Funding in technologies, especially software in healthcare, has been booming in the last few years. In the last year, SPACs - special purpose acquisition companies have gained in popularity.

SPACs are not a new vehicle that makes it much easier for companies to go public. But it seems like their use has been reborn in the last year.

This episode is prepared in partnership with mHealth Israel. mHealth Israel, led by Levi Shapiro, recently organized a webinar about SPACs. You can watch the webinar above, or listen to a version adapted for audio:

This is a three-part episode:

1. Keith Townsend from the law firm King & Spalding specializes in representing public and private companies with respect to mergers & acquisitions, capital markets transactions and governance matters. He explains what SPACs are (slides below).

2. Sari Kaganoff, General Manager at Rock Health takes the audience through the state of SPACs in healthcare (slides below).

3.Q&A session moderated by Gil Bashe, digital health thought leader and Managing Partner at Finn Partners marketing agency.