GSR IV Acquisition Corp.

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2025.

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORMS-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

5900 Balcones Drive, Suite 100

Austin, TX 78731

United States of America

Telephone: (914) 369-4400

(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Gus Garcia, Lewis Silberman

Co-Chief Executive Officers

5900 Balcones Drive, Suite 100

Austin, TX 78731

United States of America

Telephone: (914) 369-4400

(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

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The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

The information contained in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. No securities may be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities, and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities, in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JULY 29, 2025

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

$200,000,000

20,000,000 Units

GSR IV Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company, incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to throughout this prospectus as our initial business combination. We have not selected any business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target. While we may pursue an initial business combination target in any industry or geographic location (subject to certain limitations described in this prospectus), we intend to focus our search on high potential businesses based in the United States.

We are an “emerging growth company” and “smaller reporting company” under applicable federal securities laws and will be subject to reduced public company reporting requirements. Investing in our securities involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 39. Investors will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors in Rule 419 blank check offerings.

(1) Includes (i) up to $100,000 payable to for acting as a qualified independent underwriter, (ii) $0.40 per unit, or $8,000,000 in the aggregate (or $9,200,000 in the aggregate if the over-allotment option is exercised in full), payable to the underwriter for deferred underwriting commissions to be placed in a trust account located in the United States, as described herein, and (iii) $0.15 per unit, or $3,000,000 in the aggregate (or $0.15 per unit, or $3,450,000 in the aggregate if the over-allotment option is exercised in full), payable to the underwriter upon the closing of this offering. Does not include certain fees and expenses payable to the underwriter in connection with this offering. See “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)” for a description of underwriting compensation payable to the underwriters.

Of the proceeds we receive from this offering and the sale of the private placement units described in this prospectus, $200.0 million or $230.0 million if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($10.00 per unit), will be deposited into a segregated trust account located in the United States with acting as trustee. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to us to fund our working capital requirements, subject to an annual limit of $500,000, and to pay our taxes, which shall exclude any 1% U.S. federal excise tax imposed on stock repurchases under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 that is imposed on us, if any (“permitted withdrawals”), if any, the funds held in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest to occur of: (1) our completion of an initial business combination; (2) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within 18 (or up to 21 months at the discretion of GSR IV Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (which we refer to throughout this prospectus as “GSR Sponsor”) without the need for a shareholder vote and without the ability of any shareholder to redeem their shares) from the closing of this offering or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity; and (3) the redemption of our public shares if we have not completed an initial business combination within 18 months (or up to 21 months at the discretion of GSR Sponsor), from the closing of this offering, subject to applicable law. If we are unable to complete an initial business combination within the 18-month or 21-month period, we may seek an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the period of time we have to complete an initial business combination beyond 21 months. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will require at least a special resolution of our shareholders as a matter of Cayman Islands law, meaning that such an amendment be approved by at least two-thirds of our ordinary shares who, being entitled to do so, attend and vote (either in person or by proxy) at a general meeting of the company. If we seek shareholder approval to extend beyond the 21-month period in which to complete an initial business combination to a later date, we will

offer our public shareholders the right to have their public ordinary shares redeemed for a pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (less permitted withdrawals and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), as described in greater detail in this prospectus.

The proceeds deposited in the trust account could become subject to the claims of our creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of our public shareholders.

Our sponsor and some of our directors and officers are officers, partners or affiliates of SPAC Advisory Partners, LLC, our underwriter, and are registered representatives of Kingswood Capital Partners LLC. As a result, SPAC Advisory Partners, LLC is deemed to have a “conflict of interest” within the meaning of FINRA Rule 5121. Accordingly, this offering is being made in compliance with the applicable requirements of Rule 5121. SPAC Advisory Partners will not confirm sales to any account over which it exercises discretionary authority without the specific prior written approval of the account holder. In addition, Rule 5121 requires that a “qualified independent underwriter,” as defined in Rule 5121, participate in the preparation of the registration statement and prospectus and exercise the usual standards of due diligence with respect thereto. has agreed to act as a qualified independent underwriter for this offering. We have agreed to indemnify against certain liabilities incurred in connection with acting as a qualified independent underwriter, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

