OceanTech Acquisitions I Corp.
515 Madison Avenue
8th Floor – Suite 8133
New York, NY 10022
May 25, 2021
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Trade & Services
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Attention: | Blaise Rhodes |
Theresa Brillant
Donald Field
Lilyanna Peyser
| Re: | OceanTech Acquisitions I Corp. |
| Registration Statement on Form S-1 | |
| File No. 333-255151 | |
| Request for Acceleration |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, OceanTech Acquisitions I Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), hereby respectfully requests that the effective date of the above-captioned registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-255151) be accelerated so that the registration statement may become effective at 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on Thursday, May 27, 2021, or as soon thereafter as practicable, or at such later time as the Registrant may orally request via telephone call to the staff. This request for acceleration is subject, however, to your receiving a telephone call prior to such time from our legal counsel, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., confirming this request. The Registrant hereby authorizes Jeffrey Schultz of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., counsel to the Registrant, to make such request on its behalf.
Please call Jeffrey Schultz (212-692-6732) of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., counsel to the Registrant, with any comments or questions regarding this matter.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| OCEANTECH ACQUISITIONS I CORP. | ||
| /s/ Joseph Adir | ||
| Joseph Adir | ||
| Chief Executive Officer |
| cc: | Securities and Exchange Commission |
Blaise Rhodes
Theresa Brillant
Donald Field
Lilyanna Peyser
OceanTech Acquisitions I Corp.
Joseph Adir
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Kenneth R. Koch
Jeffrey P. Schultz
Melissa V. Frayer
Jeffrey D. Cohan
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
Barry I. Grossman
Jeffrey W. Rubin
