For nearly a decade, across the ten “sponsor vehicles led by Harry You and his partners” the franchise has raised — GTY Technology Holdings, the dMY Technology Group vehicles, and now Berto Acquisition Corp. I and II — have taken high-growth companies in their respective sectors public via SPAC business combinations, giving them the capital, credibility, and operating discipline to scale technologies with real-world impact: modernizing government service delivery (GTY); building infrastructure for legal, regulated iGaming (Rush Street Interactive); bringing transparency and data integrity to global sports and betting markets (Genius Sports); advancing quantum computing well beyond what government funding alone could achieve (IonQ, Horizon Quantum); extending Earth-observation data into agriculture, climate resilience, and national security (Planet Labs); and pioneering technology to expand access to fresh water (Rain Enhancement Technologies). Across ten transactions, the franchise has raised over $2 billion of trust and PIPE capital, consistently entering at a discount to public comparables, and building companies that have gone on to outperform their initial guidance.
Along the way, we pioneered what has become the franchise’s signature: bringing the world’s most respected strategic and financial investors directly into our transactions — Fidelity into Rush Street Interactive, the National Football League into Genius Sports, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Hyundai Motor, and Lockheed Martin into IonQ, Michael Bloomberg and Koch Industries into Planet Labs, and Dell Technologies and IonQ itself into Horizon Quantum. These investors don’t just fund our companies — they validate the opportunity and open doors.
Berto Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: TACOU) (the “Company”), the ninth special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Harry You, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 26,100,000 units at $10.00 per unit. The units are expected to be listed on the Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) and trade under the ticker symbol “TACOU” beginning April 30, 2025.