As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 19, 2021.

Registration No. 333-    

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

55 Hudson Yards, 44^th Floor
New York, NY 10001

(917) 907-4618

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

Victoria Grace

Chief Executive Officer

55 Hudson Yards, 44^th Floor
New York, NY 10001

(917) 907-4618

(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.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. ☐

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☒ 333-251790

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large

accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-1 is being filed with respect to registration of 2,875,000 additional units of Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Registrant”), each consisting of one Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share (a “Class A ordinary share”), and one-third of one redeemable warrant, pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and General Instruction V to Form S-1, including 375,000 units that may be purchased by the underwriters to cover over-allotments, if any. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, and only whole warrants are exercisable. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. This Registration Statement relates to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-251790) (the “Prior Registration Statement”), initially filed by the Registrant on December 29, 2020 and declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on January 19, 2021. The required opinions of counsels and related consents and accountant’s consent are attached hereto and filed herewith. Pursuant to Rule 462(b), the contents of the Prior Registration Statement, including the exhibits thereto, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 16.     Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, New York, on the 19th day of January, 2021.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on January 19, 2021.