Adeel R
Founder and CFO/COO - Founder SPAC and Altitude Acquisition Corp
Bio
Adeel has 10+ years of experience in Special Situations Investing, Investment Banking, Capital Markets, and M&A.
Over the past few years, Adeel has been involved with 6 Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) raising approximately $1.5 billion. He has completed 3 SPAC mergers totaling $3.7 billion and has cemented a widespread reputation as a SPACs and Capital Markets specialist. Currently, he serves as the Founder, CFO, and Advisor to the Founder SPAC which is a $321 million SPAC that completed a $2 billion merger with Rubicon Technologies (NYSE: RBT). He also serves as COO and SVP at Altitude Acquisition Corp. which is a $300 million NASDAQ-listed SPAC focused on acquiring companies in the travel and travel tech spaces.
In addition to his current roles, Adeel serves as an advisor to the Nobel Rock Acquisition Corp which has a focus on B2B software and tech-services companies. It is a $241 million NASDAQ-listed SPAC backed by Boston-based private equity firm Noble Rock Advisors. Another firm Adeel is involved in is Investcorp India Acquisition Corp., which is a $250 million NASDAQ-listed SPAC backed by private equity firm Investcorp. His past SPACs experience includes being an investment professional at FinTech Acquisition Corp. III which merged with Paya in a transaction valuing $1.3 billion and at Insurance Acquisition Corp., which in turn merged with Shift Technologies in a $730 million transaction. Prior to that, Adeel Rouf was part of J.P. Morgan’s investment banking leveraged finance team, executing debt transactions.
Adeel graduated from Baruch College with a degree in Accounting and a master’s in science from Columbia University with a focus on Sustainability and Energy Investing.
