--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001213900-26-058555" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "GSRV" cik: "0002111762" company_name: "GSR V Acquisition Corp." filed_at: "2026-05-18T21:18:33+00:00" generated_at: "2026-05-18T21:21:14.467236+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.6 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # GSR V Acquisition Corp. closes $230M IPO including full over-allotment exercise ## Summary - Closed IPO of 23,000,000 units at $10.00/unit for gross proceeds of $230,000,000; units trade on Nasdaq under 'GSRVU'. - Underwriter's over-allotment fully exercised for 3,000,000 additional units. - Private placement of 671,000 private placement units to sponsor and underwriter for $6.71 million. - Net proceeds of $230 million deposited into trust account with Odyssey Transfer and Trust Company. - Appointed Jonathan Cole, Jody Sitkoski, and Susie Kuan to Board and audit/compensation committees. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001213900-26-058555 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: GSRV - cik: 0002111762 - company_name: GSR V Acquisition Corp. - filed_at: 2026-05-18T21:18:33+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.6 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6 - confidence: high - sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2111762/000121390026058555/0001213900-26-058555-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2111762/000121390026058555/ea0291253-8k_gsr5acq.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-058555 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-058555.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-058555.txt ## Key facts - Executive change Jonathan Cole was appointed as Director at GSR V Acquisition Corp.. - Action: appointed - Role: Director source text: On May 13, 2026, in connection with the IPO, Jonathan Cole, Jody Sitkoski, and Susie Kuan (together with Gus Garcia, Lewis Silberman and Anantha Ramamurti, the “ Directors ”) were appointed to the board of directors of the Company (the “ Board ”). evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2111762/000121390026058555/0001213900-26-058555-index.htm - Executive change Susie Kuan was appointed as Director at GSR V Acquisition Corp.. - Action: appointed - Role: Director source text: On May 13, 2026, in connection with the IPO, Jonathan Cole, Jody Sitkoski, and Susie Kuan (together with Gus Garcia, Lewis Silberman and Anantha Ramamurti, the “ Directors ”) were appointed to the board of directors of the Company (the “ Board ”). evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2111762/000121390026058555/0001213900-26-058555-index.htm - Executive change Jody Sitkoski was appointed as Director at GSR V Acquisition Corp.. - Action: appointed - Role: Director source text: On May 13, 2026, in connection with the IPO, Jonathan Cole, Jody Sitkoski, and Susie Kuan (together with Gus Garcia, Lewis Silberman and Anantha Ramamurti, the “ Directors ”) were appointed to the board of directors of the Company (the “ Board ”). evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2111762/000121390026058555/0001213900-26-058555-index.htm - Governance Changes GSR V Acquisition Corp.: Filed Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (effective 2026-05-13). - Change: charter amendment - Effective: 2026-05-13 source text: On May 13, 2026, the Company filed its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association in the Cayman Islands. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2111762/000121390026058555/0001213900-26-058555-index.htm - Material Agreements GSR V Acquisition Corp. entered into Investment Management Trust Agreement with Odyssey Transfer and Trust Company (effective 2026-05-13). - Action: entry - Counterparty: Odyssey Transfer and Trust Company - Effective: 2026-05-13 source text: an Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated May 13, 2026, between the Company and Odyssey Transfer and Trust Company, as trustee, attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference; evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2111762/000121390026058555/0001213900-26-058555-index.htm - Material Agreements GSR V Acquisition Corp. entered into Rights Agreement with Odyssey Transfer and Trust Company (effective 2026-05-13). - Action: entry - Counterparty: Odyssey Transfer and Trust Company - Effective: 2026-05-13 source text: a Rights Agreement, dated May 13, 2026, between the Company and Odyssey Transfer and Trust Company, as Rights agent, attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and incorporated by reference herein evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2111762/000121390026058555/0001213900-26-058555-index.htm - Material Agreements GSR V Acquisition Corp. entered into Private Placement Unit Purchase Agreement with GSR V Sponsor LLC (effective 2026-05-13). - Action: entry - Agreement: equity purchase - Counterparty: GSR V Sponsor LLC - Effective: 2026-05-13 source text: a Private Placement Unit Purchase Agreement, dated May 13, 2026, between the Company and the Sponsor (the “ Sponsor Private Placement Unit Purchase Agreement ”), attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4 and incorporated herein by reference; evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2111762/000121390026058555/0001213900-26-058555-index.htm - Material Agreements GSR V Acquisition Corp. entered into Underwriting Agreement with SPAC Advisory Partners LLC dba Polaris Advisory Partners LLC and The Benchmark Company, LLC, as representatives of the underwriter named therein valued at $230,000,000 (effective 2026-05-13). - Action: entry - Agreement: underwriting - Counterparty: SPAC Advisory Partners LLC dba Polaris Advisory Partners LLC and The Benchmark Company, LLC, as representatives of the underwriter named therein - Value: $230,000,000 - Effective: 2026-05-13 source text: an Underwriting Agreement, dated May 13, 2026, (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”), among the Company and SPAC Advisory Partners LLC dba Polaris Advisory Partners LLC and The Benchmark Company, LLC, as representatives of the underwriter named therein (the “Underwriter”), attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated herein by reference; evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2111762/000121390026058555/0001213900-26-058555-index.htm - Material Agreements GSR V Acquisition Corp. entered into Private Placement Unit Purchase Agreement with SPAC Advisory Partners LLC dba Polaris Advisory Partners LLC (effective 2026-05-13). - Action: entry - Agreement: equity purchase - Counterparty: SPAC Advisory Partners LLC dba Polaris Advisory Partners LLC - Effective: 2026-05-13 source text: a Private Placement Unit Purchase Agreement, dated May 13, 2026, between the Company and SPAC Advisory Partners LLC dba Polaris Advisory Partners LLC (the “ Underwriter Private Placement Unit Purchase Agreement ”), attached hereto as Exhibit 10.5 and incorporated herein by reference; 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