United States securities and exchange commission logo December 11, 2020 Michael Aw Chief Executive Officer Provident Acquisition Corp. Unit 11C/D, Kimley Commercial Building 142 146 Queen s Road Central Hong Kong Re: Provident Acquisition Corp. Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 Submitted November 16, 2020 CIK No. 0001830531 Dear Mr. Aw: We have reviewed your draft registration statement and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to this letter by providing the requested information and either submitting an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration statement on EDGAR. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing the information you provide in response to these comments and your amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional comments. Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 Submitted November 16, 2020 Management, page 128 1. Please describe the business experience during the past five years of each director, executive officer, or director nominee. For example, please clarify the business experience during the past five years of your Chief Executive Officer, Michael Aw, and director nominee, Charles Mark Broadley. See Item 401(e) of Regulation S-K. You may contact Yong Kim, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3323, or Gus Rodriguez, Accounting Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3752, if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Kevin Dougherty, Staff Attorney, at Michael Aw Provident Acquisition Corp. December 11, 2020 Page 2 (202) 551-3271, or Loan Lauren Nguyen, Legal Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3642, with any other questions. FirstName LastNameMichael Aw Sincerely, Comapany NameProvident Acquisition Corp. Division of Corporation Finance December 11, 2020 Page 2 Office of Energy & Transportation FirstName LastName