated by social media and the Internet in general. More disruptive innovation in these areas will be needed in the future to continue fueling and driving the growth of the Digital Transformation.
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Technology Trends and the Private-to-Public Equity (PPE) ™ Initiative
“To know your future, you must know your past” - a famous statement attributed to philosopher George Santayana, considered as one of the most important rules in life and society. But, is this statement still valid today when we try to understand the impact of the new technological, industrial, and social transformations we are witnessing today? Are the rules and approaches of the past still suitable to model the upcoming fourth industrial revolution, which see Artificial Intelligence (AI) as omnipresent, infused, and catalyzing force?
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Private-to-Public Equity (PPE)™ Business Combination Initiative
When owners of late stage private companies contemplate exit options, becoming a public company by merging with a PPE™/Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) has become an attractive alternative strategy.
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Comparing a Private-to-Public Equity (PPE)™ Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) Transaction to a Private Equity (PE) Transaction
Late stage private companies that are in need of a cash infusion to support the ongoing growth of the business typically rely on the traditional sources of debt, private equity (PE) or, in some cases, venture capital (VC) funding. This white paper focuses on the PE financing alternative and compares it to a PPE™ (SPAC) transaction.
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The Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) or Private to Public Equity (PPE)™ Initiative
Wall Street’s current focus on the very large, so called “unicorn” companies has made access to this method of achieving a public listing very difficult for smaller, albeit successful and well positioned companies. Given this state of affairs, becoming a public company by merging with a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) has become an attractive alternative for growth-stage companies.
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