Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I
Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I is a Cayman Islands exempted company (SEC EDGAR CIK 0001848821) that was incorporated as a special purpose acquisition company, or blank-check company, with no commercial operations of its own. The company completed its initial public offering on the Nasdaq Global Market on 25 October 2021, selling 17,500,000 units at $10.00 per unit for gross proceeds of $175,000,000, with $178,500,000 placed into a trust account. Its units, Class A ordinary shares and warrants traded on Nasdaq under the ticker symbols GTACU, GTAC and GTACW.
Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I was formed to identify and merge with a single operating business, with a stated focus on technology companies in the marketplace, financial-technology (FinTech) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) sectors, primarily in Europe, Latin America and the United States, according to its prospectus (Form 424B4) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 22 October 2021.
On 19 April 2024, the company’s original sponsor sold its Class B ordinary shares and private placement warrants to a new sponsor entity, HCG Opportunity II, LLC, under a Securities Purchase Agreement disclosed on Form 8-K. The incoming sponsor installed a new board and management team, and on 23 May 2024 the company filed a Form F-4 registration statement for a proposed business combination with Tyfon Culture Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company that conducted business in China through a wholly owned PRC subsidiary and variable-interest-entity (VIE) structure, under which the combined company was to be renamed Tyfon Culture Inc.
That business combination was not completed within the company’s charter deadline. On 16 October 2024, Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I announced by Form 8-K that it would dissolve and liquidate, redeeming its outstanding Class A ordinary shares at approximately $11.50 per share from the trust account. Nasdaq trading was suspended before the market open on 18 October 2024, and the company filed Form 15-12G on 28 October 2024 to terminate its registration under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. As of that filing, Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I is dissolved and no longer an SEC reporting company or a listed issuer.
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Shareholders
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Shareholders of Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I
Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I was a Nasdaq-listed special purpose acquisition company, and as such its shareholder base was disclosed only through SEC Schedule 13D/13G beneficial-ownership filings covering holders that crossed the 5% threshold, rather than through a complete shareholder register. The registry snapshot on file for this profile lists five institutional holders of Class A ordinary shares recorded around mid-2024: Park West Asset Management LLC (approximately 14.7%), Sculptor Capital LP (approximately 11.5%), Beryl Capital Management LLC (approximately 8.7%), 683 Capital Management LLC (approximately 8.3%) and Wolverine Asset Management, LLC (approximately 7.3%). These are the type of holders typically associated with SPAC trust-account arbitrage and redemption strategies, and their positions predate the company’s dissolution.
The most recent beneficial-ownership filings on SEC EDGAR, a Schedule 13G filed 14 November 2024 and an amendment filed 6 December 2024, were both submitted by Meteora Capital, LLC, shortly before the company terminated its SEC registration; the specific share count and percentage reported in those filings were not confirmed for this profile. None of the five names in the registry snapshot correspond to Meteora Capital, LLC, indicating that the shareholder base changed between the mid-2024 snapshot and the company’s final weeks as a registrant.
Ultimate beneficial ownership
No ultimate beneficial owner can be reliably identified from the available data. Every shareholder disclosed for Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I, in both the registry snapshot and the SEC Schedule 13G filings reviewed, is an asset manager or investment fund holding shares in a fiduciary or trading capacity rather than a natural person exercising direct beneficial control.
Data availability
Shareholder disclosure for this company is major-shareholders-only and historical: as a Nasdaq-listed SPAC, only holders above the 5% Schedule 13D/13G threshold were ever required to disclose their positions, and the company dissolved and deregistered with the SEC on 28 October 2024, so no current shareholder register exists for it. The figures above should be read as a point-in-time historical record rather than a live ownership picture.
