Company: GSRF
Filing Date: 2025-09-05
Form Type: 424B4
Source: 0001213900-25-084652
Chunk: 193

Company: GSR IV Acquisition Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-09-05
Form: 424B4
Chunk 193
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 Director of Graf Acquisition Corp. IV, a blank check company that completed its initial business combination with NKGen Biotech, Inc. Mr. Garcia is the former Head of SPAC M&A for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he spent the 14 years preceding his departure in March 2021, and was responsible for advising private companies and SPACs on all aspects of mergers involving SPACs. In his last 12 months at Bank of America, Mr. Garcia advised on 13 SPAC transactions with approximately ~$20 billion in negotiated equity value in the aggregate. In addition, Mr. Garcia has worked on and overseen transactions with an excess of $150 billion in value across PIPEs, corporate separations and other mergers & acquisitions. Prior to being the Head of SPAC M&A, Mr. Garcia led the separations practice for Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he focused on complex corporate transactions such as spin -offs(including one of the top 5 largest spin -offsin corporate history), splitoffs, reverse Morris trusts, carve -outIPOs and structured private capital raises. Prior to the merger with Bank of America, Mr. Garcia worked at Merrill Lynch in the Corporate Finance group where he also focused on complex corporate transactions, as well as structured investments held on the bank’s balance sheet in partnership with Merrill Lynch’s Global Principal Investment group. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Mr. Garcia worked in HSBC’s Healthcare Investment Banking Group, and prior to HSBC, he worked in Wells Fargo Securities’ M&A group. Additionally, since July 2022, Mr. Garcia is a co -founderand partner of Polaris Advisory Partners, LLC, a boutique investment bank. Polaris Advisory Partners LLC is one of our underwriters in this offering. Mr.Garcia is a registered representative of Kingswood Capital Partners LLC. Since May 2020, Mr. Garcia has sat on the Board of Directors for New York Cares, the largest volunteer network in New York City, serving nonprofit organizations and schools. Mr. Garcia graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Science in International Commerce & Finance from Georgetown University in 2003. Lewis Silbermanserves as our Co -ChiefExecutive Officer and Director. Since May 2023, Mr.Silberman has served as Co -ChiefExecutive Officer and Director of GSR III Acquisition Corp., a blank check company in the process of completing its initial business combination with Terra Innovatum Global S.R.L. From