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Growth for Good Acquisition (NASDAQ:GFGDU) is the new special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on the block with its stock debuting last month.
Let's take a closer look at what potential investors in GFGDU stock need to know about the company below!
- Let's start with Growth for Good's mission statement.
- The company says it "seeks an inclusive and sustainable company with strong business fundamentals, high growth potential and a readiness to scale in the public market."
- Of particular interest of the SPAC are climate technology companies.
- This has it focusing "clean energy, carbon tech, green materials and industry, e-mobility and transport, sustainable food and agritech."
- That has it seeking "disruptors for good" that break business molds to make the world more inclusive and sustainable.
- Leading the company is CEO and Board member Yana Watson Kakar.
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- The CEO has an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a B.A. from McGill University.
- She is also the Global Managing Partner Emeritus of Dalberg Advisors.
- Her focus on environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) has seen her writings published in the Financial Times, Bloomberg, The Huffington Post, DevEx, The Guardian, The Economist, and Forbes.
- The company recently closed its initial public offering (IPO), which saw it sell 25.3 million units at $10 each.
- This saw it raise $253 million.
- Investors will have to wait and see which company it spends that money on if a potential SPAC deal is announced down the road.
GFGDU stock is largely unchanged from its closing price on Wednesday as of Thursday afternoon.
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