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(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands)
Our business strategy will focus on potential acquisition targets with primary operations in the media and communications, sports and entertainment, technology, and consumer retail sectors, having attractive fundamentals, and which are ready to enter the public market.
Eric Semler has served as our CEO and chairman of our board of directors since inception in June 2025. Mr. Semler is a public and private market investor in technology and media. His long/short investment fund, TCS Capital Management, LLC (“TCS”), which he founded in 2001 and converted into a family office in 2017, was, at its peak, among the largest independent technology, media and telecom investment funds worldwide. Mr. Semler has helped unlock value for several public companies as an active shareholder and/or board member. Since April 2023 he has served as chairman of the Board of Semler Scientific, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMLR), a medical device and software business and the second U.S. public company to adopt bitcoin as its primary treasury reserve asset. Since 2021, he has served on the board of Fundstrat Global Advisors, an independent financial services firm. Mr. Semler has previously served on three public company boards: Angie’s List, Inc., The Maven, Inc. (now known as Arena Group Holdings, Inc.) and Geeknet Inc. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1987, Mr. Semler began his career as a journalist working for The New York Times and for the Moscow News in Russia. After graduating from Harvard University with both J.D. and M.B.A. degrees in 1994, Mr. Semler was an associate at James D. Wolfensohn & Co for three years, focusing on mergers and acquisitions. From 1997 to 1998, he was an investment banking principal in the media and communications group at Montgomery Securities. Mr. Semler is the co-author of two books published by Harper Collins: “The Language of Nuclear War” and “The Businessman’s Guide to Moscow.” In 2019, Mr. Semler and his wife, Tracy, founded and developed the Raising Fame podcast franchise, partnering with NBA parents Dell and Sonya Curry to tell stories about raising extraordinary athletes. In 2024, they launched Raising Fame TV, hosted by Sonya Curry and Lucille O’Neal, the mother of Shaquille O’Neal; the show began airing on TV One in July 2024, and includes episodes on raising world renowned athletes and entertainers.
Eamon P. Smith has served as our CFO since inception in June 2025. Since March 2010, Mr. Smith has been a managing director and the CFO at TCS Capital Management, LLC. He also served as the CFO of TCS from February 2001 to July 2008. From January 2009 to February 2010, he served as the CFO of Long Oar Global Investors. From 1999 to 2001, he was a senior accountant at Resurgence Asset Management LLC. From 1995 to 1999, he was a fund accountant at Tiger Management Corp. Mr. Smith received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Boston College.
(Note: Trailblazer Acquisition Corp. filed its S-1 on July 11, 2025, for its SPAC IPO and disclosed the terms: 20 million units at $10.00 each to raise $200.0 million. Each unit consists of one share of stock and one-third of a redeemable warrant.)
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