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Innventure LLC and Learn CW Investment Corporation Announce Closing of Business Combination

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Innventure and Learn CW Investment have completed their previously announced business combination, approved by Learn CW's shareholders on September 30, 2024. The combined company will be named Innventure, and its stock will begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol INV starting October 3, 2024. Innventure will ring the Closing Bell at Nasdaq Marketsite at 4 p.m. EST on the same day. CEO Bill Haskell expressed excitement about becoming a public company, emphasizing the opportunity to offer investors access to transformative technology solutions. Rob Hutter, CEO of Learn CW, highlighted the potential for Innventure to become the innovation launch partner of choice for major companies.

Innventure e Learn CW Investment hanno completato la loro fusione commerciale precedentemente annunciata, approvata dagli azionisti di Learn CW il 30 settembre 2024. La società combinata sarà chiamata Innventure, e le sue azioni inizieranno a essere quotate sul Nasdaq Global Market con il simbolo ticker INV a partire dal 3 ottobre 2024. Innventure suonerà la Closing Bell presso il Nasdaq Marketsite alle 16:00 EST lo stesso giorno. Il CEO Bill Haskell ha espresso entusiasmo per diventare una società pubblica, sottolineando l'opportunità di offrire agli investitori l'accesso a soluzioni tecnologiche transformative. Rob Hutter, CEO di Learn CW, ha messo in evidenza il potenziale di Innventure per diventare il partner di lancio dell'innovazione preferito dalle grandi aziende.

Innventure y Learn CW Investment han completado su fusión comercial previamente anunciada, aprobada por los accionistas de Learn CW el 30 de septiembre de 2024. La empresa combinada se llamará Innventure, y sus acciones comenzarán a cotizar en el Nasdaq Global Market bajo el símbolo de cotización INV a partir del 3 de octubre de 2024. Innventure sonará la Closing Bell en Nasdaq Marketsite a las 4 p.m. EST el mismo día. El CEO Bill Haskell expresó su entusiasmo por convertirse en una empresa pública, enfatizando la oportunidad de ofrecer a los inversores acceso a soluciones tecnológicas transformadoras. Rob Hutter, CEO de Learn CW, destacó el potencial de Innventure para convertirse en el socio preferido para el lanzamiento de innovaciones de grandes empresas.

인벤처와 Learn CW 투자 회사는 2024년 9월 30일 Learn CW 주주들의 승인을 받은 이전에 발표된 사업 결합을 완료했습니다. 결합된 회사는 인벤처로 명명되며, 2024년 10월 3일부터 나스닥 글로벌 마켓에서 INV라는 티커 기호로 거래를 시작합니다. 인벤처는 같은 날 오후 4시에 나스닥 마켓사이트에서 폐장 종을 울릴 것입니다. CEO 빌 해스켈은 공개 회사가 되는 것에 대해 흥분을 표하며, 투자자들에게 혁신적인 기술 솔루션에 대한 접근을 제공할 기회를 강조했습니다. Learn CW의 CEO 로브 후터는 인벤처가 주요 기업들의 혁신 출시 파트너가 될 잠재력을 강조했습니다.

Innventure et Learn CW Investment ont finalisé leur combinaison d'entreprise précédemment annoncée, approuvée par les actionnaires de Learn CW le 30 septembre 2024. La société combinée s'appellera Innventure, et ses actions commenceront à être échangées sur le Nasdaq Global Market sous le symbole boursier INV à partir du 3 octobre 2024. Innventure sonnera la Cloche de Clôture au Nasdaq Marketsite à 16h00 EST le même jour. Le PDG Bill Haskell a exprimé son enthousiasme à l'idée de devenir une société cotée en bourse, soulignant l'opportunité d'offrir aux investisseurs un accès à des solutions technologiques transformantes. Rob Hutter, PDG de Learn CW, a mis en avant le potentiel d'Innventure pour devenir le partenaire incontournable en matière d'innovation pour les grandes entreprises.

Innventure und Learn CW Investment haben ihre zuvor angekündigte Geschäftskombination abgeschlossen, die von den Aktionären von Learn CW am 30. September 2024 genehmigt wurde. Das kombinierte Unternehmen wird den Namen Innventure tragen, und die Aktien werden ab dem 3. Oktober 2024 unter dem Tickersymbol INV an der Nasdaq Global Market gehandelt. Innventure wird am selben Tag um 16:00 Uhr EST die Closing Bell an der Nasdaq Marketsite läuten. CEO Bill Haskell äußerte sich begeistert über den Übergang zur Öffentlichkeit und betonte die Möglichkeit, den Investoren Zugang zu transformierenden Technologielösungen zu bieten. Rob Hutter, CEO von Learn CW, hob das Potenzial von Innventure hervor, der bevorzugte Innovationspartner großer Unternehmen zu werden.

