SPAC Hall of Shame

The biggest failures in SPAC history, ranked by speed of collapse, magnitude of destruction, and absurdity of projections. These companies earned their place in infamy.

Total Bankruptcies

59

Peak Cap Destroyed

$1016.4B

Fastest Bankruptcy

63 days

American Virtual Cloud Technologies

⚡ Fastest to Bankruptcy

Ranked by days from SPAC merger to Chapter 11 filing.

1

American Virtual Cloud Technologies

Technology · Merged 2022-02-14 · Bankrupt 2022-04-18

63 days

merger → bankruptcy

2

Wag! Group Co.

Blank Check · Merged 2024-03-27 · Bankrupt 2024-06-03

68 days

merger → bankruptcy

3

Enjoy TechnologyENJY

Consumer · Merged 2021-10-15 · Bankrupt 2022-06-30

258 days

merger → bankruptcy

4

Near IntelligenceNIR

Technology · Merged 2023-03-23 · Bankrupt 2023-12-14

266 days

merger → bankruptcy

5

Fast RadiusFSRD

Industrials · Merged 2022-02-04 · Bankrupt 2022-11-07

276 days

merger → bankruptcy

💥 Biggest Market Cap Destruction

The SPACs that destroyed the most market capitalization from peak to trough.

1

VinFastVFS

EV/Automotive

$230.0B

peak cap · now -96.0%

2

QuantumScapeQS

EV/Automotive

$50.0B

peak cap · now -97.0%

3

NikolaNKLA

EV/Automotive

$28.0B

peak cap · now -100.0%

4

PolestarPSNY

EV/Automotive

$27.0B

peak cap · now -98.0%

5

Ginkgo BioworksDNA

Healthcare

$24.0B

peak cap · now -97.5%

🤡 Most Ridiculous Projections

SPACs with the highest ratio of projected revenue to actual revenue. Fantasy vs. reality.

1

Joby AviationJOBY

Projected: $2.0B · Actual: $0

projected / actual

2

Archer AviationACHR

Projected: $1.0B · Actual: $0

projected / actual

3

Lilium NVLILM

Projected: $1.0B · Actual: $0

projected / actual

4

QuantumScapeQS

Projected: $500M · Actual: $0

projected / actual

5

Arrival SAARVL

Projected: $14.0B · Actual: $1M

14000x

projected / actual