Ticker LaunchSPAC · Merger completed
VG Acquisition Corp.
Business combination with 23andMe, Inc.
VG Acquisition Corp. is a blank-check company (SPAC) that raised $480M in its initial public offering on Oct 5, 2020, listing on New York Stock Exchange. It completed its business combination with 23andMe, Inc. on Jun 16, 2021; the combined company is 23andMe Holding Co. (ME). Virgin Enterprises led the IPO. Davis Polk advised the SPAC and Latham & Watkins advised the underwriters on the IPO.
23andMe is a consumer genetics and research company. It agreed to merge with Virgin Group's VG Acquisition Corp. to become publicly traded, aiming to advance personalized healthcare and therapeutic development through human genetics.
- Status
- Merger completed
- IPO date
- Oct 5, 2020
- IPO size
- $480M
- IPO exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Target
- 23andMe, Inc.
- Announced
- Feb 4, 2021
- Closed
- Jun 16, 2021
- Combined company
- 23andMe Holding Co. (ME)
- IPO underwriters
- Virgin Enterprises
- SPAC counsel (IPO)
- Davis Polk and Maples and Calder
- Underwriters' counsel (IPO)
- Latham & Watkins
More on this SPAC for subscribers
- Trust balance and value per share
- Redemptions at each extension and at the merger vote
- Liquidation deadline and extension history
- PIPE and other committed financing
- Merger proxy, registration statement and investor presentation
- Analyst notes from the filings
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Filings
- IPO prospectus (424B4) Oct 5, 2020
- Deal announcement (8-K) Feb 4, 2021
- Press release
- All filings on EDGAR CIK 1804591
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