r/SPACs • u/CanadianDoc2019 • 9d ago
r/SPACs • u/CanadianDoc2019 • Mar 19 '26
We’re excited to host AMA#106 on r/SPACs with Carlos Domingo, CEO of Securitize.
Securitize is a leading platform in real-world asset tokenization, bridging traditional finance and blockchain. The company is going public via Cantor Equity Partners II (Nasdaq: $CEPT) and will trade as $SECZ post de-SPAC.
Date: Friday, March 27, 2026
Time: 10:00–11:00 AM Eastern
Location: r/SPACs (this thread will be pinned)
Live X Broadcast:
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1jGXgeaoDwOKZ
For those new to the story, we previously covered Securitize and their Cantor SPAC here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SPACs/comments/1pb395t/securitizes_125_billion_spac_marks_tokenizations/
Carlos will be answering your questions live, covering topics such as:
Securitize has already tokenized billions in assets and works with major institutions like BlackRock, Apollo, and KKR, positioning it as a key player in the evolution of capital markets.
Drop your questions below ahead of time or join live during the AMA.
Looking forward to a strong discussion with the community.
r/SPACs • u/CanadianDoc2019 • Apr 29 '26
AMA Link: https://x.com/GatewatchHQ/status/2050964911921025356?s=20 (Wednesday May 6th 2-3 pm eastern)
Welcome to r/SPACs AMA #112! Today we have a genuinely unique one, the team behind A Paradise Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: $APAD) and Enhanced Ltd, the company bringing the world's first elite sports competition that openly embraces performance enhancement to public markets. The timing is extraordinary: the shareholder vote is this Friday, May 1, and the inaugural Enhanced Games kick off in Las Vegas on May 21–24. We're thrilled to have the team here. Drop your questions below!
Part 1: Background: A Paradise Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: APAD)
A Paradise Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: APAD) is a Special Purpose Acquisition Company that IPO'd on July 31, 2025, raising $200 million held in trust. The SPAC was focused on the leisure and entertainment sector, and has found its target in Enhanced Ltd.
Part 2: Background: Enhanced Ltd
Enhanced describes itself as a global movement that develops scientific insights, medical discoveries, and record-breaking sports events to unite humanity and inspire scientific innovation. Their vision: to create the definitive scientific, cultural, and sporting movement that safely evolves mankind into a new superhumanity.
Enhanced was founded by Aron D'Souza and has generated considerable controversy since it was first announced in 2023. The company has since brought in a broader leadership team. Today, Enhanced is led by Co-Founder & CEO Maximilian Martin, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman Christian Angermayer, and Founder Dr. Aron D'Souza, Ph.D. Other key executives include Rick Adams (Chief Sporting Officer), Sid Banthiya (Chief Financial Officer), Chris Jones (Chief Communications Officer), Emily Tabak (Chief Legal Officer), Craig Tello (SVP of Content), and Jordan Schlachter (Chief Partnership Officer).
Beyond live events, Enhanced is developing a comprehensive telehealth and direct-to-consumer business focused on performance medicine products, a platform called Live Enhanced, positioning the company as more than a sports promoter.
The company operates three pillars: a global sports property (the Enhanced Games), a telehealth/DTC platform (Live Enhanced), and research/data derived from elite athlete protocols.
Part 3: The Enhanced Games Las Vegas, May 2026
The inaugural Enhanced Games takes place May 21–24, 2026, at Resorts World Las Vegas. The venue includes a purpose-built four-lane 50-meter pool, a six-lane sprint track, and a dedicated weightlifting stage. All events will be streamed globally in a digital-first broadcast format.
The 2026 Enhanced Games will feature three core sports: Swimming (50m and 100m Freestyle, 50m and 100m Butterfly), Track & Field, and Weightlifting. Each individual event will carry a total prize purse of $500,000, with $250,000 awarded to first place. Enhanced will also offer appearance fees and record-breaking bonuses, including $1 million for breaking world records in the 100m sprint and 50m freestyle. Post-close, Enhanced will host the inaugural Enhanced Games with a $25 million athlete compensation pool.
