About Us

Berto Acquisition Corp. I & II (NASDAQ: TACO; GUAC) are premier Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPAC) focused on identifying and executing business combinations with high-growth, transformative companies. Backed by a team of seasoned executives and financial veterans, Berto is uniquely positioned to unlock shareholder value through strategic investments and operational excellence.

Who We Are

Berto is led by experienced industry executives with a proven track record of success across Fortune 500 companies and marquee M&A transactions. Our leadership includes former C-level executives/Board members from Oracle, Accenture, Broadcom, and EMC—individuals who have collectively raised hundreds of billions in capital and played key roles in landmark deals.

A distinguished board of directors supports us with decades of experience in financial services, accounting policy, communications, and strategic operations. Together, we offer a rare blend of capital markets expertise and operational leadership.

Our Mission

To deliver long-term value by partnering with innovative businesses across technology, data analytics, artificial intelligence, wellness, and other emerging sectors. We are dedicated to building and scaling companies that are redefining their industries, and creating measurable impact.

Our Purpose

With the foundation of driving the best investment returns for our partners and shareholders, we have strived to find companies that will be outstanding public companies but may be somewhat early relative to executing a traditional IPO. We look for outstanding management teams that can be further galvanized by access to public capital to bring on board additional talent, implement an acquisition strategy and provide customers in business and government with the confidence and transparency that come with being an NYSE- or NASDAQ-listed public company. We get most excited by a company that has all the traditional business advantages of rapid growth, unique intellectual property and barriers relative to too many competitors, with an overarching social potential to improve the trajectory of real progress.

Our transactions tell that story best — three generations of companies we’ve taken public, spanning government, regulated consumer markets, water, and the frontier of computing itself.

• Making the entire planet observable — every day, for everyone who needs to see it. Planet Labs (dMY IV) is the only company imaging 100% of Earth’s land and sea mass, every single day — turning a live feed of the whole planet into something a scientist, a general, or a farmer can actually use. That capability now catches deforestation while it can still be stopped, flags crop stress before a harvest is lost, guides disaster response in the first chaotic hours after a hurricane or wildfire, and gives governments an independent, unblinking eye on activity the world used to miss entirely. We took Planet public through a bear market, when capital was hardest to find, and the mission mattered most.
• Proving quantum computing didn’t need to wait for government funding. Taking IonQ public in 2021 made it the world’s first pure-play public quantum computing company — and proved, for the first time, that private markets would bet real money on a technology that had survived almost entirely on government grants. That single transaction didn’t just fund one company; it created an entire publicly listed quantum sector. In 2026 we went back in with Horizon Quantum, this time funding the software layer that turns raw quantum hardware into something a developer can actually build on.
• Expanding access to fresh water — one of the oldest problems on Earth, with a genuinely new tool. Rain Enhancement Technologies, brought public in 2025 through the Coliseum Acquisition Corp. takeover, is developing ionization-based rainfall generation aimed straight at water scarcity — at its source, not its symptoms. This is early-stage, high-conviction work, the kind that needs the legitimacy of a public listing just to get state and local governments to the table and take the idea seriously.
• Building trust into markets that ran on shadows. Rush Street Interactive and Genius Sports (dMY I & II) built the compliant infrastructure that turned iGaming and sports betting from a gray market into a regulated, taxed, consumer-protected industry — swapping scraped, unofficial data feeds for official league data and building integrity monitoring directly into the ecosystem, not bolted on after the fact.
• Modernizing how government serves people. GTY Technology Holdings (2016–2022) built the cloud software platform that brought procurement, payments, grants, permitting, and budgeting for state and local governments into the modern era — years before “govtech” was even a recognized investor category. GI Partners’ acquisition of the company in 2022, at a 123% premium to public shareholders, was the market’s verdict on the bet.

We measure success in two ways. For investors: entry valuations at a discount to public comparables, oversubscribed PIPEs, low redemptions, and companies that beat their own guidance. For the world: technologies that would have arrived later, smaller, or not at all without a public platform behind them. We don’t see those as competing goals. Companies solving real problems in large markets — priced with discipline and backed with genuine operating help — are how strong returns and real-world outcomes get produced by the same transaction.

Our Edge

• Proprietary Deal Flow: Access to exclusive, high-quality targets through our extensive network of CEOs, venture capitalists, financial sponsors, and global enterprises.
• All-Weather Investment Strategy: We excel in both bull and bear markets by targeting sub-$1B enterprise value opportunities that combine quality, growth, and profitability.
• Berto Operating System: Our value-add model supports portfolio companies with capital structure optimization, go-to-market strategy, governance enhancements, and earnings communications—accelerating growth and market credibility.

Our Track Record

Since 2020, members of the Berto leadership team, including in partnership with dMY Technology, have participated in SPAC business combinations with an aggregate announced transaction value of approximately $7.6 billion in business combinations with industry leaders across sectors like quantum computing, online gaming, satellite data, and sports technology—consistently beating guidance and minimizing redemptions.

*Past transaction outcomes do not predict future performance, and investments involve significant risks, including potential loss of capital.

Looking Forward

Berto I and II seek to capitalize on the current market dislocation, with the goal of generating attractive long‑term outcomes for shareholders and stakeholders.

*Any forward‑looking statements on this website are subject to the risks and uncertainties described in the Company’s filings with the SEC, including the risk factors contained therein. Investors should carefully review those filings before making any investment decision.

