

In October 2019, he was inducted into the International Video Game Hall of Fame. Clinton Foy, a venture capitalist at UTA and Square Enix executive, will be co-CEO ex-Google business development manager Jamie Sharp will be co-CEO Ophir Lupu, head of video games at United Talent Agency, will be president and Chris Jefferis of United Talent Agency will be chief financial officer.įils-Aimé helped bring the Nintendo DS, the Wii, the Nintendo 3DS, the Wii U and the Nintendo Switch to the global marketplace. The SPAC will be traded under the UTAA symbol.įils-Aimé will serve as chairman of UTA Acquisition.

Jam City scuttled its plans for a SPAC as investors and the company didn’t see eye-to-eye on overall opportunity. While SPACs have been active this year, they do pose some risks in a stock market with constantly fluctuating prices. But it did say that its focus is to find a target private firm in the gaming, digital media, creator economy, entertainment and technology industries. As a “blank check” company, UTA won’t know who it will merge with ahead of time. will sell 20 million shares at $10 per share.
