Banking app, Dave to go public via merger with VPC Acquisition
- Mark Cuban backed banking app, Dave inks definitive agreement for a business combination with SPAC, VPC Impact Acquisition (VPCC) for becoming public and trade under the symbol, "DAVE" with an expected pro forma, fully-diluted equity value of ~$4B, assuming no redemptions.
- Combine company balance sheet is expected to result in $375M+ of cash indicating a contribution of up to $254M of cash held in VPCC’s trust account and $210M concurrent private placement led by Tiger Global Management.
- Business combination is expected to close late in Q3 or Q4.
- Dave, a financial platform assists 10M customers with banking, financial insights, overdraft protection, building credit and finding side gigs; until date, the company estimates that it has helped customers avoid ~$1B in overdraft fees through its flagship feature, ExtraCash, and earn $200M+ in income through its gig-economy job board, Side Hustle.
- It also launched Dave Banking in December 2020, a spending account and debit card with no monthly fees, which has already collected 1.3M+ members.
- Sponsor company Victory Park Capital for SPAC, VPCC most recently providing a $100M credit facility to the company in January 2021.
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