Sources
- Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I, Form 424B4 prospectus, filed 22 October 2021, SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001848821)
- Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I, Form 8-K, filed 16 October 2024, SEC EDGAR
- Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I, Form 15-12G, filed 28 October 2024, SEC EDGAR
- Meteora Capital, LLC, Schedule 13G, filed 14 November 2024, and Schedule 13G/A, filed 6 December 2024, SEC EDGAR
| Shareholder | Type | Holding | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park West Asset Management LLC | 14.7% | Cayman Islands General Registry | |
| Sculptor Capital Lp | 11.5% | Cayman Islands General Registry | |
| Beryl Capital Management LLC | 8.7% | Cayman Islands General Registry | |
| 683 Capital Management LLC | 8.3% | Cayman Islands General Registry | |
| Wolverine Asset Management, LLC | 7.3% | Cayman Islands General Registry |
Officers
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Directors and officers of Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I
Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I had two distinct leadership teams over its lifetime as a public company. At its October 2021 initial public offering, per its Form 424B4 prospectus, the company was led by Fabrice Grinda (Executive Chairman), Arnau Porto (Chief Executive Officer and Director), Claudia Gast (Chief Financial Officer) and Jeff Weinstein (Chief Strategy Officer), with a board that included Juan Villalonga, Robert Perdue, Gabriel Silva and Michael Zeisser. The registry snapshot on file separately shows Aleksander Baranski holding the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary roles alongside Fabrice Grinda (Founder and Executive Chairman), Arnau Porto Dolc (Founder, CEO and Director) and Jeffrey Stewart Weinstein (Chief Strategy Officer), indicating a CFO change took place between the 2021 IPO and this later snapshot; a precise date for that change was not independently confirmed for this profile.
Per a Form 8-K filed 22 April 2024, this entire leadership team and board resigned effective 19 April 2024 when a new sponsor, HCG Opportunity II, LLC, acquired control of the company. The incoming officers and directors were Thomas D. Hennessy (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer), Nicholas Geeza (Chief Financial Officer), and independent directors Joseph Beck, Garth Mitchell, Gloria Fu, Courtney Robinson and Javier Saade. This second team led the company through its proposed business combination with Tyfon Culture Holdings Limited and its subsequent dissolution in October 2024. Nationality and country of residence were not disclosed for any officer or director in the SEC filings reviewed.
Recent officer changes
- Fabrice Grinda, Arnau Porto, and the remainder of the founding board and management team resigned effective 19 April 2024, per Form 8-K filed 22 April 2024, SEC EDGAR.
- Thomas D. Hennessy (Chairman and CEO) and Nicholas Geeza (CFO) were appointed effective 19 April 2024, alongside new independent directors Joseph Beck, Garth Mitchell, Gloria Fu, Courtney Robinson and Javier Saade, per the same Form 8-K.
- The company dissolved and ceased to be an SEC reporting entity on 28 October 2024 (Form 15-12G), ending all officer and director appointments.
Data availability
Officer and director information for this company is historical: Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I dissolved in October 2024 and no longer files reports with the SEC, so no current officers exist. As a Cayman Islands exempted company, it was not required to file individual director particulars with a public Cayman Islands registry; the information above derives entirely from the company’s own SEC disclosures. Nationality was not disclosed in any filing reviewed and must not be inferred from any individual’s name.
Sources
- Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I, Form 424B4 prospectus, filed 22 October 2021, SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001848821)
- Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I, Form 8-K, filed 22 April 2024 (reporting events of 19 April 2024), SEC EDGAR
- Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I, Form 15-12G, filed 28 October 2024, SEC EDGAR
Group Structure
Group structure of Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I
Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I was an independent, standalone special purpose acquisition company with no verified parent company. Its founding sponsor entity, Global Technology Acquisition I Sponsor LP, held its Class B founder shares and private placement warrants from the October 2021 IPO until 19 April 2024, when those securities were sold to a new sponsor, HCG Opportunity II, LLC, under a Securities Purchase Agreement disclosed on Form 8-K. Neither sponsor entity is confirmed as a parent company under a formal ownership-and-control test; both are treated as affiliated sponsor vehicles rather than verified parents.
In connection with its proposed business combination, the company formed a wholly owned subsidiary, Global Technology Merger Sub Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company, per Exhibit 21.1 to its Form F-4 filed 23 May 2024. This subsidiary was the merger vehicle for the proposed combination with Tyfon Culture Holdings Limited, a separately owned Cayman Islands exempted company with PRC operations that was never confirmed as a subsidiary, since the transaction did not complete. No other subsidiaries, sister companies or ownership percentages are documented in the company’s SEC filings.
