Securitize to Go Public Through $1.25B Merger with Cantor-Backed SPAC
Securitize, Inc., a leading platform for tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs), has entered an agreement with Cantor Equity Partners II, Inc., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Cantor Fitzgerald, to become a publicly listed company. The transaction values Securitize at a $1.25 billion pre-money equity valuation.
Upon completion, the combined entity will be renamed Securitize Corp., with its stock expected to trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “SECZ.” All existing equity holders—including ARK Invest, BlackRock, Blockchain Capital, Hamilton Lane, Jump Crypto, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, and Tradeweb Markets—will roll 100% of their interests into the new company.
“We founded this company with a mission to democratize capital markets by making them more accessible, transparent, and efficient through tokenization,” said Carlos Domingo, co-founder and CEO of Securitize. “This next chapter brings financial markets closer to operating at the speed of the internet—another step in our mission to bring the next generation of finance onchain and tokenize the world.”
The business combination is expected to provide up to $469 million in gross proceeds, including $225 million from a fully committed PIPE anchored by new and existing institutional investors—Arche, Borderless Capital, Hanwha Investment & Securities, InterVest, and ParaFi Capital—and $244 million of cash held in CEPT’s trust account, assuming no redemptions.
Securitize’s platform integrates regulatory compliance, digital asset infrastructure, and ecosystem connectivity, powering the end-to-end relationship between issuers and investors. To date, the firm has tokenized more than $4 billion in assets through partnerships with leading global asset managers including Apollo, BlackRock, Hamilton Lane, KKR, and VanEck.
The transaction has been unanimously approved by both companies’ boards of directors and is expected to close in the first half of 2026.
