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Colin Kaepernick Forms SPAC, Will Target Businesses with Eye on Social Impact

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick helped form a special purpose-acquisition company that will seek to "invest in and grow a business in a way that delivers a significant impact financially, culturally and socially."

Mission Advancement Corp. made a formal filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, listing Kaepernick as the co-chairman.

MarketWatch's Mike Murphy explained how special purpose-acquisition companies (SPACs) are "essentially empty-shell companies that look for a company to acquire and take public."

This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.