Global law firm
Reed Smith LLP
is pleased to announce its role as legal counsel to entrepreneur and investor
Anthony Pompliano
and his company
ProCap BTC, LLC
in connection with a transformative
$750 million
capital raise and business combination that will form
ProCap Financial, Inc.
– the largest initial fundraise in history for a
bitcoin
treasury company.
ProCap Financial will be created through a business combination between ProCap BTC and Columbus Circle Capital I (CCCM), a
Cayman Islands
-based SPAC sponsored by leading investment bank
Cohen & Company, Ltd.
Upon closing of the transaction, the newly formed entity is expected to list on Nasdaq.
Mr. Pompliano
who will serve as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ProCap Financial which aims to become the leading financial services firm at the intersection of
bitcoin
and traditional finance. The company plans to differentiate itself by using their
bitcoin
balance sheet to generate revenue and profit through a variety of strategies, including but not limited to lending, staking, derivatives, and other products and services.
The
$750 million
capital raise includes participation from a syndicate of leading institutional investors including
Citadel
, Susquehanna,
Jane Street
, Magnetar, Off the
Chain Capital
,
Pantera Capital
, and
Adam Back
, CEO of
Blockstream
and early
bitcoin
pioneer. These investors have committed capital through a combination of equity and convertible instruments, with the company also structured to purchase and hold
bitcoin
on day one of operations.
"This deal marks a defining moment in the institutional adoption of
bitcoin
, which is no longer viewed as speculative but a core strategic asset for public and pre-public companies alike," said
Constantine Karides
, chair of
Reed Smith’s
Crypto
and
Digital Assets Group
.
"ProCap’s approach–combining sophisticated capital execution with
bitcoin
-native strategies–exemplifies how the next generation of financial services will be built. We’re proud to help pioneers like
Anthony Pompliano
bring financial innovation to the public markets in a way that’s both compliant and catalytic for the next era of asset management."
The
Reed Smith
team was led by Karides, along with capital markets partners
Katherine Geddes
and
Lynwood Reinhardt
.
Reed Smith
recently served as legal counsel on Trump Media and Technology Group Corp.’s groundbreaking
$2.5 billion
bitcoin
treasury deal and the merger between health care company KindlyMD, Inc. (KDLY) and
Nakamoto Holdings Inc.
, a
bitcoin
-native holding company, to start a
bitcoin
treasury strategy.