Cohen & Company, LLC, the operating subsidiary of Cohen & Company Inc., serves as the managing member and a member of Columbus Circle 2 Sponsor Corp LLC, which is the sponsor of Columbus Circle Capital Corp. II $(CMIIU)$, a SPAC. Cohen & Company Capital Markets, a division of the company's broker-dealer subsidiary Cohen & Company Securities, LLC, acted as the lead underwriter for the SPAC's IPO. The Sponsor invested in the SPAC through the purchase of placement units, with the investment raised from third party investors and treated as non-controlling interest by the Operating LLC.
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