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Posted February 08, 2010 12:00PM PST

A British Columbian auctioneer listed on the NYSE Amex stock exchange spun off its business in a reverse merger with a Chinese coal company and raised $7 million in a private placement. Full Story
Sources: PrivateRaise Profile, 8-K

Posted February 08, 2010 10:28AM PST

Regent International Enterprises, First Equity Group, and Red Sky Enterprises acquired non-trading shell company Expedite 5 Inc. from Sheila Hunter for $30,000. Full Story
Filing: 8-K

Posted February 08, 2010 10:17AM PST

Reach Messaging raised $315,000 in a private placement of common stock in its reverse merger with shell company FormulaWon Inc. Full Story
Sources: PrivateRaise Profile, 8-K

Posted February 05, 2010 1:47PM PST

Atlantic Green Power Holding Co., a renewable electricity company, went public in a reverse merger with the shell company Lodestar MiningFull Story
Sources: PrivateRaise Profile, 8-K

Posted February 05, 2010 1:46PM PST

Shell company InovaChem Inc. completed its acquisition of NuGen Mobility, a maker of components for hybrid vehicles and other alternative energy products, and raised about $1 million in a private placement. Full Story
Filing: 8-K

Posted February 04, 2010 3:00PM PST

The shell company EPOD Solar entered an agreement to reverse merge today with Nanotech Industries, a San Francisco company that makes "green" polyurethane coatings for flooring. Full Story
Filing: 8-K

Posted February 03, 2010 10:00AM PST

The Milwaukee Iron, a team in the new Arena Football 1 league, completed a reverse merger with the shell company Genesis Capital Corp.
Filing: 8-K

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Posted February 03, 2010 10:00AM PST

Tone in Twenty, a company that planned to open isometric fitness centers in Las Vegas, completed a reverse merger with Muscle Pharm, a sports nutrition and supplement maker in Colorado. Full Story
Filing: 14f-1

Posted February 02, 2010 11:30AM PST

Kasian Franks acquired a 98.3% stake in Fashion Net, a former fashion marketing company, from its former chief executive, Evelyn Meadows, for an undisclosed price. Full Story
Sources: PrivateRaise Profile, 8-K

Posted February 01, 2010 3:59PM PST

UniTek USA, a portfolio company of private equity firm HM Capital Partners that provides engineering and construction services to the cable and satellite industries, agreed to reverse merge with wireless services company Berliner CommunicationsFull Story
Source: Press Release

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January 2010

Q4 Brings Promising Uptick

While the total deal value and financing totals for 2009 were down from 2008, reverse merger activity in the last quarter, especially among Chinese companies, has shown a promising uptick that could provide momentum for the coming year.

The total number of deals for the fourth quarter of 2009 increased about 40% from the previous quarter and about 28% from the year-earlier quarter. Full Story


SOX Exception for Merger Companies Could Aid Market

The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in early December, includes a provision calling for a permanent exemption from certain elements of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) for small public companies. That would seem to be cause for celebration in the reverse merger community. Full Story


Several prominent reverse merger dealmakers and attorneys are planning trips to India in the near future to initiate partnerships with local firms and meet with private companies.

Those planning future business in the country say it will be a slow process, however, and India will likely remain a niche market. Full Story


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  • First APO of the Year Raises $12M
  • China Baicaotang Closes First Round of Financing
  • Operating Losses an Asset to Action Products Shell
  • Feldman Registers First Blank Checks for Chinese Principals
  • Anesiva Files for Bankruptcy after Failed Arcion Merger
  • Investment Team Buys JK Acquisition Shell

Capital pool companies (CPCs), mainly a tool for Canadian natural resource companies to go public and raise cash, are gaining traction with Chinese and U.S. companies and investors. Full Story


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  • American Energy Fields Inc.
  • Amico Games Corp.
  • Car Charging Group Inc.
  • China Baicaotang Medicine
  • China Interactive Education
  • China New Media Corp.
  • Covenant Group of China Inc.
  • Dove Diamonds and Mining Inc.
  • Integrated Freight Corp.
  • Magnolia Solar Corp.
  • Masterbeat Corp.
  • Paneltech International Holdings Inc.
  • Pioneer Power Solutions
  • Urban Barns Food
  • Viking Investments Group, LLC
  • Weifang Huajie Fuel Injection Co.
  • Wuhan Vogue-Show Jewelry Co.

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