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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-21-031736"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KACLF"
cik: "0001865468"
company_name: "Kairous Acquisition Corp. Ltd"
filed_at: "2021-12-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T00:39:51.819545+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kairous Acquisition Corp. closes $78M SPAC IPO; $78.78M in trust

## Summary
- IPO of 7,800,000 units at $10/unit for gross proceeds of $78M, including 300,000 over-allotment units.
- Sponsor Kairous Asia Ltd. purchased 357,143 private placement units for $3.57M.
- Total of $78.78M deposited in trust account for public shareholders' benefit.
- Units trade on Nasdaq under KACLU; components (KACL, KACLW, KACLR) to trade separately.
- Blank-check company led by CEO Joseph Lee; targets a business combination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-21-031736
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KACLF
- cik: 0001865468
- company_name: Kairous Acquisition Corp. Ltd
- filed_at: 2021-12-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865468/000149315221031736/0001493152-21-031736-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865468/000149315221031736/form8-k.htm

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