Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. became a public company through its 2019 business combination with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp., a blank-check vehicle that completed its IPO in 2017 and traded on the NYSE under the ticker IPOA. The SPAC was sponsored by Social Capital Hedosophia, the investment firm co-founded by Chamath Palihapitiya, and was broadly focused on technology-sector targets. The transaction brought Virgin Galactic, a commercial space tourism and aerospace company, to public markets in one of the most closely watched de-SPAC deals of its era. The S-1 filing dated August 3, 2020 reflects post-merger registration activity for the combined public entity. Sign up at SpacDesk to access full filing history, SPAC analytics, and real-time deal data.