Securitize, the Leading Tokenization Platform, to Become a Public Company at $1.25B Valuation via Business Combination With Cantor Equity Partners II

Establishes the first public securities-focused tokenization infrastructure company Industry-leading end-to-end tokenization platform with blue-chip institutional partnerships including BlackRock, Apollo, Hamilton Lane and VanEck Upsized $225 million in committed common stock PIPE financing led by new and existing blue-chip institutional investors, including Arche, Borderless Capital, Hanwha Investment & Securities, InterVest, and ParaFi Capital Transaction values Securitize at a $1.25 billion pre-money equity value, with existing Securitize equity holders rolling 100% of their interests into the combined company, including ARK Invest, BlackRock, and Morgan Stanley Investment Management

MIAMI and NEW YORK — October 28, 2025 — Securitize, Inc. (“Securitize” or the “Company”), the world’s leading platform¹ for tokenizing real-world assets, and Cantor Equity Partners II, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEPT) (“CEPT”), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Cantor Fitzgerald, today announced that they have entered into a definitive business combination agreement through which Securitize will become a publicly-listed company. The Company will be uniquely positioned to participate in a $19 trillion TAM for tokenization of real-world assets.

The transaction values Securitize at a $1.25 billion pre-money equity value. 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 combined company. The combined company will be renamed Securitize Corp. and its common stock is expected to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “SECZ”.

CEP is back at it!! XXI Blockstream, now this deal to bring real world assets on chain. 2030 will be wild!