Starry Inc said on Thursday it has agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check firm FirstMark Horizon Acquisition Corp in a deal that would value the broadband services provider at $1.66 billion.
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Funds from the transaction will be used to grow and deploy Starry's services across the United States and to pay off existing debt, the company said. The deal comes at a time when special purpose acquisition company mergers in the U.S. capital market have seen a downturn in the recent months. Still, deal-making activity has set new records this year.
FirstMark, a SPAC backed by New York venture capital firm FirstMark Capital, raised $360 million through an upsized initial public offering in October last year.
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