Cantor Equity Partners VII, the sixteenth blank check company formed by Cantor Fitzgerald, filed on Friday with the SEC to raise up to $250 million in an initial public offering.
The company plans to raise $250 million by offering 25 million shares at $10. It is not offering units with warrants or rights attached.
Cantor Equity Partners V is led by CEO and Chairman Brandon Lutnick, the CEO of Cantor, and CFO Jane Novak, the Global Head of Accounting Policy at Cantor. The SPAC plans to target businesses in the financial services, digital assets, healthcare, real estate services, technology, software, and energy industries that have positive long term growth prospects, competitive advantages, consolidation opportunities, and the potential for recurring revenue, among other characteristics.
Cantor has backed several other SPACs. The most recent to complete mergers include Cantor Equity Partners III, which merged with hookah products maker AIR Global (AIIR; -14% from $10 offer price) earlier this week, Cantor Equity Partners, which merged with bitcoin investment vehicle Twenty One Capital (XXI; -27%), CF Acquisition VIII, which merged with process automation firm XBP Europe (XBP; -73%) in 2023, and CF Acquisition VI, which merged with video platform Rumble (RUM; -18%) in 2022. Two Cantor-backed SPACs recently announced mergers: Cantor Equity Partners I (CEPO; +6%) announced its plan to merge with bitcoin treasury Bitcoin Standard Treasury in July; Cantor Equity Partners II (CEPT; +30%) announced its plan to merge with asset tokenization platform Securitize in October.
The New York, NY-based company was founded in 2021. It plans to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol CAES. Cantor Equity Partners VII filed confidentially on October 22, 2025. Cantor Fitzgerald is the sole bookrunner on the deal.
