Fusion Acquisition II, the second blank check company formed by industry veterans targeting financial services, raised $435 million by offering 43.5 million units at $10. The company originally planned to offer 30 million units before increasing the offering to 36.5 million units earlier this month. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one-third of a warrant, exercisable at $11.50.
The company is led by CEO and Director John James, the founder and CEO of fintech BetaSmartz; CFO and Director Jeffrey Gary, who previously served as a Senior Portfolio Manager at Avenue Capital, where he worked with the SPAC investment team; and Chairman James Ross, who currently serves as a Senior Advisor to State Street after serving as Global Head of its SPDR ETF business. The group's previous SPAC, Fusion Acquisition (FUSE; +7% from $10 offer price), went public in June 2020 and has a pending merger agreement with mobile bank MoneyLion.
Fusion Acquisition II plans to target businesses in the financial services industry with enterprise values between $1.5 billion and $5 billion, with particular emphasis on those providing or changing technology for traditional financial services ("FinTech"), those in the wealth, investment and asset management sectors, or certain types of technology companies that lie adjacent to the Fintech sector.
Fusion Acquisition II plans to list on the NYSE under the symbol FSNB.U. Cantor Fitzgerald acted as a lead manager on the deal.
