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Bark, Inc.BARK

Class A BARKCIK 0001819574

Cash in trust

$254M

$254,382,396

Trust per share

—

Redemption value

IPO

Nov 2020

—

Combination deadline

—

Not disclosed

Filings on record

502

Latest Oct 13, 2026

Business combination

Target
Not disclosed in an indexed filing
Announced
Dec 17, 2020
Closed
Jun 7, 2021

Overview

Bark, Inc. is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated and registered with the SEC under CIK 0001819574. It completed its initial public offering in Nov 2020 and listing on NYSE. Class A shares trade under the ticker BARK on NYSE. The vehicle is sponsored by Bark. The mandate targets consumer, media & entertainment. Business combination closed; the company trades under a new ticker.

“we intend to focus our efforts identifying businesses primarily in the beauty, wellness, self-care, fashion, e-commerce, subscription and digital-media space.”
The mandate, as stated in the IPO prospectus

Reading the filings

Arithmetic on what Bark, Inc. has disclosed, written the way a desk would read it. These are observations, not a rating. Nothing here scores the vehicle or implies a view on it.

  • Sponsor promote

    The sponsor's founder block is 937,500 shares against 7,752,515 public shares, or 10.8% of the combined count, acquired before the IPO at nominal cost. That promote is the structural dilution every public shareholder carries into a combination, and it is why the economics of a de-SPAC differ so sharply from a conventional IPO.

  • Warrant coverage

    Each unit carried one-third warrant per unit. Warrants are dilution deferred: they cost the holder nothing until exercised, and they overhang the post-combination share count. Thinner coverage is generally a sign of a stronger book at pricing.

  • Underwriting

    Citigroup led the offering. It has been named on 170 SPAC IPOs, book-running 114 of them, and 53.6% of its resolved vehicles closed a deal. The syndicate has no control over whether a sponsor finds a target, but the quality of the book at pricing shapes who ends up holding the units.

How busy it has been

Filings per month since the first one. A vehicle that has gone quiet with a deadline ahead is a different proposition from one that is still working.

361802020-072026-10

502 filings in all. 19 in the last three months, against a busiest month of 36.

News on Bark, Inc.

Last 90 days

News sentiment

Neutral
negativeneutralpositive

Across 5 recent stories, weighted towards the newest. Scored by our own headline classifier using finance- and SPAC-specific terms. It reads what a story is about, not what the shares are worth.

