Ardent Acquisition CORP
Completed 2007-02-22- CIK 1303849
- AACQ
- IPO 2005-02-25
- $31.2M trust
- 571 filings
Successfully merged with Avantair, Inc.
- IPO Size
- $36M
- raised at the IPO
- Trust Amount
- $31.2M
- held for shareholders
- Current Status
- Completed
- from its latest filing
- IPO Year
- 2005
- year it listed
Filings, by quarter
571 filings over 59 quarters; violet bars carry a milestone
- 04 Q4: 1 filing
- 05 Q1: 75 filings
- 05 Q2: 1 filing
- 05 Q3: 2 filings
- 05 Q4: 1 filing
- 06 Q1: 3 filings
- 06 Q2: 4 filings
- 06 Q3: 3 filings
- 06 Q4: 14 filings
- 07 Q1: 105 filings
- 07 Q2: 13 filings
- 07 Q3: 18 filings
- 07 Q4: 17 filings
- 08 Q1: 17 filings
- 08 Q2: 18 filings
- 08 Q3: 11 filings
- 08 Q4: 14 filings
- 09 Q1: 12 filings
- 09 Q2: 13 filings
- 09 Q3: 12 filings
- 09 Q4: 23 filings
- 10 Q1: 27 filings
- 10 Q2: 10 filings
- 10 Q3: 5 filings
- 10 Q4: 9 filings
- 11 Q1: 20 filings
- 11 Q2: 10 filings
- 11 Q3: 9 filings
- 11 Q4: 9 filings
- 12 Q1: 13 filings
- 12 Q2: 14 filings
- 12 Q3: 12 filings
- 12 Q4: 18 filings
- 13 Q1: 19 filings
- 13 Q2: 8 filings
- 13 Q3: 5 filings
- 13 Q4: 2 filings
- 14 Q1: 0 filings
- 14 Q2: 0 filings
- 14 Q3: 0 filings
- 14 Q4: 0 filings
- 15 Q1: 0 filings
- 15 Q2: 0 filings
- 15 Q3: 0 filings
- 15 Q4: 0 filings
- 16 Q1: 1 filing
- 16 Q2: 0 filings
- 16 Q3: 0 filings
- 16 Q4: 0 filings
- 17 Q1: 1 filing
- 17 Q2: 0 filings
- 17 Q3: 0 filings
- 17 Q4: 0 filings
- 18 Q1: 1 filing
- 18 Q2: 0 filings
- 18 Q3: 0 filings
- 18 Q4: 0 filings
- 19 Q1: 0 filings
- 19 Q2: 1 filing
- S-1 filed 04 Q4
- IPO 05 Q1
- Definitive agreement 06 Q4
- Completed 07 Q1
SPAC Overview
Where it stands on the road from S-1 to merger
Timeline Progress
About
Ardent Acquisition Corporation is a blank-check company formed to acquire or combine with an operating business. It has no identified target or industry, but intends to focus on technology-related businesses.
Investment Focus
Technology
Key Information
As the filings state it
- IPO Date
- 2005-02-25
- PIPE
- $9M
- Jurisdiction of Incorporation
- Delaware
- SIC
- 6770
- Completion Date
- 2007-02-22
- Merger Target
- Avantair, Inc.
- SPAC Ticker
- AACQ
SPAC Team
The banks on its IPO, and the team as the filings describe it
Underwriters
Extended Team Information
The management team includes executives and directors with backgrounds in money management, technology-focused venture capital and investment banking. Barry J. Gordon and Marc H. Klee have extensive experience with American Fund Advisors and technology investment funds; other directors bring venture capital, technology, investment banking and consulting experience.