LightWave Acquisition Corp.

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(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands)

We intend to focus on acquisition targets in the technology sector.

Robert M. Bennett, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has over 30 years of private equity experience in technology, media and manufacturing businesses. Mr. Bennett has broad experience in building proprietary deal sourcing, raising financing and closing acquisition transactions and then growing those businesses and selling them to strategic acquirers. Since 1997, Mr. Bennett has served as Chief Executive Officer of the First Lexington organization, a private equity sponsor group that has led many transactions. From 2014 to 2017, Mr. Bennett was Chief Executive Officer of ViewMarket, Inc., a company he co-founded that acquired CultureMap, a digital media company. ViewMarket was subsequently sold to Gow Media, LLC in 2017. Since 2017, Mr. Bennett has also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Jon D. Williams Cotillions, Inc., a national social education provider. From 1997 to 2019, Mr. Bennett was Chief Executive Officer of Long-Lok Fasteners Corporation, a next generation proprietary aerospace fasteners company in which he purchased two additional “bulk up” businesses, Bernic Screw Corp and A&W Screw Corp. The company was sold to Novaria Group, LLC in December 2019. Since 2003, Mr. Bennett has also served as Vice Chairman of Modulant Solutions, an IT services and software company that he co-founded and that later acquired Product Data Integration Technologies, Inc. From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Bennett was Chairman of Springbow Solutions, Inc., a company he co-founded that acquired IT service companies and provided next generation IT, portal and web services. The company was sold to Soflink, Inc. in 2005. In the 1990s, Mr. Bennett acquired and sold various media and manufacturing businesses. In 2021 and 2022 Mr. Bennett was Chairman and CEO of LightJump Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company. Mr. Bennett was an independent director of Moolec Sciences Ltd, the merger partner, in 2023.

William W. Bunker, our Vice-Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, co-founded the largest dating site of the 1990s, which became Match.com and was ultimately sold for $47.5 million to Ticketmaster in 1999. He served as President of the rebranded site Match.com during the transition. After Match.com, he became a co-founder of Critical Watch, an enterprise security company that was sold to Alert Logic in 2015. Mr. Bunker co-founded two seed stage VC funds, Silicon Valley Growth Syndicate in 2013 which he managed actively until 2016, and GrowthX, which Mr. Bunker has operated since 2016. He has invested in an extensive number of startups. In 2021 and 2022 Mr. Bunker was Vice Chairman and CFO of LightJump Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company.

(Note: LightWave Acquisition Corp. priced its SPAC IPO in sync with the terms in the prospectus – 18.75 million units at $10.00 each – to raise $187.5 million on Tuesday night, June 24, 2025. Background: LightWave Acquisition increased the size of its SPAC IPO to 18.75 million units – up from 15.0 million units – and kept the price at $10.00 per unit – to raise $187.5 million – in its S-1/A filing dated June 6, 2025. Background: LightWave Acquisition Corp. disclosed the terms for its SPAC IPO in an S-1 filing on May 19, 2025: 15.0 million units at $10.00 each to raise $150.0 million. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one-half of a redeemable warrant.)

Industry: BLANK CHECKS
Employees: 0
Founded: 2024
Contact Information
Address 14755 Preston Road Suite 520 Dallas TX 75254 Telephone: 214-617-8250
Phone Number (214)-617-8250
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View Prospectus: LightWave Acquisition Corp.
Financial Information
Market Cap $261.75mil
Revenues $0 mil (last 12 months)
Net Income $0 mil (last 12 months)
IPO Profile
Symbol LWACU
Exchange NASDAQ
Shares (millions): 18.8
Price range $10.00 - $10.00
Est. $ Volume $187.5 mil
Manager / Joint Managers BTIG
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Expected To Trade: 6/25/2025
Status: Priced
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