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  • Completion of business combination between Innventure and Learn CW.
  • Innventure stock to trade on Nasdaq under ticker symbol INV starting October 3, 2024.
  • Innventure aims to offer investors access to transformative technology solutions.
  • Innventure has launched three companies: PureCycle Technologies, AeroFlexx, and Accelsius.
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The completion of the business combination between Innventure and Learn CW Investment marks a significant milestone for both entities. This merger creates a unique investment opportunity in the technology commercialization space. Key points to consider:

  • Innventure's business model of founding, funding and operating companies with transformative technologies offers investors exposure to early-stage economics with potentially reduced risk.
  • The company's track record includes successful launches like PureCycle Technologies, which went public in 2021, demonstrating their ability to bring innovations to market.
  • Listing on Nasdaq under the ticker "INV" may increase visibility and liquidity for investors interested in this innovative business model.
  • Partnerships with multinational corporations for sourcing breakthrough technologies could provide a competitive advantage and a steady pipeline of opportunities.

However, investors should be aware that the success of this model depends on Innventure's ability to consistently identify and commercialize promising technologies, which carries inherent risks. The market's reception to this unique business structure will be important to watch in the coming months.

Innventure's public debut represents an intriguing development in the tech innovation landscape. Their approach addresses a critical gap in the market:

  • By partnering with large corporations, Innventure gains access to technologies that have already undergone significant R&D, potentially reducing time-to-market and development risks.
  • The company's systematic, quantitative approach to analyzing and scaling technologies could lead to more efficient commercialization compared to traditional venture capital models.
  • Innventure's focus on "breakthrough technologies" suggests they're targeting high-impact innovations that could disrupt industries.

The success of PureCycle Technologies validates their model to some extent. However, the tech sector is highly competitive and fast-moving. Innventure's ability to stay ahead of trends and successfully commercialize a diverse range of technologies will be crucial. Investors should monitor the performance of Innventure's portfolio companies and the rate at which new ventures are launched and scaled.

Innventure Common Stock Expected to Begin Trading on October 3, 2024, on the Nasdaq Global Market Under Ticker Symbol “INV”

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Innventure, Inc. (Nasdaq: INV) and Learn CW Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: LCW) (“Learn CW”), a special purpose acquisition company, today announced the completion of their previously announced business combination ("Business Combination”). The Business Combination was approved at an extraordinary general meeting of Learn CW’s shareholders on September 30, 2024. Upon the completion of the Business Combination, the combined company changed its name to Innventure, Inc. and its common stock is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the new ticker symbol “INV” beginning on October 3, 2024.

In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, Innventure is expected to ring the Closing Bell at 4 p.m. EST on October 3, 2024 at the Nasdaq Marketsite.

“We’re thrilled to reach this milestone, which supports our goal to found, fund and operate companies that offer transformative technology solutions,” said Bill Haskell, CEO of Innventure. “We believe becoming a public company creates a unique opportunity to offer investors access to technologies with early-stage economics and late-stage risk. I’m grateful to our partners at Learn CW for recognizing the value of our unique business model and supporting our vision to be a conglomerate of majority-owned companies. I’d also like to thank our multinational corporation partners for their engagement and collaboration, and the trust they put in us to commercialize their breakthrough technologies. We look forward to growing Innventure and maximizing shareholder value over the long term.”

Rob Hutter, CEO of Learn CW, added, “As someone who has spent my career in venture creation, I am thrilled to help bring Innventure to the public market. I believe this public listing will further accelerate Innventure’s credibility and standing as the innovation launch partner of choice for the world’s largest companies, giving Innventure, in my opinion, the pick of the best opportunities for years to come and enabling investors to share in a remarkable stream of innovative companies that could compound over time and that are available few other places.”

Innventure uses operational expertise to take what it believes to be breakthrough technologies sourced from multinational corporations to market. In the process, Innventure builds and scales companies around these technologies using a systematic, quantitative and repeatable analysis. Innventure has launched three such companies since its inception: PureCycle Technologies, Inc., AeroFlexx and Accelsius. PureCycle became a publicly traded company in 2021.

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Jones Day acted as legal advisor to Innventure, and Sidley Austin LLP acted as legal advisor to Learn CW. The Maples Group acted as Cayman legal advisor to Learn CW.

