Merged into Ecarx, ticker now ECX
COVA

Completed

Ecarx

ECX
First $10.00
Merger $5.41
46%
Merger +6mo $3.40
66%
Merger +1yr $1.96
80%
Recent $1.95
81%

COVA Acquisition Corp.

Raised
$250M
CIK
1837160
SPAC Ticker
COVAU
Merger
Ecarx
Merged Ticker
ECX
Focus
Technology, Ecommerce, Software, Artificial Intelligence
External link: SEC Filings

SPAC Team

Leadership

Jun Hong Heng, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and Chairman of our board of directors , is the Founder of Crescent Cove Advisors, LP (“Crescent Cove”) and has served as the Chief Investment Officer of Crescent Cove since August 2018. Mr. Heng is also the Founder of Crescent Cove Capital Management LLC and has served as its Chief Investment Officer since February 2016. Prior to Crescent Cove Capital Management LLC, Mr. Heng served as Principal of Myriad Asset Management, an investment firm, from August 2011 to January 2015, where he focused on Asian credit and equity, including special situations. From June 2008 to June 2011, he served as Vice President of Argyle Street Management, a spin-off from Goldman Sachs Asian Special Situations Group. Previously, Mr. Heng served as an analyst at Morgan Stanley, where he focused on Asia, and as an analyst at Bear, Stearns & Co., where he served in a multi-disciplinary role across technology, media and telecommunications, mergers and acquisitions, and equity and debt capital markets. Mr. Heng holds a B.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. We believe Mr. Heng is qualified to serve as a director due to his significant leadership experience and his extensive experience investing across the capital structure in high-growth technology ventures both domestically and in Asia.

Karanveer “K.V.” Dhillon, our President and Secretary and a nominee for member of our board of directors , currently leads Crescent Cove’s business development, where he has been Managing Director since April 2020. Since April 2007, Mr. Dhillon has served as a Director of Mainstreet Equities, a publicly listed real estate firm. Mr. Dhillon served as full-time Managing Director and head of Guggenheim Capital Management Asia from December 2008, where he was responsible for all business activities in the region, including setting the firm’s strategic direction in Asia and delivering alternative investment solutions to global institutional investors, and Mr. Dhillon continues to provide limited advisory services to Guggenheim. During his tenure at Guggenheim Capital Management Asia, Mr. Dhillon’s investment focus included management of the private equity and special situations portfolio, while leading the firm’s investment efforts into sovereign debt, infrastructure lending and distressed secondary private equity transactions. Previously, Mr. Dhillon was a partner at Thomas Weisel Partners, where he spearheaded the firm’s asset management and research operations in Asia and held a senior role in their domestic equity business. Mr. Dhillon holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Calgary and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University. We believe Mr. Dhillon is qualified to serve as a director due to his significant leadership experience and extensive investment experience.

Pandu Sjahrir, a nominee for member of our board of directors , has served as a Managing Partner of Indies Capital Partners, a leading alternative asset manager focusing on Southeast Asia, since November 2017. He is also the Founding Partner of AC Ventures, an early-stage technology venture fund. Mr. Sjahrir served as a Managing Director in the Private Equity group at Abraaj Group, a private equity firm, from April 2015 to November 2017. Mr. Sjahrir has served as board member of Go-Jek, a technology company since April 2017, and also serves on the boards of several other Indonesian investment companies, including Agaeti Ventures Partners Limited, East Capital Global Limited and PT Toba Bara Sejahtra Tbk. He currently serves as a Commissioner of the Indonesia Stock Exchange, PT Shopee International Indonesia, PT Toba Bara Energi, PT Batu Hitam Perkasa, PT Garena Indonesia, PT Airpay International Indonesia and PT Elang Mahkota Teknologi Tbk. He has also served as Chairman of SEA Indonesia since April 2017 and as Chairman of the Indonesian Coal Mining Association since September 2015. Previously, Mr. Sjahrir served as a Senior Analyst at MatlinPatterson and at Lehman Brothers. Mr. Sjahrir holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago, an M.B.A. from Stanford University and an Executive M.B.A. from Tsinghua University. We believe Mr. Sjahrir is qualified to serve as a director due to his significant business and investment experience.

Alvin Widarta Sariaatmadja, a nominee for member of our board of directors , has served as the Chief Executive Officer of PT Elang Mahkota Teknologi Tbk (“EMTEK”), a leading Indonesian group focused on the technology, media and healthcare sectors, since June 2015. Mr. Sariaatmadja’s passion to digitize EMTEK’s business has led to a far reaching cultural and technological transformation across the group’s different businesses. Since August 2020, Mr. Sariaatmadja has served as Chairman of PT Surya Citra Media Tbk, an Indonesian mass media company. He also served as a director of PT Surya Citra Televisi, a television broadcasting station, from 2009 to 2017 and as director of PT Indosiar Visual Mandiri, an over-the-air television network, from 2011 to 2017. Mr. Sariaatmadja holds a Bachelor of Law and Commerce from the University of New South Wales. We believe Mr. Sariaatmadja is qualified to serve as a director due to his extensive leadership and business experience in the technology, media and healthcare industries.

Jack Smith, a nominee for member of our board of directors , is a serial entrepreneur, investor and advisor with a focus on identifying and nurturing early-stage startups. Mr. Smith currently serves as a board member of several startups and non-profits. He has served as a board member of Hustle Con Media, Inc., a media company, since October 2020. He has also served as a board director of the charity Give A Book since August 2020 and as a board director of The Prison Mathematics Project, Inc., a nonprofit organization, since October 2020. In 2011, Mr. Smith co-founded Vungle, a mobile advertising technology company, and he served as Vungle’s President until November 2013. Mr. Smith holds an English degree from King’s College London. We believe Mr. Smith is qualified to serve as a director due to his significant investment experience in the technology sector.