We are not prohibited from paying any fees (including advisory fees), reimbursements or cash payments to our sponsor, officers or directors, or our or their affiliates, for services rendered to us prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination. We will pay an affiliate of GSR Sponsor a total of $55,556 per month for office space, administrative and support services. Prior to the closing of this offering, GSR Sponsor has agreed to loan us up to $300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of this offering. These loans are non-interest bearing, unsecured and are due at the earlier of June 6, 2026 or the closing of this offering. The loan will be repaid upon the closing of this offering out of the $655,000 of offering proceeds that has been allocated to the payment of offering expenses. Although not currently considered, we may pay customary fees for financial advisory services and pay reimbursements for any out of pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating and completing an initial business combination. Additionally, up to $1,500,000 of any loans from our sponsor, members of our management team or any of their affiliates or other third parties, although they are under no obligation to loan funds, may be convertible into units, at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender. The units and the underlying securities would be identical to the private placement units and the underlying securities of such private placement units issued to GSR Sponsor. The additional issuance of securities that may occur as a result of the conversion of such loans into units may result in a material dilution of the equity interests of public shareholders. The terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. Furthermore, other compensation to be paid and securities issued to GSR Sponsor and any affiliates may result in a material dilution of the equity interests of public shareholders. No other compensation to be paid and securities issued to GSR Sponsor has been determined and no written agreement exists with respect to any additional compensation or securities. See the sections titled “The Offering — Anticipated expenses and funding sources”, “The Offering — Limited payment to insiders”, “Use of Proceeds”, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources”, “Risk Factors — Our rights and founder shares may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A ordinary shares and make it more difficult to effectuate our initial business combination,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Related Party Transactions”, “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions”, “Description of Securities — Registration Rights,” “Description of Securities — Private Placement Units.”

Members of our management team and our board of directors will directly or indirectly own founder shares and/or private placement units following this offering and, accordingly, may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination. See “Summary — Additional Disclosure,” “The Offering — Conflicts of interest,” “Risk Factors — Risks Relating to GSR Sponsor and Management Team — Our directors and officers will allocate their time to other businesses thereby causing conflicts of interest in their determination as to how much time to devote to our affairs. This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial business combination,” “Risk Factors — Risks Relating to GSR Sponsor and Management Team — Our key personnel may negotiate employment or consulting agreements with a target business in connection with a particular business combination.” These agreements may provide for them to receive compensation following our initial business combination and as a result, may cause them to have conflicts of interest in determining whether a particular business combination is the most advantageous,” “Risk Factors — Risks Relating to GSR Sponsor and Management

Team — Certain of our directors and officers are now, and all of them may in the future become, affiliated with entities engaged in business activities similar to those intended to be conducted by us and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented,” “Risk Factors — Risks Relating to GSR Sponsor and Management Team — Our directors, officers, security holders and their respective affiliates may have competitive pecuniary interests that conflict with our interests,” “Risk Factors — Risks Relating to GSR Sponsor and Management Team — We may engage in a business combination with one or more target businesses that have relationships with entities that may be affiliated with GSR Sponsor, our directors or officers which may raise potential conflicts of interest,” “Management — Conflicts of Interest,” “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions,” “Business — Additional Disclosures,” and “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest — Conflicts of Interest.”

This is an initial public offering of our securities. Each unit has an offering price of $10.00 and consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-fourteenth of one whole right to receive one Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of an initial business combination. No fractional rights will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole rights will trade, so unless you purchase at least 14 units, you will not be able to receive or trade a whole right. We have also granted the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,000,000 units to cover over-allotments, if any.

We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem, regardless of whether they abstain, vote for, or against, our initial business combination, all or a portion of their Class A ordinary shares upon the completion of our initial business combination at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account described below calculated as of two business days prior to the completion of our initial business combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (net of permitted withdrawals), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares that were sold as part of the units in this offering, which we refer to collectively as our public shares, subject to the limitation that no redemptions will take place if all of the redemptions would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 and any limitations (including, but not limited, to cash requirements) agreed to in connection with the negotiation of terms of a proposed business combination. Additionally, if we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in this offering, without our prior consent. Except for permitted withdrawals, the proceeds placed in the trust account and the interest earned thereon shall not be used to pay for possible excise tax or any other fees or taxes that may be levied on the Company pursuant to any current, pending or future rules or laws, including without limitation any excise tax due under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (“IRA”) on any redemptions or stock buybacks by the Company. Ifwe have not completed our initial business combination within 18 months (or up to 21 months at the discretion of GSR Sponsor) from the closing of this offering, we will redeem 100% of the public shares at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (less permitted withdrawals and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares, subject to applicable law and as further described herein.

Our sponsor, GSR Sponsor, was formed on April 21, 2023. Our sponsor purchased our founder shares and has committed to purchase private placement units, as further described below.

The interests of the members of GSR Sponsor are denominated in two classes of membership interests: (i) class B membership interests representing interests in the founder shares and (ii) private placement unit membership interests representing interests in our private placement units. All members of GSR Sponsor will hold classes of membership units representing their proportional interest in the founder shares and private placement units, as applicable.

GSR Sponsor and the 3 independent directors that will hold our founder shares prior to this offering (which we refer to as our “initial shareholders” as further described herein) currently hold 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares (which we refer to as “founder shares” as further described herein). The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment as provided herein. Prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination, holders of the Class B ordinary shares will have the right to appoint all of our

directors and may remove members of the board of directors for any reason. On any other matter submitted to a vote of our shareholders, holders of the Class B ordinary shares and holders of the Class A ordinary shares will vote together as a single class, except as required by law.

