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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-108620"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPKL"
cik: "0001884046"
company_name: "Spark I Acquisition Corp"
filed_at: "2023-10-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T01:05:35.114668+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spark I Acquisition closes $100M IPO, targets late-stage Asia tech startups >$1B

## Summary
- IPO of 10M units at $10.00/unit, gross $100M; units began trading on Nasdaq as SPKLU on Oct 6.
- Over-allotment not exercised; sponsor forfeited 448,052 Class B shares.
- Concurrent private placement of 8,490,535 warrants to sponsor at $1.00, gross $8.49M.
- $100.5M from IPO and private placement placed in trust; held until business combination or 21 months.
- Company led by CEO James Rhee; focus on late-stage technology startups in Asia or US tech with Asia presence.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-108620
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPKL
- cik: 0001884046
- company_name: Spark I Acquisition Corp
- filed_at: 2023-10-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1884046/000110465923108620/0001104659-23-108620-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1884046/000110465923108620/tm2318774d17_8k.htm

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