SmartRent, Inc. (NYSE: SMRT) went public through a business combination with Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. I, a blank-check company sponsored by Fifth Wall, a venture capital firm focused on real estate technology. The deal closed in August 2021, bringing the proptech company — which provides smart home automation software and hardware to multifamily residential operators and institutional property owners — onto public markets. The SPAC itself IPO'd earlier in 2021, targeting the real estate technology sector. SmartRent's August 24, 2021 Form 8-K corresponds to disclosures filed at or around the transaction close. For comprehensive SPAC filing data, deal timelines, and sponsor profiles on SmartRent and thousands of other transactions, sign up for full access at SpacDesk.