TMTS
Industry:
Capital Markets

DESCRIPTION

Spartacus Acquisition Corporation II is a SPAC — a blank check company with no operations, revenue, or identified acquisition target. Spartacus raised $230M in its February 2026 IPO, placing those proceeds in a trust account invested at interest. The company has until February 2028 to complete an acquisition or return the trust funds to shareholders and liquidate. Management, led by Chairman Peter Aquino and CEO Igor Volshteyn, has indicated a focus on the TMT sector, though the company is not restricted to any industry. The sponsor, Spartacus Sponsor II LLC, acquired Founder Shares at a nominal price representing roughly 20% of the post-IPO share count; these shares are worthless if no deal closes but convert to Class A shares upon a successful merger. The sponsor also purchased $4.125M in private placement warrants to fund working capital outside the trust. Public shareholders paid $10/unit and can redeem at approximately $10/share plus interest at deal closing or liquidation, making the shares a capital-protected instrument with upside optionality if the acquired business performs well. The sponsor's incentive structure skews toward completing a deal rather than necessarily the best deal for public shareholders, an inherent conflict in the SPAC structure. Three entities — Tiber Ventures, CCUR Holdings, and Symbolic Logic — collectively own the majority of the sponsor entity, with Julian Singer as a principal shareholder across all three.

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