SEC filing history

Free tier: filings older than 24 hours
  • 4

    Statement of changes in beneficial ownership

    Accession 0002027006-26-000028

    Oct 13, 2026

    18d ago

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  • 8-K

    Current report

    Item 5.02 · Accession 0001628280-26-065536

    Oct 9, 2026

    22d ago

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  • 144

    144 filing

    Accession 0001950047-26-009396

    Sep 14, 2026

    1mo ago

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  • 4

    Statement of changes in beneficial ownership

    Accession 0002027006-26-000026

    Sep 14, 2026

    1mo ago

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  • 144

    144 filing

    Accession 0001950047-26-009371

    Sep 11, 2026

    1mo ago

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  • 144

    144 filing

    Accession 0001950047-26-009268

    Sep 10, 2026

    1mo ago

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  • 3

    Initial statement of beneficial ownership

    Accession 0001935704-26-000003

    Sep 9, 2026

    1mo ago

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  • 144

    144 filing

    Accession 0001950047-26-009160

    Sep 4, 2026

    1mo ago

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  • 144

    144 filing

    Accession 0001950047-26-009061

    Sep 3, 2026

    1mo ago

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  • 144

    144 filing

    Accession 0001950047-26-008977

    Sep 2, 2026

    1mo ago

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  • 8-K

    Current report

    Item 5.02 · Accession 0001819574-26-000006

    Aug 24, 2026

    2mo ago

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  • 4

    Statement of changes in beneficial ownership

    Accession 0002027006-26-000024

    Aug 21, 2026

    2mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • 4

    Statement of changes in beneficial ownership

    Accession 0001858646-26-000015

    Aug 21, 2026

    2mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • 4

    Statement of changes in beneficial ownership

    Accession 0001858646-26-000013

    Aug 17, 2026

    2mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • 4

    Statement of changes in beneficial ownership

    Accession 0001913920-26-000008

    Aug 11, 2026

    2mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • 4

    Statement of changes in beneficial ownership

    Accession 0001976172-26-000008

    Aug 11, 2026

    2mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • 4

    Statement of changes in beneficial ownership

    Accession 0002027006-26-000022

    Aug 11, 2026

    2mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • 10-Q

    Quarterly report

    Accession 0001628280-26-054441

    Aug 6, 2026

    2mo ago

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  • 8-K

    Current report

    Items 2.02, 9.01 · Accession 0001628280-26-054350

    Aug 6, 2026

    2mo ago

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  • 10-K/A

    10-K/A

    Accession 0001628280-26-050635

    Jul 29, 2026

    3mo ago

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  • 8-K

    Current report

    Items 5.02, 9.01 · Accession 0001628280-26-050218

    Jul 28, 2026

    3mo ago

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  • 4

    Statement of changes in beneficial ownership

    Accession 0002027006-26-000020

    Jul 13, 2026

    3mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • 4

    Statement of changes in beneficial ownership

    Accession 0002027006-26-000018

    Jul 7, 2026

    3mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • 144

    144 filing

    Accession 0001950047-26-006859

    Jul 6, 2026

    3mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • 4

    Statement of changes in beneficial ownership

    Accession 0002027006-26-000016

    Jun 11, 2026

    4mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • 10-K

    Annual report

    Accession 0001628280-26-042242

    Jun 10, 2026

    4mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • 4

    Statement of changes in beneficial ownership

    Accession 0001913920-26-000006

    Jun 10, 2026

    4mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • 4

    Statement of changes in beneficial ownership

    Accession 0001858646-26-000011

    Jun 10, 2026

    4mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • 4

    Statement of changes in beneficial ownership

    Accession 0002027006-26-000014

    Jun 10, 2026

    4mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • 4

    Statement of changes in beneficial ownership

    Accession 0001976172-26-000006

    Jun 10, 2026

    4mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗

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Bark, Inc.: questions answered

What is Bark, Inc. (BARK)?

Bark, Inc. is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated and registered with the SEC under CIK 0001819574. It completed its initial public offering in Nov 2020 and listing on NYSE. Class A shares trade under the ticker BARK on NYSE. The vehicle is sponsored by Bark. The mandate targets consumer, media & entertainment. Business combination closed; the company trades under a new ticker.

How much does Bark, Inc. hold in trust?

Approximately $254,382,396, as at the most recent filing on record. Trust balances move: shareholders redeem at extension votes and at the combination vote, and sponsors pay contributions in to extend. Treat the figure as a point-in-time disclosure, not a running balance.

When must Bark, Inc. complete a merger?

No combination deadline appears in the filings we have indexed. The date is stated in the charter and repeated in each quarterly report; where our parser could not establish it with confidence we leave it blank rather than infer one.

What happens if Bark, Inc. does not find a target in time?

The charter requires the vehicle to redeem 100% of the public shares and return the trust, pro rata, to public shareholders. That is the mechanism working as designed rather than a default. Founder shares and warrants are worthless in that outcome, which is why the sponsor's incentive is to get a deal done or to buy more time. Across the market, deadline lapsed without a deal; trust returned to public shareholders.

Can I redeem shares in Bark, Inc., and at what price?

Public shareholders may elect to redeem in connection with a combination vote and at each extension vote, at the pro-rata trust value on the relevant record date. Redemption is a right attached to the public shares only; warrants and rights carry no claim on the trust. The mechanics and the deadline for electing are set out in the proxy statement for the vote in question.

What tickers does Bark, Inc. trade under?

Class A shares trade as BARK on NYSE. Units trade first and separate into their component securities roughly 52 days after the IPO; only the Class A shares carry the redemption right against the trust.

Is the trust value the same as the share price for Bark, Inc.?

No. Trust per share is a disclosed, contractual figure: what a redeeming holder receives. The market price is whatever the shares change hands at, which can sit above the trust when a deal is well received or below it when the market doubts one will close. We do not have a current quote for this vehicle, so no spread is shown.

How much dilution do Bark, Inc.'s founder shares and warrants create?

The founder block is 937,500 shares against 7,752,515 public shares, so roughly 10.8% of the combined count sits with the sponsor at nominal cost. Each unit also carried one-third warrant per unit, which is dilution deferred until exercise. Both are disclosed in the prospectus and both survive into the combined company, which is why a de-SPAC at $10 is not economically the same as an IPO at $10.

Who sponsors Bark, Inc., and what is their track record?

Bark is the sponsor entity, part of the Bark franchise. This is the only vehicle we have attributed to that sponsor. Named principals: Joanna Coles.

Which banks underwrote the Bark, Inc. IPO?

Citigroup. Syndicate membership and role are read from the prospectus cover and the underwriting section.

Is Bark, Inc. tradeable, and where?

Yes. BARK returned a live quote of $8.00 on NYSE. Quotes here are delayed and refreshed on a schedule rather than streamed, so treat the figure as indicative and confirm on your own venue. Units and warrants trade under their own symbols and are quoted separately.

Is Bark, Inc. a good investment?

That is not a question this site answers. Bark, Inc. is covered here as reference data: what the company filed, when it filed it, and what the numbers in those filings say. The Edge, FOMO and Potential scores on this page are derived measures with a published formula, not ratings of investment merit: they describe the setup, and every component is shown so you can take them apart. We publish no price targets and no recommendations, and nothing here should be read as advice. The figures are a starting point for your own work, and each one carries the accession number of the filing it came from.

Where does this Bark, Inc. data come from?

Filings Bark, Inc. submitted to the SEC under CIK 0001819574: the registration statement and final prospectus for the structure, quarterly and annual reports for the trust, current reports and proxy statements for deals, votes and extensions. Trust economics are taken from the registrant's own XBRL tags rather than parsed from prose, which is why they are exact. Every filing in the history above is listed with its accession number, which identifies the document uniquely on EDGAR; Pro accounts open it directly from the row.

Compiled by the SPACListing research desk

Last reconciled Nov 1, 2026

Every figure on this page is read from documents the registrants filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, principally the IPO prospectus (Form 424B4), quarterly and annual reports, current reports and proxy statements, the registrant's own XBRL tags for trust economics. Nothing is sourced from press coverage, from the companies themselves, or from a third-party aggregator. Where a filing does not disclose something, the field is left blank rather than estimated.

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