Ge eva, Switze la d, Ju e 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —
SEALSQ Co p. (Nasdaq: LAES), a leadi g develope of semico ducto s, PKI, a d post-qua tum tech ologies a d its pa e t compa y, WISeKey I te atio al Holdi g Ltd. (“WISeKey”) (SIX: WIHN; Nasdaq: WKEY), a global leade i cybe secu ity a d t usted digital ecosystems, today a ou ced that thei joi tly established special pu pose vehicle, Qua tisimo Co p. (“Qua tisimo”), has e te ed i to a o -bi di g Lette of I te t (“LOI”) with GigCapital8 Co p. (Nasdaq: GIW) (“GigCapital8”), a publicly t aded P ivate-to-Public Equity (PPE)™, also k ow as special pu pose acquisitio compa y (SPAC), to explo e the establishme t of a Nasdaq-listed st ategic qua tum tech ology platfo m.
The p oposed t a sactio co templates a busi ess combi atio betwee Qua tisimo a d GigCapital8. Upo completio of the t a sactio , the combi ed compa y is expected to have a p e-mo ey e te p ise value of app oximately $575 millio , subject to customa y closi g co ditio s. The Pa ties i te d to i c ease this i itial valuatio to each US$2 billio th ough build-up co solidated acquisitio s of up to a additio al five qua tum compa ies. The t a sactio is cu e tly expected to close du i g the fi st qua te of 2027.
Qua tisimo was c eated by WISeKey a d SEALSQ to establish a T usted Qua tum Pu e-Play platfo m desig ed to p ovide i vesto s with di ect exposu e to the apidly eme gi g qua tum eco omy. Th ough a combi atio of p op ieta y tech ologies, st ategic i vestme ts, i tellectual p ope ty, a d selected assets f om the SealQua tum.com po tfolio of compa ies, Qua tisimo seeks to become a leadi g public compa y focused o the developme t, comme cializatio , a d deployme t of t usted qua tum tech ologies.
The Executive O de ‘Ushe i g i the Next F o tie of Qua tum I ovatio ’ sig ed o Mo day, Ju e 22, 2026 by P eside t Do ald J. T ump, validates Qua tisimo’s st ategic visio . The U.S. commitme t to accele ati g qua tum computi g, se si g, etwo ki g, wo kfo ce developme t, a d t usted supply chai s is expected to expa d ma ket oppo tu ities, i c ease public-p ivate pa t e ships, a d accele ate the adoptio of qua tum tech ologies. Qua tisimo sta ds to be efit f om this u p ecede ted mome tum as dema d g ows fo qua tum-e abled applicatio s a d post-qua tum secu ity solutio s wo ldwide.
The co templated t a sactio is i te ded to c eate a publicly t aded platfo m dedicated to t usted qua tum i f ast uctu e a d the b oade qua tum ecosystem. Qua tisimo’s st ategy is to ide tify, develop, acqui e, a d scale tech ologies a d busi esses that a e expected to be efit f om the t a sitio to the qua tum e a.
U like compa ies focused o a si gle aspect of qua tum tech ology, Qua tisimo is bei g developed as a T usted Qua tum Pu e-Play platfo m, that aims to p ovide i vesto s with focused exposu e to the eme gi g qua tum eco omy th ough a combi atio of i te ally developed tech ologies, st ategic i vestme ts, pa t e ships, acquisitio s, a d i tellectual p ope ty.
Qua tisimo defi es a Qua tum Pu e-Play compa y as o e whose p i cipal value p opositio is de ived f om pa ticipatio i the qua tum tech ology ecosystem. Th ough its combi atio of p op ieta y tech ologies, st ategic holdi gs, i tellectual p ope ty, a d i vestme ts sou ced f om the SealQua tum.com po tfolio, Qua tisimo is desig ed to offe i vesto s di ect a d co ce t ated exposu e to the lo g-te m g owth pote tial of the global qua tum eco omy.