Verified corporate relationships
| Entity | Country | Registration number | Relationship | Ownership | Status | Information date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Technology Merger Sub Corporation | Cayman Islands | Not disclosed | Direct subsidiary (merger vehicle) | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Historical (dissolved with parent) | 23 May 2024 |
| Global Technology Acquisition I Sponsor LP | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Affiliate (founding sponsor) | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Historical (superseded 19 April 2024) | 19 April 2024 |
| HCG Opportunity II, LLC | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Affiliate (incoming sponsor) | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Historical (company dissolved 28 October 2024) | 19 April 2024 |
Recent structural changes
- Sponsor change: control passed from Global Technology Acquisition I Sponsor LP to HCG Opportunity II, LLC on 19 April 2024, per Form 8-K.
- Formation of Global Technology Merger Sub Corporation as a merger subsidiary ahead of the proposed Tyfon Culture Holdings Limited business combination, disclosed 23 May 2024 (Form F-4).
- Company dissolution and liquidation, announced 16 October 2024 and completed with SEC deregistration on 28 October 2024, after the proposed business combination was not completed.
Data availability
Corporate-linkage information for this company is partial and entirely historical: the Cayman Islands registry does not publicly disclose beneficial ownership or group-structure data, so the relationships above rely solely on the company’s own SEC disclosures. The company dissolved in October 2024, so none of the relationships described remain current.
Sources
- Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I, Form 8-K, filed 22 April 2024 (reporting events of 19 April 2024), SEC EDGAR
- Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I, Form F-4 and Exhibit 21.1, filed 23 May 2024, SEC EDGAR
- Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I, Form 8-K, filed 16 October 2024, and Form 15-12G, filed 28 October 2024, SEC EDGAR
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Frequently Asked Questions
What was Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I?
Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I was a Cayman Islands exempted special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), or blank-check company, formed to merge with a single operating business. It had no commercial operations of its own.
When did Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I go public?
The company completed its initial public offering on Nasdaq on 25 October 2021, selling 17,500,000 units at $10.00 per unit for gross proceeds of $175,000,000, with $178,500,000 placed in trust, per its Form 424B4 prospectus filed 22 October 2021.
What was the ticker symbol for Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I?
Its units, Class A ordinary shares and warrants traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbols GTACU, GTAC and GTACW, respectively.
What industries was Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I targeting for a merger?
Per its IPO prospectus, the company focused on technology companies in the marketplace, financial-technology (FinTech) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) sectors, primarily in Europe, Latin America and the United States.
Did Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I complete a merger?
No. It filed a Form F-4 on 23 May 2024 for a proposed business combination with Tyfon Culture Holdings Limited, but the deal did not close within the company's charter deadline, and the company dissolved instead.
What was the proposed merger target Tyfon Culture Holdings Limited?
Tyfon Culture Holdings Limited was a Cayman Islands exempted company that conducted business in China through a wholly owned PRC subsidiary and a variable-interest-entity (VIE) structure. The combined company was to be renamed Tyfon Culture Inc. had the merger completed.
Is Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I still listed on Nasdaq?
No. Nasdaq trading was suspended before market open on 18 October 2024, and the company filed Form 15-12G on 28 October 2024 to terminate its SEC registration following dissolution.
What happened to shareholders when Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I dissolved?
Per its Form 8-K filed 16 October 2024, the company redeemed outstanding Class A ordinary shares from its trust account at approximately $11.50 per share; its warrants expired worthless with no redemption rights.
Who was the sponsor of Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I?
The founding sponsor was Global Technology Acquisition I Sponsor LP. On 19 April 2024, a new sponsor, HCG Opportunity II, LLC, acquired the sponsor's Class B ordinary shares and private placement warrants and took control of the company.
Who led Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I at its IPO?
At its October 2021 IPO, the company was led by Fabrice Grinda (Executive Chairman), Arnau Porto (CEO and Director), Claudia Gast (CFO) and Jeff Weinstein (Chief Strategy Officer), with board members Juan Villalonga, Robert Perdue, Gabriel Silva and Michael Zeisser.
Who led Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I after the April 2024 sponsor change?
Following the 19 April 2024 sponsor change, Thomas D. Hennessy became Chairman and CEO and Nicholas Geeza became CFO, with independent directors Joseph Beck, Garth Mitchell, Gloria Fu, Courtney Robinson and Javier Saade.
Where was Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I incorporated?
The company was incorporated in the Cayman Islands as an exempted company, a jurisdiction and structure commonly used for SPACs listed on U.S. exchanges.
Is Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I still an SEC reporting company?
No. The company terminated its registration under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by filing Form 15-12G on 28 October 2024, following its dissolution and liquidation.