Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VIKCA-UN
Cash in trust
$233M
$232,582,684
Trust per share
$10.11
Redemption value
IPO
Mar 2026
$230M raised
Combination deadline
Mar 5, 2028
490 days remaining
Filings on record
43
Latest Oct 27, 2026
Business combination
- Target
- Not disclosed in an indexed filing
- Announced
- Jul 22, 2026
Overview
Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Cayman Islands and registered with the SEC under CIK 0002102713. It completed its initial public offering in Mar 2026, raising $230M in gross proceeds and listing on NYSE. Class A shares trade under the ticker KCA-UN, units under KCAC-UN, warrants under KCAC-WT on NYSE. The vehicle is sponsored by Kensington through Kensington Capital Sponsor VI LLC. The mandate targets generalist. Definitive business-combination agreement signed, closing pending.
“We intend to seek businesses that are in or may enter the automotive and automotive-related sector where businesses can benefit from our management team’s deep operational experience and vast network of industry relationships.”
Reading the filings
Arithmetic on what Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI 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.
Trust versus the $10 unit
The trust holds $10.11 per public share, 1.1% above the $10.00 the units were sold at. That spread is accrued interest on the trust and, where the charter provides for it, sponsor contributions paid in to buy more time. It is the floor a public shareholder can redeem at, not a valuation of the business.
Time on the clock
490 days to the Mar 5, 2028 deadline. The vehicle is early in its search window, and the deadline is not yet the binding constraint.
Sponsor record
Kensington has launched 9 vehicles. Of the 8 that have resolved, 8 closed a combination and 0 liquidated, a 100% completion rate. A sponsor's record is not a forecast, but it does tell you whether the team has taken a deal across the line before.
Underwriting
Cohen & Company led the offering. It has been named on 57 SPAC IPOs, book-running 56 of them, and 93.3% 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.
From listing to the date Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI must close a deal, extend again, or return the trust. The marker is today.
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.
43 filings in all. 12 in the last three months, against a busiest month of 12.
Scores
Recomputed 1d agoThree readings of Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI, each an unweighted mean of the components shown beneath it, and each component a percentile against every live SPAC rather than an absolute we invented. They describe the setup, not the merit. How they are built
Edge
ElevatedHow much does the structure protect a holder right now?
61/100
- Trust accretion25
$10.11 per share
- Runway88
492 days
- Sponsor record71
100.0%
Edge reads the setup, not the business. A vehicle can score well on protection and still be a poor place to leave money once a deal closes.
FOMO
ModerateHow much attention is this vehicle attracting right now?
49/100
- Filing activity70
3 in 30 days
- News coverage0
0 stories in 30 days
- Deal freshness77
announced 100 days ago
Attention is not quality. FOMO rises on news volume and on the market paying above trust, both of which have preceded plenty of disappointments.
Potential
ElevatedHow likely is this vehicle to complete a combination, and at what scale?
74/100
- Sponsor record71
100.0%
- Trust scale67
$233M
- Stage85
definitive agreement signed
Potential is about execution, not about the target. It says nothing about whether the eventual deal is worth owning, because the target is usually unknown when the score is computed.
These are derived measures, not ratings of investment merit. They carry no view on the target, no price target and no recommendation, and a high score is not a reason to buy anything.
News on Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI
Last 90 daysNothing in the last 90 days that names this vehicle. We attribute a story only when the release carries the ticker or the registered name, so an empty section means no press release or wire story matched — not that nothing was published. The filings below are the primary record either way.
SEC filing history
Free tier: filings older than 24 hours- S-4/A
S-4/A
Accession 0001193125-26-434278
- S-4/A
S-4/A
Accession 0001193125-26-418129
- 425
Business-combination communication
Accession 0001193125-26-417002
- 425
Business-combination communication
Accession 0001193125-26-397915
- S-4
Merger registration statement
Accession 0001193125-26-394814
- 425
Business-combination communication
Accession 0001193125-26-359211
- 425
Business-combination communication
Accession 0001193125-26-355801
- 425
Business-combination communication
Accession 0001193125-26-352483
- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001193125-26-349719
- 425
Business-combination communication
Accession 0001193125-26-340533
- 8-K
Other events
Items 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001193125-26-340529
- DRS
Draft registration statement (confidential)
Accession 0001193125-26-340488
- 425
Business-combination communication
Accession 0001193125-26-311391
- 8-K
Entry into a material definitive agreement; Regulation FD disclosure
Items 1.01, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001193125-26-311388
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001193125-26-308121
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001193125-26-296670
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001193125-26-296669
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001193125-26-296668
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001193125-26-296667
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001193125-26-296666
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001193125-26-296664
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001193125-26-296671
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001193125-26-296665
- SCHEDULE 13G/A
Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001104659-26-080851
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0002048251-26-003771
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001578621-26-000087
- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001193125-26-224198
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001172661-26-001880
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001104659-26-059881
- 8-K
Other events
Items 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001193125-26-167104
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Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI: questions answered
What is Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI (KCA-UN)?
Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Cayman Islands and registered with the SEC under CIK 0002102713. It completed its initial public offering in Mar 2026, raising $230M in gross proceeds and listing on NYSE. Class A shares trade under the ticker KCA-UN, units under KCAC-UN, warrants under KCAC-WT on NYSE. The vehicle is sponsored by Kensington through Kensington Capital Sponsor VI LLC. The mandate targets generalist. Definitive business-combination agreement signed, closing pending.
How much does Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI hold in trust?
Approximately $232,582,684, or about $10.11 per public share, 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 Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI complete a merger?
By Mar 5, 2028. If no combination closes by then the sponsor must seek a further extension or wind the vehicle up and return the trust.
What happens if Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI 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 Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI, 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, most recently disclosed at about $10.11 per share. 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 Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI trade under?
Class A shares trade as KCA-UN on NYSE, the units as KCAC-UN, and the warrants as KCAC-WT. 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 Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI?
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.
Who sponsors Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI, and what is their track record?
Kensington Capital Sponsor VI LLC is the sponsor entity, part of the Kensington franchise. That franchise has launched 9 vehicles in total, of which 8 closed a combination and 0 liquidated, a 100% completion rate on resolved vehicles. Named principals: Justin Mirro.
Which banks underwrote the Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI IPO?
Cohen & Company, Drexel Hamilton. Cohen & Company was credited as book-running manager on the cover. Syndicate membership and role are read from the prospectus cover and the underwriting section.
Is Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI tradeable, and where?
Our market-data provider returns no quote for KCA-UN. That is normal for a vehicle that has not begun trading, has been delisted after a wind-up, or is too thinly traded to carry a two-sided market. The absence of a quote is shown as "not quoted" rather than as a zero.
Is Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI a good investment?
That is not a question this site answers. Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI 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 Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI data come from?
Filings Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI submitted to the SEC under CIK 0002102713: 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.
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Last reconciled Oct 31, 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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