The snappily dressed former Facebook executive, who co-founded Social Capital in 2011, made early bets on Bitcoin, started a hedge fund, and raised $ 600 million to help startups go public through an unconventional
vehicle known as a SPAC, or special
purpose acquisition company.
An
acquisition finance transaction is usually structured with an investment
vehicle in the form of a newly incorporated special
purpose vehicle (SPV) which acts as the purchaser and borrows the
acquisition finance.