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Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp.

Business combination with Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.

Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp. is a blank-check company (SPAC) that raised $1.5B in its initial public offering on Feb 25, 2021, listing on Nasdaq Capital Market. It completed its business combination with Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. on Sep 16, 2021; the combined company is Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. (DNA). White & Case advised the SPAC and Davis Polk advised the underwriters on the IPO.

Ginkgo Bioworks operates a platform that enables the growth of biotechnology across diverse markets, from food and agriculture to industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals. It is the target of a business combination with Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp.

Status
Merger completed
IPO date
Feb 25, 2021
IPO size
$1.5B
IPO exchange
Nasdaq Capital Market
Target
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. (Old Ginkgo)
Announced
May 11, 2021
Closed
Sep 16, 2021
Combined company
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. (DNA)
SPAC counsel (IPO)
White & Case and Maples and Calder
Underwriters' counsel (IPO)
Davis Polk

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