Genius Sports Group and dMY Technology Group, Inc a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, today announced that they have entered into a definitive business combination agreement pursuant to which GSG and dMY II will combine.

As a result of the business combination, GSG and dMY II shareholders will exchange their shares for shares in a new combined company , which will be publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

The transaction implies a pro forma enterprise value of approximately $1.5 billion.  Upon closing, NewCo expects its ordinary shares and warrants to trade on the NYSE under the symbols “GENI” and “GENI WS”, respectively.

In addition to the approximately $276 million held in dMY II’s trust account assuming no redemptions by dMY’s public stockholders), a group of institutional and experienced industry investors has committed to participate in the transaction through a common stock PIPE of approximately $330 million at $10.00 per share.

Following the closing of the proposed business combination, Mark Locke will continue to lead the business as Chief Executive Officer of NewCo. Mr. Locke will be supported by a deep bench of talent with substantial experience across finance, technology and the sports betting industry.

NewCo’s Board of Directors will include dMY II’s Chairman Harry You and dMY II’s CEO Niccolo de Masi. Mr. You is the former EVP of EMC and previously served as the CFO of Accenture and Oracle. Mr. de Masi is the current Chairman and former CEO of Glu Mobile a leading developer and publisher of mobile games for smartphone and tablet devices.

“Genius Sports Group created the market for official data across all tiers of sports, helping fuel our sportsbook partners’ ever-increasing range of products,” said Mr. Locke. “This transaction will help us continue to expand and strengthen our position as a nexus of the global sports, betting and media ecosystem.”