Exhibit 4.1


 


	
        NUMBER

        U-_________________ 

         
	 	 	 	UNITS
	SEE REVERSE FOR

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS	TRIDENT ACQUISITIONS CORP. 	 


 


	CUSIP


 


UNITS CONSISTING OF ONE SHARE OF COMMON
STOCK AND


ONE WARRANT, EACH WARRANT ENTITLING
THE HOLDER TO PURCHASE ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK


 


	THIS CERTIFIES THAT 	 	 


 


	is the owner of 	 	 Units.


 


Each Unit (“Unit”) consists
of one share of common stock, par value $.001 per share, of Trident Acquisitions Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and one warrant. Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock of the Company at $11.50 per share (subject
to adjustment), upon the later to occur of (i) 30 days after the Company’s completion of an merger, share exchange, asset
acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination, with one or more target businesses
(a “Business Combination”) or (ii) 12 months from the closing of the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”).
Each warrant expires 5 years after the completion of our initial Business Combination, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, or earlier
upon redemption or liquidation.


 


The common stock and warrant(s) comprising
the Unit(s) represented by this certificate are not transferable separately until 90 days after the date of the prospectus relating
to the IPO, unless Chardan Capital Markets, LLC informs us of its decision to allow earlier separate trading, provided that we
have filed with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K, which includes an audited balance sheet reflecting our receipt of the proceeds
of the IPO.


 


The terms of the warrants are governed
by a warrant agreement (the “Warrant Agreement”), dated as of [·],
2018, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as the warrant agent, and are subject to the terms
and provisions contained therein, all of which terms and provisions the holder of this certificate consents to by acceptance hereof.
Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the office of the warrant agent at 17 Battery Place, 8th floor, New York, NY 10004,
and are available to any warrant holder on written request and without cost.


 


This certificate is not valid unless countersigned
by the Transfer Agent and Registrar of the Company.


 


Witness the facsimile seal of the Company
and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.


 


[Corporate Seal]


 


This Unit Certificate shall be governed
and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.


 


By:


 


	 	 	 
	Chairman	 	Secretary


 




     


     


    

 


Trident Acquisitions Corp.


 


The Company will furnish
without charge to each stockholder who so requests, a statement of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating,
optional or other special rights of each class of shares or series thereof of the Company and the qualifications, limitations,
or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.


 


The following abbreviations,
when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:


 





	TEN COM –	as tenants in common	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -  	_____ Custodian ______
	TEN ENT –	as tenants by the entireties	 	(Cust)                  (Minor)
	JT TEN –	as joint tenants with right of survivorship	under Uniform Gifts to Minors
	 	and not as tenants in common	 	Act ______________
	 	 	 	                (State)


 


Additional abbreviations may also be used
though not in the above list.


 


For value received, ___________________________
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto


 


PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER


IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE


 





	 	 


 


	 
	(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)
	 
	 
	 
	 


 


	 	 Units


 


represented by the within Certificate,
and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint


 


	 	 Attorney
	to transfer the said Units on the books of the within named Company with full power of substitution in the premises.


 


	Dated	 	 


 


	 	 
	 	Notice:	The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.


 


Signature(s) Guaranteed:


 


	 	 
	THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION	 
	(BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH	 
	MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM,	 
	PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15).	 


 


The holder of this certificate shall be entitled to receive
funds with respect to the underlying share of common stock from the trust fund only in the event of the Company’s liquidation
upon failure to consummate a business combination or if the holder seeks to convert his or her respective shares of common stock
underlying the unit upon consummation of such business combination or in connection with certain amendments to the Company’s
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. In no other circumstances shall the holder have any right or interest of any
kind in or to the trust fund.