About Innventure
Innventure founds, funds, and operates companies with a focus on transformative, sustainable technology solutions acquired or licensed from multinational corporations. As owner-operators, Innventure takes what it believes to be breakthrough technologies from early evaluation to scaled commercialization utilizing an approach designed to help mitigate risk as it builds disruptive companies it believes have the potential to achieve a target enterprise value of at least $1 billion. Innventure defines ‘‘disruptive’’ as innovations that have the ability to significantly change the way businesses, industries, markets and/or consumers operate.

About Learn CW Investment Corporation
Learn CW Investment Corporation (“Learn CW”) was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar Business Combination with one or more businesses. Learn CW is sponsored by CWAM LC Sponsor LLC, an affiliate of Learn Capital, LLC (“Learn Capital”) and Commonwealth Asset Management. Learn Capital is a leading venture capital firm focused on early- and mid-stage investments in the $5.4 trillion global education sector. Learn Capital was founded in 2008 by Rob Hutter and Greg Mauro, who formerly managed an affiliate of Founders Fund. The firm possesses decades of founding, operating, and investing experience in the education, consumer, hard tech, and enterprise technology sectors. Commonwealth Asset Management is a Los Angeles-based asset management platform founded in June 2019 and led by Adam Fisher, who is the former Head of Global Macro and Real Estate at Soros Fund Management LLC and the former founder and Chief Investment Officer of Commonwealth Opportunity Capital, GP LLC.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements regarding the parties or the parties’ respective management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions, plans, prospects or strategies regarding the future, including the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, including revenue growth and financial performance, product expansion and services, and the financial condition, results of operations, earnings outlook and prospects of Innventure and/or Learn CW, including, in all cases, statements for the period following the consummation of the Business Combination. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “outlook,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “would” and other similar words and expressions, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on the current expectations and beliefs of the management of Learn CW and Innventure in light of their respective experience and their perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments and their potential effects on Learn CW and Innventure as well as other factors they believe are appropriate in the circumstances. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting Learn CW or Innventure will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond the control of the parties) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including those discussed and identified in the public filings made or to be made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by Learn CW, including in the final prospectus relating to Learn CW’s initial public offering, which was filed with the SEC on October 12, 2021 under the heading “Risk Factors,” or made or to be made by Learn SPAC Holdco, Inc., including in the registration statement on Form S-4, which was filed in connection with the Business Combination and has been declared effective by the SEC, and the definitive proxy statement/consent solicitation statement/prospectus relating to the Business Combination which was mailed to the Learn CW shareholders and sent to the unitholders of Innventure LLC. These risks and uncertainties include: expectations regarding Innventure’s strategies and future financial performance, including its future business plans, expansion and acquisition plans or objectives, prospective performance and opportunities and competitors, revenues, products and services, pricing, operating expenses, product and service acceptance, market trends, liquidity, cash flows and uses of cash, capital expenditures, and Innventure’s ability to invest in growth initiatives; the implementation, market acceptance and success of Innventure’s business model and growth strategy; Innventure’s future capital requirements and sources and uses of cash; that Innventure will have sufficient capital upon the approval of the Business Combination to operate as anticipated; Innventure’s ability to obtain funding for its operations and future growth; developments and projections relating to Innventure’s competitors and industry; the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Learn SPAC Holdco, Inc., Learn CW or Innventure following the closing of the Business Combination; the risk that the announcement and consummation of the proposed Business Combination disrupts Innventure’s current plans; the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination; unexpected costs related to the proposed Business Combination; limited liquidity and trading of Learn CW’s securities; geopolitical risk and changes in applicable laws or regulations; the possibility that Learn CW and/or Innventure may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; the potential characterization of Innventure as an investment company subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940; and operational risk. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date hereof, based on information available to Learn CW and Innventure as of the date hereof, and Learn CW and Innventure assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable law.

Media Contact: Laurie Steinberg, Solebury Strategic Communications
press@innventure.com

Investor Relations Contact: Sloan Bohlen, Solebury Strategic Communications
investorrelations@innventure.com


FAQ

When will Innventure stock start trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol INV?

Innventure stock is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol INV on October 3, 2024.

What was the result of the business combination between Innventure and Learn CW?

The business combination between Innventure and Learn CW was completed and approved by Learn CW's shareholders on September 30, 2024.

What is the significance of Innventure's public listing for investors?

Innventure's public listing offers investors access to transformative technology solutions with early-stage economics and late-stage risk.

Who are the companies launched by Innventure?

Innventure has launched PureCycle Technologies, AeroFlexx, and Accelsius.

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