United States securities and exchange commission logo August 3, 2021 Gary Anderson General Counsel MarketWise, Inc. 1125 N. Charles St. Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Re: MarketWise, Inc. Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 Submitted July 30, 2021 CIK No. 0001805651 Dear Mr. Anderson: This is to advise you that we do not intend to review your registration statement. We request that you publicly file your registration statement no later than 48 hours prior to the requested effective date and time. Please refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff. Please contact Alexandra Barone, Staff Attorney, at (202) 551-8816 or Jan Woo, Legal Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3453 with any questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Technology cc: Christopher Clark