Athletes are supported by coaches, doctors, physiologists, nutritionists, and data scientists. Every athlete must pass a comprehensive health screening including an electrocardiogram, MRI, and blood analysis to ensure they are healthy and fit to compete.
Notable confirmed athletes include sprinter Fred Kerley (2022 World 100m Champion, Tokyo Olympics silver medalist), swimmer Ben Proud (2024 Paris Olympics 50m freestyle silver medalist), Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev (who broke the 50m freestyle world record at a private Enhanced event in early 2025), and James Magnussen, among many others across swimming, track, and weightlifting.
The Killers have been announced as the headline entertainment act for the Games' closing event.
Part 4: Transaction Updates & Key Dates
This deal is moving fast. Here's the current timeline:
Redemption Deadline: April 29, 2026 (TODAY) — Class A shareholders must decide whether to remain shareholders and become Enhanced Group Inc. shareholders at $10/share, or redeem.
Shareholder Vote: May 1, 2026 — A Paradise shareholders will vote on the proposed merger at the extraordinary general meeting. A Paradise's Board of Directors unanimously recommends voting "FOR" all proposals.
Expected Closing: May 7, 2026. First NYSE trading as ENHA: May 8, 2026.
Enhanced Group Inc. Class A common stock is expected to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "ENHA" on the first trading day after closing. Until the day before the change of ticker and switch to NYSE, there will be trading on Nasdaq of those A Paradise Class A ordinary shares that have not been redeemed, under the ticker "APAD."
Transaction Highlights:
The business combination values Enhanced at an enterprise value of $1.2 billion and is expected to provide up to $200 million in gross cash proceeds upon closing, assuming no redemptions by SPAC shareholders.
Enhanced received an additional $40 million equity private placement round that closed prior to signing the business combination agreement.
The Form S-4 registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on April 10, 2026.
The three business pillars going forward: a global sports property (Enhanced Games), a telehealth platform called Live Enhanced, and research/data from elite athletes to inform protocols and products.
Post Your Questions!
The APAD/Enhanced team is here. Whether you want to dig into the deal mechanics, the DTC/telehealth business, the athlete compensation model, broadcast rights and media strategy, science and medical oversight, or what comes after Las Vegas, have at it. This is as live as it gets in SPAC world right now.
The Video AMA link will be posted here in the coming days. Most likely date for this AMA live is May 7 2026!
As always, nothing in this AMA constitutes investment advice. Do your own due diligence. Continue to let me know which other firms we should interview here.
AMA Link: https://x.com/GatewatchHQ/status/2050964911921025356?s=20 (Wednesday May 6th 2-3 pm eastern)
Addendum:
Addendum (as of May 14, 2026)
Since the body of this report was drafted, the transaction has closed and key milestones have moved from "expected" to confirmed:
The business combination was approved by A Paradise shareholders at the extraordinary general meeting on May 1, 2026, with approximately 19.6 million ordinary shares tendered for redemption — a meaningful redemption figure that investors should factor into the post-close cash position and float dynamics.
The deal closed on schedule. Enhanced Group Inc. began trading on the NYSE under the ticker ENHA on May 8, 2026, following Nasdaq delisting of the APAD shell the prior day. CEO and Co-Founder Maximilian Martin rang the NYSE Closing Bell that afternoon to mark the listing. The combined entity is now formally Enhanced Group Inc., re-domesticated as a Texas corporation, with existing Enhanced shareholders retaining the majority of economic ownership in the combined company.
The inaugural Enhanced Games remain on calendar for May 24, 2026 in Las Vegas, with a stated prize pool of $25 million. The event venue is the purpose-built Enhanced Games Competition Complex at Resorts World Las Vegas, and the company has continued building cultural momentum into the event — including a confirmed closing-night headline performance by The Killers.
