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Red Cat closes acquisition of Quaze Technologies for ~$21M in stock plus up to $5M earnout
Red Cat Holdings, Inc.
- 1,923,308 shares of common stock issued as closing consideration (~$21M based on 20-day VWAP).
- Earnout consideration of up to $5M in additional shares subject to integration, revenue and gross margin thresholds.
- Quaze develops wireless power technology for drones and robots, enabling autonomous recharging without connectors.
- Quaze to operate as an independent Red Cat business unit while maintaining platform-agnostic third-party model.
- Acquisition addresses power bottleneck for persistent autonomous operations across air, land and maritime domains.
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