Founder Highlights

Harry L. You

Founder

$92B VMware Acquisition

$67B Dell / EMC Buyout

#1 Ranked CFO, 2004, Institutional Investor

Our Team

Board Of Directors

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Harry L. You

Harry L. You is an experienced chief executive officer, chief financial officer and board member with extensive experience with technology companies. In September 2016, Mr. You founded GTY Technology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: GTYH) (“GTY”), a special purpose acquisition company formed for substantially similar purposes as dMY Technology Group. From September 2016 until February 2019 (when GTY consummated its initial business combination), Mr. You served as President, Chief Financial Officer and Director. Following February 2019, he served in various executive capacities: President (February 2019 to May 2019), Chief Financial Officer (February 2019 to August 2019) and director (serving as Vice Chairman since May 2019).

GTY completed its initial public offering in November 2016, generating aggregate gross proceeds of $552 million. In February 2019, GTY completed its initial business combination in which GTY acquired each of Bonfire Interactive Ltd., CityBase, Inc., eCivis Inc., Open Counter Enterprises Inc., Questica Inc. and Questica USCDN Inc., and Sherpa Government Solutions LLC.

GTY is a software as a service (“SaaS”) company that offers a cloud-based suite of solutions for the public sector in North America. GTY serves some of the fastest growing segments in the government technology sector, including procurement, payments (tax revenue collection), grants management, permitting, and budgeting.

Previous to founding GTY, Mr. You served as Executive Vice President in the office of the chairman of EMC Corporation (formerly NYSE: EMC) (“EMC). Mr. You joined EMC in 2008 to oversee corporate strategy and new business development, which included mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and venture capital activity. He was with EMC from 2008 until it was acquired by Dell Technologies in 2016.

Since August 2016 until December 2022, Mr. You has served as a trustee of the U.S. Olympic Committee Foundation, and since January 2019, he serves as a member (currently Chairman) of the Board of Directors of Broadcom Inc. (Nasdaq: AVGO).

Mr. You has served in numerous additional executive positions:

• Director of Korn Ferry International, a global executive recruiting company, from 2004 to October 2016.
• Director of Oracle Japan, from 2004 to 2005.
• Director of Evercore Trust, from 2009 to 2017.
• Director of Coupang from January 2021 to June 2023 and Chairman of the Audit Committee from March 2021 to April 2022.
• Chief Executive Officer of BearingPoint, a leading IT and management consultancy from 2005 to 2007. He also served as BearingPoint’s interim Chief Financial Officer from 2005 to 2006.
• Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) (“Oracle”), helping begin Oracle’s acquisition run with the takeovers of Peoplesoft, Inc. and Retek in 2005 and serving as a member of the Board of Directors of Oracle Japan.
• Chief Financial Officer of Accenture from 2001 to 2004, helping take the company public and leading the company to a 35% annual free cash flow growth during his tenure.

Prior to 2001, Mr. You spent fourteen years on Wall Street, including serving as a managing director in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley, where he headed the Computer and Business Services Group.

Mr. You was ranked #1 Chief Financial Officer by Institutional Investor in the Computer Services & IT Consulting sector in 2004.

Mr. You holds an M.A. in Economics from Yale University and a B.A. in Economics from Harvard College.

Connie Weaver

Connie Weaver is the Chief Marketing Officer of Equitable and a member of the company’s Operating Committee. In this role, Ms. Weaver oversees and aligns marketing, digital, and insights and analytics efforts to advance business objectives and grow the strategic value and positioning of the company through deeper client engagement and an enhanced end-to- end client experience. She is focused on implementing programs to advance the company’s holistic approach to helping clients reach their goals, allowing more Americans to face the future with confidence. Since joining the company in 2019, Ms. Weaver has played a key role in the launch and positioning of the Equitable brand in the marketplace.

Prior to joining Equitable, Ms. Weaver served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at TIAA, where she oversaw the transformation of the company’s marketing strategy, digital experience, and brand. Previously, she was Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at The Hartford, and served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of AT&T. She has also led award- winning organizations in investor relations and marketing as an executive at Microsoft, AT&T, McGraw-Hill, BearingPoint, and MCI.

Ms. Weaver has diverse board and advisory experience, having served on the boards of several corporate and non-profit entities. She currently serves on the boards of Make-A-Wish America, National Council on Aging, National Endowment for Financial Education, and Connecticut Public Media, among others, and formerly as a director of Waddell & Reed.

Ms. Weaver holds a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Textile Science and Marketing from the University of Maryland and has completed the executive financial management program at Stanford University, the executive marketing management program at Columbia University, and the global strategic planning program at IMEDE (Switzerland).

Darla K. Anderson

Ms. Anderson is an Academy Award and Golden Globe winning feature film producer. From 1993 to March 2018, Ms. Anderson was a producer at Pixar Animation Studios, where she produced films such as “Coco,” “Toy Story 3,” “Cars,” “A Bug’s Life,” “Monsters, Inc.”. Following her tenure at Pixar, Ms. Anderson joined Netflix as a producer. Ms. Anderson was elected to the Producers Council Board of the Producers Guild of America in July 2008. Prior to joining Pixar, Ms. Anderson worked with Angel Studios as the executive producer of their commercial division. Ms. Anderson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Science from San Diego State University.

Sam Lynn

Sam Lynn has served on our board of directors since April 2025. Sam was a partner at WilliamsMarston LLC and Chord Advisors LLC from 2014 to 2023. Both firms specialize in financial accounting advisory services for publicly listed and private equity-backed companies, with Chord Advisors being acquired by WilliamsMarston in 2021. Prior to this, he served as Vice President at Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from 2007 to 2014 and held the role of Executive Director at UBS AG prior to his tenure at Goldman Sachs from 2005 to 2007. Sam began his career in public accounting, holding various assurance roles with EY and KPMG, ultimately serving as a partner in KPMG’s U.S. National Office until 2005. He earned a Bachelor of Accountancy from the University of Oklahoma and is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in New York State.

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