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The SPAC market in October 2026

9 IPOs, 10 deals announced, 6 closed, 3 wound up in the U.S. SPAC market in October 2026, with trust sizes, targets and outcomes, compiled from SEC filings.

Published Nov 1, 2026 · Updated Nov 2, 2026 · SPACListing research desk

October 2026 produced 9 IPOs, 10 deals announced, 6 closed, 3 wound up 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

9 SPACs priced an IPO in October 2026, putting $512M into trust between them.

  • Southport Acquisition Corp. II (PORT), $208M
  • Pine Tree Acquisition Corp. (PAXG)
  • Evernorth Holdings Inc. (XRPN)
  • Harbour Island Acquisition Corp. I (HRIA), $103M
  • Frazier Life Sciences Acquisition Corp. II (FLSC)
  • TCGX Acquisition Corp. II (TCXB)
  • Football Manager SPAC Inc. (FBLL), $101M
  • SPACCircle Acquisition Corp. (SCQC), $101M
  • BHAV Acquisition Corp II (BHAI)

Deals announced

10 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.

  • SIM Acquisition Corp. I (SIMA), $6.1M
  • Charlton Aria Acquisition Corp (CHAR), $91.9M
  • Pioneer Acquisition I Corp (PACH), $263M
  • Quantumsphere Acquisition Corp (QUMS)
  • Pyrophyte Acquisition Corp. II (PAII), $208M
  • TCGX Acquisition Corp. (TCGX)
  • APEX Tech Acquisition Inc. (TRAD), $116M
  • K&F GROWTH ACQUISITION CORP. II (KFII), $305M
  • Amanat Acquisition Corp. (AMAN), $75.3M
  • GigCapital9 Corp. (GIX), $257M

Approved by shareholders

7 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.

  • Armada Acquisition Corp. II (XRPNU), $241M
  • Columbus Acquisition Corp/Cayman Islands (COLA), $27.2M
  • All In FutureTech Alliance, Inc. (AIFA), $142M
  • Senti Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (SNTI), $230M
  • Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners II Co. (ATII), $244M
  • Melar Acquisition Corp. I/Cayman (MACI), $42.9M
  • Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc. (HLSQ)

Closed

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

  • Xterax Corp II (XTER)
  • NorthStar Earth & Space Enterprises, Inc. (NSTR), $236M
  • Columbus Acquisition Corp/Cayman Islands (COLA), $27.2M
  • Evernorth Holdings Inc. (XRPN)
  • SES AI Corp (SES), $276M
  • HYCROFT MINING HOLDING CORP (HYMC), $71.8M

Wound up

3 vehicles ran out of time and returned $264M to shareholders. Liquidation is the ordinary outcome for a SPAC that never finds a target, not a failure of the structure.

  • Columbus Acquisition Corp/Cayman Islands (COLA), $27.2M
  • Metal Sky Star Acquisition Corp (MSSAF), $60.8M
  • Dynamix Corp (DYNC), $176M

Deadlines that fell in the month

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

  • Globa Terra Acquisition Corp (GTERA), $181M
  • Launch Two Acquisition Corp. (LPBB), $248M
  • Texas Ventures Acquisition III Corp (TVA), $237M
  • Bold Eagle Acquisition Corp. (BEAG), $274M
  • Oaktree Acquisition Corp. III Life Sciences (OACC), $205M
  • Stellar V Capital Corp. (Cayman Islands) (SVCC), $160M

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.