Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp.
PLAOU
NASDAQ Global Market11.62
USD
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CIK
0001849737
ISIN
KYG694541254
CUSIP
G69454125
Return %
Stock
S&P500
1Y
5.06
26.84
3Y
15.74
77.03
5Y
15.74
80.55
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in mil. unless spec.- CEO
- Jose Augusto Goncalves de Araujo Teixeira
- Full Time Employees
- 2
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Shell Companies
- Address
- 18 Forum Lane Grand Cayman Cayman Islands KY1-9006
- IPO Date
- Mar 10, 2022
- CIK
- 0001849737
- Website
- patrialatamgrowth.com
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- Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp. is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) primarily engaged in effecting mergers, share exchanges, asset acquisitions, share purchases, reorganizations, or similar business combinations with one or more target companies. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, the company focuses its search for business combinations primarily on firms operating in Latin America. Its target sectors include healthcare, food and beverage, logistics, agribusiness, education, and financial services. Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp. is sponsored by Patria SPAC LLC, a subsidiary of Patria Investments Ltd, a leading global alternative asset manager with extensive experience and resources in private markets investment across Latin America. The company does not manufacture or sell traditional products or services; instead, it offers a unique path to public markets for its target companies by leveraging Patria’s operational expertise and capital-raising capabilities. Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp. aims to combine with established businesses with scale, attractive growth prospects, high-quality shareholders and management, and sustainable competitive advantages in Latin America. The company has an experienced team with a history of executing transactions under varying economic and financial market conditions, focusing on adding value to its acquisitions through strategic transformation. Recent significant changes include Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp. preparing share redemptions and facing delisting from Nasdaq due to failure to complete a business combination by the deadline in September 2025. This operational shift is a major development impacting the company’s strategic plan. Additionally, the broader Patria investment platform, linked to the SPAC, continues to raise significant capital for Latin American infrastructure and investments, exemplified by recent notable funding rounds, such as participation in a $93 million funding round for Credix, a financial services company, illustrating ongoing active investment in the region by Patria-related entities. Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp. operates as a publicly traded blank check company under ticker PLAOU on the Nasdaq. Its business model centers on identifying and creating opportunities for landmark mergers or acquisitions in sectors critical to Latin America's growth. The company supports ventures that benefit from public listing and the value creation expertise brought by the experienced Patria team. It is part of the broader alternative asset management landscape linked to Patria Investments Ltd, which has raised over $8.7 billion since 2015, emphasizing infrastructure and growth sectors across Latin America. In summary, Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp. is a SPAC designed to facilitate private companies’ access to public equity markets through strategic mergers mainly in Latin America’s key sectors. It leverages the backing and expertise of its sponsor, Patria Investments Ltd, focusing on sectors such as healthcare, food and beverage, logistics, agribusiness, education, and financial services, though it currently faces a Nasdaq delisting due to incomplete business combinations as of late 2025. Its headquarters is in Cayman Islands, and it was founded in 2021. The SPAC model it employs offers opportunities for companies in Latin America to gain public market exposure combined with operational support.