The IPO Buzz: OneIM Acquisition – 6th SPAC of 2026 – Up 0.7 Percent In NASDAQ Debut

Numbers geeks, this one’s for you. OneIM Acquisition (OIMAU) – the sixth SPAC of 2026 – ended its first day of NASDAQ trading at $10.07 – up 7 cents from its SPAC IPO price -to gain 0.7 percent on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. Volume: 7,199,399.

Seven cents may seem like no big whoop. But OneIM Acquisition outperformed all five SPAC IPOs priced last week – the first full trading week of the year. (See the round-up on last week’s SPACs below the subhead in this column.)

OneIM Acquisition started trading at $10.05 – and hit its session high at $10.10.

Deutsche Bank Securities was the sole book-runner of OneIM Acquisition’s IPO. The SPAC deal – 25 million units at $10 each – raised $250 million on Tuesday night, Jan. 13, 2026.

Each unit of OneIM Acquisition consisted of one share of stock and one-sixth of a redeemable warrant.

New York-based OneIM Acquisition Corp. has not selected a target sector or region. It’s backed by OneIM, an alternative  investment management firm.

CEO Ioannis (Yanni) Pipilis  is the co-founder and managing partner of OneIM. CFO Greg Kapenis is the CFO of OneIM.

Looking Back on a Billion-Dollar Week

During the week of Jan. 5, 2026 – the first full week of the year – five SPAC IPOs raised a total of $1.09 billion. Four of the five IPOs started trading on NASDAQ. One IPO danced alone at the NYSE. Here’s the round-up on how they performed on Day 1:

• Lafayette Digital Acquisition Corp. I (ZKPU) – $250 million – BTIG sole book-runner – Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, debut on NASDAQ – Opened at $10.01 and ended at $9.98 – Volume: 7,541,300 – Miami-based SPAC will focus on the tech sector.
• Bleichroeder Acquisition II (BBCQU) – $250 million – Cohen & Company Capital Markets sole book-runner – Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, debut on NASDAQ  – Opened at $10.03 and closed at $10.03 – Volume: 4,404,700 – New York-based SPAC will focus on companies adopting AI or involved in digital-trust technology, cloud computing, robotics and software development.
• Soren Acquisition (SORNU) – $220 million – BTIG sole book-runner – Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, debut on NASDAQ – Opened flat at $10.00 and closed at $9.98 – Volume: 9,413,800 – Miami-based SPAC will focus on the healthcare sector.
• Art Technology Acquisition (ARTCU) – $220 million – Clear Street sole book-runner – Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, debut on NASDAQ – Opened flat at $10.00 and closed at $9.98 – Volume: 9,728,400 – Philadelphia-based SPAC will focus on art, technology and financial services. Daniel Cohen, the son of pioneering SPAC banker Betsy Cohen, is the CEO of Art Technology Acquisition. Betsy Cohen is not involved with this SPAC.
• Black Spade Acquisition III (BIIIU) – $150 million – Cohen & Company Capital Markets and Chardan  joint book-runners – Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, debut on the New York Stock Exchange –  Opened at $9.97 and closed at $10.03 – Volume: 6,368,482 – Hong Kong-based SPAC will focus on the leisure, entertainment and digital asset sectors.

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