Cantor Equity Partners V closes $250 million IPO of 25 million shares
Cantor Equity Partners V, Inc., a blank-check company with no operations, closed its initial public offering on November 5, 2025, selling 25,000,000 Class A ordinary shares at $10.00 each, including 3,000,000 shares from partial exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option. The full $250,000,000 was placed in a U.S.-based trust account held by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, and the company has until November 5, 2027 to complete a business combination, or it must redeem the public shares.
Key points
- Gross IPO proceeds of $250,000,000 from 25,000,000 Class A ordinary shares at $10.00 per share, including 3,000,000 over-allotment shares
- Private placement of 540,000 Class A ordinary shares to sponsor Cantor EP Holdings V, LLC for $5,400,000
- $250,000,000 ($10.00 per public share) placed in trust account; offering costs of approximately $4,900,000
- Deadline to complete a business combination is November 5, 2027; otherwise public shares are redeemed
The filing
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