ALSA

Alpha Star Acquisition Corporation

A blank-check company, or SPAC, formed in 2021 to raise money and merge with a private business to take it public. It was set up to hunt for growth companies tied to the Asian market (outside China, Hong Kong, and Macau), in fields like clean energy, fintech, and healthcare. It listed on the Nasdaq in late 2021 under the ticker ALSA, and its name echoes the "A-Star" brand used by its founders' management firm.

Common stock