{"id":17710,"date":"2021-02-23T11:09:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T19:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=17710"},"modified":"2021-02-23T11:09:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T19:09:12","slug":"colin-kaepernick-forms-a-spac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2021\/02\/23\/colin-kaepernick-forms-a-spac\/","title":{"rendered":"Colin Kaepernick forms a SPAC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/kPcodBXUQIpw6ZaNq02JLKokpYg=\/0x0:4268x2401\/1920x1080\/2021\/02\/10\/1612917267743.jpg\" alt=\"Colin Kaepernick\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo by Carmen Mandato\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 10, 2021 (axios.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick on Tuesday&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1840148\/000121390021007796\/fs12021_missionadv.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disclosed<\/a>&nbsp;that he has formed a blank-check company that will seek to raise $250 million in an IPO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong>&nbsp;Kaepernick hasn&#8217;t played pro football since 2016, but has remained a cultural lightning rod \u2014 either loved or loathed for his social activism, including his strong support of the Black Lives Matters movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Details:&nbsp;<\/strong>The SPAC is called Mission Advancement Corp., and designed to acquire a company at &#8220;the intersection of consumer and impact.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Kaepernick is the SPAC&#8217;s co-chair and co-sponsor, and is working in partnership with venture capital firm The Najafi Companies.<\/li><li>Directors include Attica Jaques, Google&#8217;s head of global brand consumer marketing, and Katia Beauchamp, co-founder and CEO of Birchbox.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Carmen Mandato\/Getty Images February 10, 2021 (axios.com) Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick on Tuesday&nbsp;disclosed&nbsp;that he has formed a blank-check company that will seek to raise $250 million in an IPO. Why it matters:&nbsp;Kaepernick hasn&#8217;t played pro football since 2016, but has remained a cultural lightning rod \u2014 either&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2021\/02\/23\/colin-kaepernick-forms-a-spac\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17710"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17711,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17710\/revisions\/17711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}