Overview
We are a newly organized blank check company incorporated on October 3, 2023 as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more target businesses. To date, our efforts have been limited to organizational activities and activities related to this offering. We have not selected any potential business combination target, and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any potential target regarding entering a business combination with us.
Our sponsor is a wholly owned subsidiary of Waton Financial Limited (“Waton Financial”). Waton Financial, based in Hong Kong, primarily provides share clearing and settlement services, as well as one-stop IT platform services for the securities brokerage industry. Waton Securities International Limited, the principal subsidiary of Waton Financial incorporated in Hong Kong, is a type 1 / 4 / 5 / 9 licensed broker by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong. According to an independent industry report issued by Frost & Sullivan, Waton Financial is a top-five B2B fintech service provider for small and medium brokers in Asia-Pacific (excluding mainland China) in 2022. Kai Zhou, our Chairman of the Board following this offering and Chief Executive Officer, is the chairman of the board of directors for Waton Financial. Mr. Jim Rogers, an international investor, author and financial commentator, is a shareholder and director for Waton Financial and a member of its board of advisors.
While we may pursue an initial business combination in any business, industry or geographic location, we intend to prioritize our search with businesses that have their primary operations in FinTech, financial services, business services, technology, consumer goods and other new economy industries.
We intend to capitalize on our management team’s differentiated ability to source, acquire and manage a business. Our management team has an extensive track record of creating value for shareholders by acquiring strong businesses at disciplined valuations, investing in growth while fostering financial discipline and ultimately improving financial results. Our team consists of experienced entrepreneurs, investment banking, financial services, capital market professionals, senior operating executives, and managers of Asian and U.S. companies. We believe we will benefit from their accomplishments, and specifically their current activities in the Asian market, in identifying attractive acquisition opportunities. However, the past performance of our management team, strategic advisors and their affiliates is not a guarantee either of (i) success of any business combination we may consummate or (ii) that we will complete a business combination.
Our board of directors has significant expertise founding, operating, advising, and investing in global companies across financial service and commercial sectors. Furthermore, their robust experience in both developed and emerging markets provides us with optimal guidance while we search, negotiate and decide upon the potential acquisition target. For further information on our management team’s experience, see “Management.”
Acquisition Strategy
Our acquisition strategy will leverage our team’s network of industry, private equity and capital market industry relationships as well as relationships with management teams of public and private companies, investment bankers, attorneys and accountants, which we believe should provide us with a number of potential target businesses with which we may consummate an initial business combination.
We intend to focus our search on businesses that may provide significant opportunities for attractive investor returns. Our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region, although we expect to focus on a target in an industry where we believe our sponsor and management team’s expertise will provide us with a competitive advantage.
Although there is no restriction or limitation on what industry or geographic region our target operates in, it is our intention to pursue prospective targets that are in the FinTech, financial services, business services, technology, consumer goods and other new economy industries. While we will give priority to companies in the aforementioned industries, we will have no specific industry restriction, and we plan on exploring opportunities in other areas that show the interest of investors.
We intend to leverage our management team’s collective background in capital market, business management, investment, finance, technology, and the private equity industry in Asia and globally, as well as their broad network to