- Business
- Fortune Rise Acquisition Corporation (FRLAW) operates as a blank check company whose purpose is to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Incorporated in February 2021 as a Delaware corporation and headquartered at 13575 58th Street North, Suite 200, Clearwater, Florida 33760, the company has no significant ongoing operations or products beyond its pursuit of an initial business combination. It previously listed units (FRLAU), Class A common stock (FRLA) and warrants (FRLAW) on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.
In October 2023, the company entered into a Business Combination Agreement with Water On Demand, Inc. (formerly Water Treatment), a subsidiary of OriginClear, Inc., under which Water On Demand would have become a wholly-owned subsidiary and the combined entity renamed Water on Demand, Inc.; multiple charter amendments extended the transaction deadline to May 5, 2025, while the sponsor facilitated an equity acquisition of Fortune Rise Sponsor, LLC. However, on December 9, 2024, the parties mutually terminated the agreement, prompting the company to forgo its December 5, 2024 extension deposit, cease operations on December 6, 2024 except for wind-up activities, redeem all remaining 843,183 public shares at approximately $11.94 per share from a $10.0 million trust account (retaining $50,000 for dissolution costs), and allow all warrants to expire worthless. The company now trades on OTC Pink markets and faces Nasdaq delisting proceedings initiated in April 2024 due to insufficient public holders.