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Nice to see SPAC structure being utilised.

PropertyGuru to go public in merger with SPAC backed by Richard Li, Peter Thiel

July 23 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian online realty company PropertyGuru on Friday agreed to go public

PropertyGuru to go public in merger with SPAC backed by Richard Li, Peter Thiel

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