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The SPAC market in April 2026

16 IPOs, 12 deals announced, 2 closed in the U.S. SPAC market in April 2026, with trust sizes, targets and outcomes, compiled from SEC filings.

Published May 1, 2026 · Updated Oct 2, 2026 · SPACListing research desk

April 2026 produced 16 IPOs, 12 deals announced, 2 closed across the U.S. blank-check market. Everything below comes from the filings themselves, and every vehicle named links to its own record.

New vehicles

16 SPACs priced an IPO in April 2026, putting $2.8B into trust between them.

  • KPET Ultra Paceline Corp (KPET), $232M
  • ACP Holdings Acquisition Corp. (ACGC), $217M
  • Apogee Acquisition Corp (AACP), $175M
  • Maywood Acquisition Corp. 2 (MYX), $101M
  • NewHold Investment Corp IV (NHIV), $203M
  • QuasarEdge Acquisition Corp (QRED), $117M
  • JATT II Acquisition Corp. (JATT), $60.4M
  • Churchill Capital Corp XII (CXII), $417M
  • Greenland Energy Co (GLND)
  • Irenic Acquisition Corp. (IACQ), $254M
  • Plutonian Acquisition Corp. II (PLUN), $108M
  • Collective Acquisition Corp. II (CAII), $256M

Deals announced

12 vehicles signed a definitive business-combination agreement. An announcement starts the clock on a proxy, a shareholder vote and a redemption window, and a signed agreement is not a closed one.

  • Crown Reserve Acquisition Corp. I (CRAC), $176M
  • Teamshares Inc.
  • Fifth Era Acquisition Corp I (FERA), $242M
  • Constellation Acquisition Corp I (CSTAF), $661K
  • Mountain Lake Acquisition Corp. II (MLAA), $365M
  • Iron Horse Acquisition II Corp. (IRHO), $234M
  • Freenome Holdings, Inc.
  • Sizzle Acquisition Corp. II (SZZL), $241M
  • Viking Acquisition Corp I (VACI), $236M
  • Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners II Co. (ATII), $244M
  • Miluna Acquisition Corp (MMTX), $70.7M
  • Blue Water Acquisition Corp. IV (BWIV), $131M

Approved by shareholders

6 combinations went to a vote and passed. At that point the redemption window has run and what remains in trust is what the deal has to work with.

  • ALPHATIME ACQUISITION CORP, $16.0M
  • GD Culture Group Ltd (GDC), $40.4M
  • Haymaker Acquisition Corp. 4, $258M
  • Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc. (BBCP), $238M
  • TLGY ACQUISITION CORP (TLGYF), $6.5M
  • Claritev Corp (CTEV), $1.1B

Closed

2 de-SPACs completed in April 2026. The shell is gone and the target trades in its place.

  • Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. (DNA), $1.7B
  • Haymaker Acquisition Corp. 4, $258M

Deadlines that fell in the month

2 vehicles reached a combination deadline in April 2026. Each had to close, win an extension from shareholders, or return the money.

  • Charlton Aria Acquisition Corp (CHAR), $91.9M
  • Drugs Made In America Acquisition Corp. (DMAA), $147M

Compiled automatically from SEC filings on the day after the month ended. Figures are as filed; where a disclosure could not be reconciled it is left out rather than estimated.

Written from public SEC filings and market practice. Not investment, legal or tax advice, and no substitute for the document in front of you.