SPAC Overview
$230M
IPO Size
$16.8M
Trust (as of 2025-09-30)
Failed
Current Status
2022
IPO Year
Timeline Progress
- Registration2021-03-04 Filed S1
- IPO2022-01-06 IPO, search begins
- Definitive AgreementNo merger agreement yet
- Failed2025-06-04 Failed
About
Cartica Acquisition Corp is a blank-check company seeking to combine with an India-focused technology firm, using the sponsor’s emerging-markets investment experience and access to U.S. capital markets.
Investment Focus
Technology
Geographic Focus
India
The terms and the filing trail behind Cartica Acquisition Corp
What the sponsor registered, what the deal actually priced at, and every 8-K that moved it — unit structure, sponsor promote, and the dated lifecycle events, each linked to its filing.
- Unit structure as registered and as priced — price, warrant coverage, rights, trust per unit
- Sponsor promote: founder shares and percentage, private-placement warrants, trust deposit
- The full 8-K lifecycle timeline, each event linked to its filing
- Price history across the unit, share and warrant tickers
- Follow it, and see it change on your watchlist
SPAC Team
Sponsors
Leadership
Asif Ramji
Chairman Nominee, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Director, Director Nominee
Sanjeev Goel
Chief Executive Officer, Director
C Brian Coad
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer
Farida Khambata
Director
Steve J. Quamme
Director
Keki M. Mistry
Director, Director Nominee
Parul Bhandari
Director, Director Nominee
Subramanian Ramadorai
Director, Director Nominee
Underwriters
Extended Team Information
The team includes emerging-markets investors and operators with experience at IFC, Tata Consultancy Services, HDFC, Microsoft, and other financial-services and technology companies; the sponsor is affiliated with Cartica Management, an emerging-markets asset manager.
Key Information
IPO Date
January 6, 2022
Total Redemptions
$10.6M
State of Incorporation
E9
SIC
6770
Failed Date
June 4, 2025
SPAC Ticker
CITE