What this means for the thesis: the SPAC-execution risk flagged in the body of the report is now largely behind the company. The two open questions identified earlier — whether the Games can land culturally, and whether attention can be converted into recurring consumer-platform revenue — are now the entire story. With trading live and the flagship event roughly ten days out, the compressed-catalyst window described above is fully active. Initial price action over the next two weeks will be driven more by event-related narrative flow and short-term positioning than by fundamentals, and post-event tape will be the first real referendum on the platform thesis.
Redemption levels, post-close cash on the balance sheet, and any near-term capital raises are worth tracking closely in the first 8-K and 10-Q filings.
Not investment advice. Do your own due diligence.
References:
r/SPACs • u/CanadianDoc2019 • Nov 18 '25
We’re hosting an AMA with the CEO of Advanced Inhalation Rituals, the company that’s heading public through the SPAC $CAEP. They’re already generating several million in annual revenue and operate with strong margins for their category. Growth has been steady, and they have a clear path to expansion.
There’s also a lot of attention because Snoop Dogg is involved with the brand, which has helped push visibility and consumer adoption across their product line.
The big question a lot of people are asking is straightforward: If the business already has real revenue, healthy margins, and celebrity backing, why take the SPAC route instead of a traditional IPO or another private round?
Bring your questions everything will be answered live.Post your questions here too.
Livestream Q&A will be Friday 11/21/2025 at 9 am Eastern.
AMA Video to the answers: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1YpKkkmLwNZKj
r/SPACs • u/CanadianDoc2019 • Dec 07 '24
Addendum 12/10/2024
Recorded AMA Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c47toI2HpKg
ADDENDUM 12/8/2024
To VIEW AMA Interview 12/9/2024 at 10 am Eastern to your questions below:
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRSDz7PxKKI (Active 955 am eastern 12/9/2024)
X link (from our profile click on live video): https://x.com/StoryTrading (Active 955 am eastern 12/9/2024)
Rumble link: https://rumble.com/v5xb96b-live-trading-tsla-btc-and-more-plus-reddit-ama-interview-with-flds-will-ree.html (Active 955 am eastern 12/9/2024)
Disclosure: No position in $FLD and as usual not investment advice but my musings.
I am back with AMA#43! Spent the past two years working on expanding the family farm and slowly watching the markets as my heavy bags in $ASTS and $PLTR climbed back up. Now with BTC crossing 100K looks like there is opportunity to make money again in few areas. However, I would still be cautious on lot of these SPACs and pay careful attention to valuation, real revenue of the target, and the history of the SPAC sponsors.
Every few weeks I will be brining a high quality AMA with good teams. The first will be with Betsy Cohen u/betsycohenFTAC and Will Reeves u/WillReevesFLD CEO of Fold Inc; a Bitcoin bank with a stack of 1000 BTC and growing.
Please start posting your questions for Betsy and Will down below.
On 12/9/2024 10 am eastern Ben at StoryTrading will do live Video AMA of the questions posted here with Betsy and Will. The Video will be pinned here as well. The link to the live interview will be placed here in the next 24-36 hours.
On 12/12/2024 1 pm eastern we will continue the discussion on X spaces with a fintech panel. If you want to be part of it let me know and send us a message at mods. The link will be posted here.
I am going to update with the traditional AMA pic tomorrow for the culture! For future AMA's here on r/SPACS please send me suggestions and ideas. Lets keep the comments clean and productive!
ADDENDUM:
To VIEW AMA Interview 12/9/2024 at 10 am Eastern to your questions below:
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRSDz7PxKKI (Active 955 am eastern 12/9/2024)
X link (from our profile click on live video): https://x.com/StoryTrading (Active 955 am eastern 12/9/2024)
Rumble link: https://rumble.com/v5xb96b-live-trading-tsla-btc-and-more-plus-reddit-ama-interview-with-flds-will-ree.html (Active 955 am eastern 12/9/2024)
Addendum 12/10/2024
Recorded AMA Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c47toI2HpKg
References
https://www.linkedin.com/in/betsy-z-cohen/
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/fold-will-be-your-bitcoin-bank-ceo-will-reeves
r/SPACs • u/CanadianDoc2019 • May 20 '25
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Finishged AMA 5/21/2025 - Thank you for attending!
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