Velos Acquisition I Corp.

Velos Acquisition I Corp. is a blank check company incorporated on March 12, 2024, as a Cayman Islands exempted company. Its purpose is to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company has not engaged in any operations nor generated any revenue to date. It was formed as an independent company by executives of M3 Partners, LP and Brigade Capital Management, LP. M3 Partners is a financial advisory firm that provides advisory services to companies at inflection points in their growth trajectories. Brigade is a global investment advisor founded in 2006, specializing in credit-focused investment strategies, with approximately $27 billion in assets under management. M3 Partners and Brigade have agreed to support Velos Acquisition I Corp. in its pursuit of an initial business combination. The M3 Partners team has completed hundreds of engagements assisting stockholders, creditors, and companies in maximizing business and asset value. Brigade has nearly 20 years of deep fundamental credit research driven by a disciplined investment process. Velos Acquisition I Corp. is led by the team that organized M III Acquisition Corp., M3-Brigade Acquisition II Corp., M3-Brigade Acquisition III Corp., and M3-Brigade Acquisition IV Corp. Members of this team managed M III Acquisition Corp. through an initial business combination in March 2018 to create Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, Inc. (NASDAQ: IEA), an engineering, procurement, and construction company specializing in renewable energy infrastructure. IEA was acquired by MasTec Inc. (NYSE: MTZ) on October 7, 2022, at a valuation of $1.1 billion. M3-Brigade Acquisition III Corp. (NYSE: GFR) completed its initial business combination with Greenfire Resources in September 2023 in a transaction that valued Greenfire at $950 million.