- CEO
- Kevin J. McGurn
- Full Time Employees
- 2
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Shell Companies
- Address
- 15 East Putnam Avenue Mountainside NJ United States of America 06830
- IPO Date
- Feb 9, 2021
- Business
- Blue Water Acquisition Corp. III, a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses, primarily targets high-potential companies in the biotechnology, healthcare, technology, and artificial intelligence sectors; it offers no current operational products or services beyond its SPAC structure, which provides public market access through de-SPAC transactions for private entities in these industries. Founded in 2024 and headquartered at 15 E. Putnam Avenue, Suite 363, Greenwich, Connecticut, the company operates principally in the United States with a global acquisition mandate. In June 2025, it completed an upsized $253 million initial public offering of 25.3 million units at $10 each on Nasdaq under symbols BLUW and BLUWW, fully exercising the underwriters' over-allotment option; in September 2025, it submitted a $10 billion unsolicited bid for PDV Holding Inc., parent of Citgo Petroleum Corp., including a $3.2 billion settlement for defaulted PDVSA 2020 bondholders, though a U.S. court denied its request to extend the sale hearing and it later suspended participation in the process; most recently, on November 25, 2025, it executed a sponsor change via a Purchase Agreement, transferring control to a new sponsor that acquired Class B shares and private units for $7.2 million, resulting in a complete management and board overhaul.