GX Acquisition Corp. II raised $300 million in March 2021 to effect a business combination. We plan to target our search in, but not limited to, the following areas of interest:
Technology
- Apply existing, proven technology in profitable and growing businesses to improve existing business models.
- Apply emerging technologies such as AI, blockchain and 5G to create new business models.
- Expand platforms to achieve economies of scale, create cross-selling opportunities.
- Follow-on acquisitions, both transformational and tuck-ins.
Growth Infrastructure
- Enormous investment is required in a variety of infrastructure areas.
- High return investments in opportunities that require a mix of corporate finance, project finance and regulatory expertise.
- The object is to combine favorable growth, ROE, and scale.
- Security infrastructure of various kinds—to protect the grid, the Internet, databases—will create utility-like infrastructure opportunities.
Traditional Businesses
- Bias toward companies with demonstrated or expected growth.
- Look for industry-specific catalysts that allow for secular growth, buy-and-build and/or consolidation opportunities.
- Important to find tailwinds, avoid headwinds.
- Restructuring of operations.