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- Corner Growth Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: COOL; warrants: COOLW) is a blank check company, or special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), incorporated in 2020 under the laws of the Cayman Islands with principal executive offices in Palo Alto, California. The company has no significant operations and focuses on effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses, primarily targeting technology sector companies in the United States and other developed countries; it emphasizes subsectors including fintech, healthtech, artificial intelligence, and robotics. Corner Growth Acquisition Corp. raised $350 million in its initial public offering in December 2020 and holds funds in trust, primarily in cash following liquidation of U.S. government securities in April 2024, for deployment in a prospective business combination. Recent major developments include the mutual termination in July 2024 of its business combination agreement with Noventiq Holdings plc, originally announced in May 2023 and amended in December 2023; a change in control in August 2024 via transfer of over 5.8 million Class A ordinary shares from original sponsor CGA Sponsor LLC to Ringwood Field LLC, accompanied by a full overhaul of management and the board of directors; multiple extensions of its initial business combination deadline, most recently to December 31, 2025; Nasdaq delisting notices in 2024 for failure to complete a timely business combination; changes in certifying accountants in late 2024 and early 2025; and ongoing shareholder redemptions that reduced outstanding public shares to approximately 15,000 by early 2025, with no operating revenues or income generated to date.