Company: WENNU
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form Type: DRS
Source: 0001213900-25-016948
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Company: WEN Acquisition Corp
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form: DRS
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 its initial public offering in October 2024 and is currently searching for a business combination target among technology and software infrastructure companies whose products and services target financial services, real estate and asset management companies. Mr. Gilbert has over 25 years of global financial services and technology expertise as an entrepreneur, investor and advisor. His public company exits include Eventbrite and Square. Mr. Gilbert has extensive SPAC experience as a Board member, executive and investor. He served as President, Chief Executive and a director of FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp. until its business combination with Payoneer Inc. (Nasdaq: PAYO) in June 2021. He was also an advisor to the sponsor of each of Phoenix Biotech Acquisition Corp., which completed its business combination with CERo Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CERO) in February 2024, Newcourt Acquisition Corp., which completed its business combination with Psyence Biomedical (Nasdaq: PBM) in January 2024, and Locust Walk Acquisition Corp, which completed its business combination with eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: EFTR) in August 2021. From 2016 to 2021, Mr. Gilbert was a General Partner of Propel Venture Partners Fund1, a venture capital fund backed by BBVA Group, and currently serves on the board of directors of Guideline, Inc. As entrepreneur -in -residenceat venture capital firm Venrock, Mr. Gilbert co -foundedBillFloat Inc. (dba SmartBiz Loans), a small business lending marketplace, and served as the Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2016, and executive chairman from 2016 to 2022. Since 2008, Mr. Gilbert has been an independent director of River City Bank, a community bank based in Sacramento, CA. He co -foundedand served as Chief Executive Officer of real estate payments company PropertyBridge from 2003 to 2007 when it was acquired by MoneyGram International. Mr. Gilbert graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is an inactive member of the State Bar of California. Shami Patel, one of our advisors, is currently a Managing Director at Launchpad Capital. He has over 25 years of global experience in financial services and capital markets as an executive, board member and investor. Mr. Patel is also an advisor to each of Launch One Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: LPAA), a blank check company which