- CEO
- Shahraab Ahmad
- Full Time Employees
- 4
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Shell Companies
- Address
- 6 St. Johns Lane New York City NY United States of America 10013
- IPO Date
- Mar 9, 2022
- Business
- Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp. II Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp. II is a blank check company, or special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), focused on effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, originally targeting opportunities in the financial services industry and mobility sector. Incorporated in 2021 and headquartered at 6 St Johns Lane, Floor 5, New York, New York, the company raised $300 million in gross proceeds from its initial public offering on January 14, 2022, underwritten by Cantor Fitzgerald as the sole book-running manager, with Academy Securities and Siebert Williams Shank as co-managers; each unit comprised one share of Series A common stock and one-half of one redeemable warrant. The company, led by CEO Shahraab Ahmad, President Burt Jordan, Chief Strategy Officer Tony Eisenberg and Chief Financial Officer Jason Chryssicas, operates with a lean team of four employees and maintains no significant current operations or revenue-generating activities beyond seeking and executing its initial business combination.
In December 2023, Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp. II announced a definitive business combination agreement with Abpro Corporation, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel antibody therapies for diseases including cancer, COVID-19 and diabetic blindness, initially valued at approximately $725 million with an expected close in the second quarter of 2024; the deal was later amended multiple times, including on September 4, 2024, to adjust sponsor compensation and share issuances, alongside extensions of the business combination deadline through votes on September 19, 2024, and November 7, 2024. Shareholder approval occurred on November 7, 2024, culminating in the merger's closing on November 12, 2024, through which Abpro Corporation acquired Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp. II in a transaction valued at around $496.3 million, resulting in the combined entity trading under the ticker ABP (formerly ACAB) on Nasdaq as Abpro Corporation. Concurrently, Abpro finalized strategic partnerships with Celltrion, Inc. and Abpro Bio International Inc., involving up to $1.75 billion in potential milestone payments and share purchases totaling over 1.1 million shares of Series A common stock to support advancement of candidates like ABP-102.