No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest, by AKICV LLC, was filed 25 Jan 2022.
Every trade that managers of Sports Ventures Acquisition Corp. disclose to SEC (Form 4) is tracked on this page. Sports Ventures Acquisition Corp. has had no insider filing for more than a year; the last one goes back to 25 January 2022.
Since 2021, the database holds 4 purchases and no sales by insiders of the company.
Source: insider filings from SEC (Form 4). Past trades are no guide to future returns.
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Sports Ventures Acquisition Corp. (ticker: AKICU) is a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, rather than a traditional operating business. According to SEC filings, the company was incorporated on September 24, 2020 as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of completing a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination. The company went public in the United States through an IPO on the Nasdaq Capital Market, where its units traded under the symbol AKICU. Because the entity is a financial acquisition vehicle with no standalone industrial operations, the most appropriate classification for investors is "Other." ([nasdaq.com](https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/sports-ventures-acquisition-corp.-completes-%24230-million-initial-public-offering-2021?utm_source=openai))
A SPAC’s business model is straightforward but highly event-driven: it raises capital first, then searches for a private company to take public through a de-SPAC transaction. Sports Ventures Acquisition Corp. was created exactly for that purpose. Its SEC disclosures emphasize that it was formed to pursue a business combination with one or more target businesses, rather than to generate operating revenue from products or services. For equity investors, this means the company’s value is driven primarily by deal sourcing, sponsor execution, market conditions, and the eventual terms of any merger, not by recurring sales or margins. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1826574/000121390022027126/f10q0322_sportsventures.htm?utm_source=openai))
From a historical perspective, the company drew market attention with a $230 million IPO and its Nasdaq listing under AKICU for units, AKIC for common shares, and AKICW for warrants. Sports Ventures later announced a proposed business combination with DNEG, a technology-enabled visual effects and animation company, but the parties ultimately agreed to terminate the transaction. That sequence is important because it highlights a central risk in SPAC investing: even after a target is announced, the transaction may still fail to close. ([nasdaq.com](https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/sports-ventures-acquisition-corp.-completes-%24230-million-initial-public-offering-2021?utm_source=openai))
In competitive terms, Sports Ventures Acquisition Corp. does not compete through products, pricing, or distribution in the way an operating company would. Instead, it competes for investor capital and for access to attractive private-company targets. Its sponsor, AKICV LLC, is identified in SEC filings and is based in New York, underscoring the company’s U.S. market orientation even though it was originally domiciled in the Cayman Islands. The relevant market context for investors is therefore the Nasdaq in the United States, where the instrument has been traded and where any combination-related announcements would be expected to land first. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1826574/000121390022027126/f10q0322_sportsventures.htm?utm_source=openai))
Recent company-specific news has centered on the proposed DNEG combination and its subsequent termination. For market participants, this leaves Sports Ventures Acquisition Corp. as a classic SPAC case study: a listed shell with cash and warrants, whose investment thesis depends on management’s ability to identify and complete a value-accretive business combination. Until a transaction closes, the company remains a speculative, event-driven security rather than a conventional operating equity. ([nasdaq.com](https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/dneg-and-sports-ventures-acquisition-corp.-announce-initial-filing-of-preliminary?utm_source=openai))
| Fiscal year end | Revenue | Net income | Diluted EPS | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2021 | n.d. | 4.9 m USD | n.d. | 10-K |
Amounts in USD, as filed (forms 10-K, 20-F or 40-F). Source: SEC EDGAR.