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Correspondence 0001213900-24-092722 from GSR III Acquisition Corp. (GSRT, GSRTU) (CIK 0002029023)

GSR III Acquisition Corp. (GSRT, GSRTU) (CIK 0002029023)
Date: Oct. 31, 2024 · CIK: 0002029023 · Accession: 0001213900-24-092722

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File numbers found in text: 333-280842

Referenced dates: October 30, 2024

Date
Oct. 31, 2024
Author
Officer
Form
CORRESP
Company
GSR III Acquisition Corp. (GSRT, GSRTU) (CIK 0002029023)

Letter

355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 100

Los Angeles, California 90071-1560

Tel: +1.213.485.1234 Fax: +1.213.891.8763

www.lw.com

FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES

Austin Milan

Beijing Munich

Boston New York

Brussels Orange County

Century City Paris

October 31, 2024

Chicago Riyadh

Dubai San Diego

Düsseldorf San Francisco

Frankfurt Seoul

Hamburg Silicon Valley

Hong Kong Singapore

Houston Tel Aviv

London Tokyo

Los Angeles Washington, D.C.

Madrid

VIA EDGAR AND ELECTRONIC MAIL

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attn: Jeffrey Lewis

Shannon Menjivar

Kibum Park

Jeffrey Gabor

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Real Estate & Construction

Re: GSR III Acquisition Corp.

Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1

Filed October 25, 2024

File No. 333-280842

To the addressees set forth above:

On behalf of our client, GSR III Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), we submit this letter setting forth the responses of the Company to the comments provided by the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in its comment letter dated October 30, 2024 (the “Comment Letter”) with respect to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Commission by the Company on October 25, 2024. Concurrently with the filing of this letter, the Company has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (the “Registration Statement”) through EDGAR.

For your convenience, we have set forth each comment of the Staff from the Comment Letter in bold type below followed by the Company’s response thereto. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Registration Statement.

October 31, 2024

Page

Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1

Conflicts of Interest, page 118

1. We note your response to prior comment 8 and that you are “not aware of any fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of [your] officers or directors that will materially affect [your] ability to identify and pursue business combination opportunities or complete [your] initial business combination.” We also note the entities that your directors and officers have legal obligations relating to presenting business opportunities, listed on pages 130-131. Please reconcile your disclosure on page 119 and elsewhere as applicable.

Response: The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that the Company has revised disclosure on pages 10, 32, 98, 119, 129 and 131 of the Registration Statement.

Officer and Director Compensation, page 125

2. We note your response to prior comment 9. Please revise to disclose here the number of founder shares that you intend to transfer to your independent directors, as disclosed on page 70. In addition, to the extent you do not plan to determine the amount of membership interests in the sponsor that you will issue to independent directors for services as a director prior to this offering, please revise this section to so state. In this regard, we note the disclosure on page 94 and elsewhere that your “independent directors will receive for their services as a director an indirect interest in the founder shares through membership interests in GSR Sponsor.”

Response: The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that the Company has revised disclosure on pages 5, 94 and 125 of the Registration Statement.

October 31, 2024

Page

We hope that the foregoing has been responsive to the Staff’s comments and look forward to resolving any outstanding issues as quickly as possible.

Please direct any questions or comments regarding the foregoing to Steven B. Stokdyk of Latham & Watkins LLP at (213) 891-7421 or Steven.Stokdyk@lw.com.

Very
truly yours,
/s/
Steven B. Stokdyk

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    355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 100

    Los Angeles, California 90071-1560

    Tel: +1.213.485.1234 Fax: +1.213.891.8763

    www.lw.com

    FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES

    Austin
    Milan

    Beijing
    Munich

    Boston
    New York

    Brussels
    Orange County

    Century City
    Paris

    October
        31, 2024

    Chicago
    Riyadh

    Dubai
    San Diego

    Düsseldorf
    San Francisco

    Frankfurt
    Seoul

    Hamburg
    Silicon Valley

    Hong Kong
    Singapore

    Houston
    Tel Aviv

    London
    Tokyo

    Los Angeles
    Washington, D.C.

    Madrid

VIA
EDGAR AND ELECTRONIC MAIL

Securities
and Exchange Commission

Division
of Corporation Finance

100
F Street, N.E.

Washington,
D.C. 20549

Attn: Jeffrey
                                            Lewis

Shannon
Menjivar

Kibum
Park

Jeffrey
Gabor

Division
of Corporation Finance

Office
of Real Estate & Construction

Re: GSR
                                            III Acquisition Corp.

Amendment
No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1

Filed
October 25, 2024

File
No. 333-280842

To
the addressees set forth above:

On
behalf of our client, GSR III Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), we submit this letter setting forth the responses
of the Company to the comments provided by the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “Commission”) in its comment letter dated October 30, 2024 (the “Comment Letter”)
with respect to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Commission by the Company on October 25, 2024. Concurrently with
the filing of this letter, the Company has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (the “Registration Statement”)
through EDGAR.

For
your convenience, we have set forth each comment of the Staff from the Comment Letter in bold type below followed by the Company’s
response thereto. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Registration Statement.

October
31, 2024

Page
2

Amendment
No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1

Conflicts
of Interest, page 118

1. We
                                            note your response to prior comment 8 and that you are “not aware of any fiduciary
                                            duties or contractual obligations of [your] officers or directors that will materially affect
                                            [your] ability to identify and pursue business combination opportunities or complete [your]
                                            initial business combination.” We also note the entities that your directors and officers
                                            have legal obligations relating to presenting business opportunities, listed on pages 130-131.
                                            Please reconcile your disclosure on page 119 and elsewhere as applicable.

Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that the Company has revised disclosure on
pages 10, 32, 98, 119, 129 and 131 of the Registration Statement.

Officer
and Director Compensation, page 125

2. We
                                            note your response to prior comment 9. Please revise to disclose here the number of founder
                                            shares that you intend to transfer to your independent directors, as disclosed on page 70.
                                            In addition, to the extent you do not plan to determine the amount of membership interests
                                            in the sponsor that you will issue to independent directors for services as a director prior
                                            to this offering, please revise this section to so state. In this regard, we note the disclosure
                                            on page 94 and elsewhere that your “independent directors will receive for their services
                                            as a director an indirect interest in the founder shares through membership interests in
                                            GSR Sponsor.”

Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that the Company has revised disclosure on
pages 5, 94 and 125 of the Registration Statement.

October
31, 2024

Page
3

We
hope that the foregoing has been responsive to the Staff’s comments and look forward to resolving any outstanding issues as quickly
as possible.

Please
direct any questions or comments regarding the foregoing to Steven B. Stokdyk of Latham & Watkins LLP at (213) 891-7421 or Steven.Stokdyk@lw.com.

    Very
    truly yours,

    /s/
    Steven B. Stokdyk

    Steven
    B. Stokdyk

    cc:
    Gus
    Garcia, Co-Chief Executive Officer, GSR III Acquisition Corp.

    Lewis
    Silberman, Co-Chief Executive Officer, GSR III Acquisition Corp

    Mike
    Blankenship, Winston & Strawn LLP