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UTA Quietly Filed for a $200 Million Games SPAC

The “metaverse” isn’t mentioned in the prospectus, but it’s clear UTA sees what Mark Zuckerberg sees, and they want a piece of the action.

Jeremy Zimmer
Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
Matthew Belloni
November 28, 2021

Among the major talent agencies, UTA is known for trumpeting publicly even the most minor signings or agent promotions. Nothing wrong with that; they play the perception game, and they usually play it well. So I was a bit surprised that UTA has kept quiet about its recent filing for a $200 million SPAC UTA Acquisition Corp., the new blank-check company based in the Caymans, is targeting businesses in “the gaming, digital media, creator economy, entertainment and technology industries,” per a Nov. 10 filing that was shared with me (not by someone at UTA). The agency declined to comment on it.