GSR Sponsor has agreed to purchase 610,500 private placement units, at a price of $10.00 per unit (or 655,500 private placement units if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full), in a private placement to occur concurrently with the closing of this offering. Each private placement unit will be identical to the units sold in this offering, except as described in this prospectus. We refer to these units as the private placement units throughout this prospectus. institutional investors (none of which are affiliated with any member of our management, GSR Sponsor or any other investor), which we refer to as the “sponsor members” throughout this prospectus, have expressed an interest to purchase, indirectly through the purchase of non-managing interest in GSR Sponsor, an aggregate of private placement units, at a price of $10.00 per unit, or $ in the aggregate, in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. At its election, SPAC Advisory Partners may purchase up to an aggregate of 150,000 private placement units (or 172,500 private placement units if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), at a price of $10.00 per unit, or $1,500,000 (or $1,725,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. If SPAC Advisory Partners participates in the private placement, GSR Sponsor will reduce its purchase of private placement units by the corresponding number of private placement units purchased by SPAC Advisory Partners, provided that in no event will the private placement exceed 610,500 private placement units (or 655,500 private placement units if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full). Subject to each sponsor member purchasing, through GSR Sponsor, the private placement units allocated to it in connection with the closing of this offering, GSR Sponsor will issue membership interests at a nominal purchase price to the sponsor members reflecting interests in an aggregate of Class B ordinary shares held by GSR Sponsor. None of the non-managing sponsor members shall have more than 9.9% interest in GSR Sponsor.

Because our sponsor acquired the founder shares at a nominal price, our public shareholders will incur an immediate and substantial dilution upon the closing of this offering. The sponsor members will share in any appreciation of the founder shares through their membership interests in the sponsor if we successfully complete a business combination. Accordingly, sponsor members interests in the founder shares owned by them indirectly through their membership interests in the sponsor may provide them with an incentive to vote any public shares they own in favor of a business combination, and make a substantial profit on such interests, even if the business combination is with a target that ultimately declines in value and is not profitable for other public shareholders. Further, the issuance of additional ordinary or preference shares may significantly dilute the equity interest of public shareholders. See the sections titled “Risk Factors — Risks Relating to GSR Sponsor and Management Team — Our initial shareholders paid an aggregate of $25,000 to cover certain of our offering costs in exchange for 5,750,000 founder shares, or approximately $0.004 per founder share and, accordingly, you will experience immediate and substantial dilution from the purchase of our Class A ordinary shares” and “Risk Factors — Risks Relating to Our Securities —The nominal purchase price paid by our sponsor for the founder shares may result in significant dilution to the implied value of your public shares upon the consummation of our initial business combination, and our sponsor is likely to make a substantial profit on its investment in us in the event we consummate an initial business combination, even if the business combination causes the trading price of our ordinary shares to materially decline.”

The following table illustrates the difference between the public offering price per unit and our NTBV per share, as adjusted to give effect to this offering and assuming redemption of our public shares at varying levels and the full exercise and no exercise of the over-allotment option. See the sections titled “Prospectus Summary — Dilution,” “The Offering — Founder shares conversion and anti-dilution rights,” “Risk Factors — Risks Relating to GSR Sponsor and Management Team — Our initial shareholders paid an aggregate of $25,000 to cover certain of our offering costs in exchange for 5,750,000 founder shares, or approximately $0.004 per founder share and, accordingly, you will experience immediate and substantial dilution from the purchase of our Class A ordinary shares,” “Risk Factors — Risks Relating to Our Securities — The nominal purchase price paid by our sponsor for the founder shares may result in significant dilution to the implied value of your public shares upon the consummation of our initial business combination, and our sponsor is likely to make a substantial profit on its investment in us in the event we consummate an initial business combination, even if the business

combination causes the trading price of our ordinary shares to materially decline,” “Risk Factors — Risks Relating to Our Securities — We may issue additional Class A ordinary shares or preference shares to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination.”

Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our units, Class A ordinary shares or public rights. We have applied to list our units on The Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “GSRFU” on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. We cannot guarantee that our securities will be approved for listing on Nasdaq. The Class A ordinary shares and public rights constituting the units will begin separate trading on the 52 nd day following the date of this prospectus (or, if such date is not a business day, the following business day) or earlier, with the consent of SPAC Advisory Partners, LLC, subject to our filing a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) containing an audited balance sheet of the company reflecting our receipt of the gross proceeds of this offering and issuing a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. Once the securities constituting the units begin separate trading, we expect that the Class A ordinary shares and public rights will be listed on Nasdaq under the symbols “GSRF” and “GSRFR,” respectively.

The underwriter is offering the units for sale on a firm commitment basis. Delivery of the units will be made on or about 2025.

We are responsible for the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this prospectus. We and the underwriter take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the units offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. The information contained in this prospectus is current only as of its date.

Neither the SEC nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

No invitation, whether directly or indirectly, may be made to the public in the Cayman Islands to subscribe for our securities.

Sole Book-Running Manager

SPAC Advisory Partners

a division of Kingswood Capital Partners LLC

The date of this prospectus is , 2025