“We believe the wo ld is e te i g the Qua tum Age,” said Ca los C eus Mo ei a, Fou de a d CEO of WISeKey a d Chai ma of SEALSQ. “Just as the I te et t a sfo med the global eco omy ove the past th ee decades, qua tum tech ologies a e expected to edefi e computi g, commu icatio s, secu ity, a d a tificial i tellige ce ove the comi g decades. Th ough Qua tisimo, we a e c eati g a T usted Qua tum Pu e-Play platfo m desig ed to p ovide i vesto s with di ect exposu e to this t a sfo matio al oppo tu ity while buildi g the t usted i f ast uctu e equi ed fo the qua tum e a. We a e co fide t that pa t e i g with the well eputable GigCapital Global team positio s us to accele ate scale, e ha ce ma ket access a d c eate lo g-te m sha eholde value as a leadi g qua tum tech ology a d p oduct e te p ise.”
Qua tisimo is expected to leve age WISeKey’s i te atio ally ecog ized expe tise i digital t ust, cybe secu ity, a d t usted digital ecosystems, togethe with SEALSQ’s leade ship i semico ducto tech ologies, c yptog aphic solutio s, a d qua tum- esilie t secu ity tech ologies.
I co ectio with the p oposed t a sactio , SEALSQ is expected to co t ibute, subject to the successful completio of the busi ess combi atio a d fi al boa d app ovals, selected assets a d st ategic i te ests f om its SealQua tum.com po tfolio of compa ies. These assets i clude i vestme ts, tech ologies, i tellectual p ope ty, a d st ategic i itiatives ope ati g ac oss va ious secto s of the eme gi g qua tum eco omy. The co t ibutio is i te ded to st e gthe Qua tisimo’s positio as a comp ehe sive T usted Qua tum Pu e-Play platfo m a d accele ate the developme t of a i teg ated ecosystem capable of captu i g oppo tu ities a isi g f om the global adoptio of qua tum tech ologies.
D . Avi Katz, Fou de , Executive Chai ma a d CEO of GigCapital Global a d GigCapital8, comme ted: “Fo the 8th issued P ivate-to-Public Equity (PPE) by the GigCapital Global f a chise we we e focusi g o explo i g the adva ced ae ospace a d defe se ve tical, a d i pa ticula leadi g-edge qua tum platfo m fo co solidatio a d taki g public th ough ou GigCapital8 platfo m. Qua tisimo ep ese ts a u ique oppo tu ity to c eate a public compa y focused o the eme gi g qua tum eco omy fo the most adva ced applicatio s i both the milita y a d comme cial ma kets. We believe i vesto s a e i c easi gly seeki g exposu e to qua tum tech ologies but cu e tly have limited oppo tu ities to pa ticipate i the secto th ough dive sified public ma ket vehicles. Qua tisimo’s T usted Qua tum Pu e-Play st ategy, combi ed with the p ove tech ology he itage a d exceptio al ope atio al leade ship of WISeKey a d SEALSQ, c eates a compelli g platfo m positio ed to be efit f om o e of the most impo ta t tech ology t a sfo matio s of the comi g decades.”
The pa ties expect to comme ce immediately detailed due dilige ce a d execute defi itive ag eeme ts i the comi g mo ths. The p oposed t a sactio emai s subject to the executio of defi itive ag eeme ts, egulato y app ovals, sha eholde app ovals, fi a ci g a a geme ts, a d othe customa y closi g co ditio s.
The e ca be o assu a ce that defi itive ag eeme ts will be executed o that the p oposed t a sactio will ultimately be completed.
Qua tisimo Co p. is a special pu pose tech ology vehicle established by WISeKey a d SEALSQ to build a T usted Qua tum Pu e-Play platfo m combi i g qua tum tech ologies a d st ategic assets f om the SealQua tum.com po tfolio of compa ies. Qua tisimo’s missio is to p ovide i vesto s with comp ehe sive exposu e to the eme gi g qua tum eco omy while suppo ti g the developme t of t usted i f ast uctu e fo the qua tum e a.
GigCapital8 Co p. is a P ivate-to-Public Equity (PPE)™ compa y, also k ow as a special pu pose acquisitio compa y (SPAC), the 8th issued e tity f om the GigCapital Global f a chise si ce 2017, with a Me to -I vesto ™ methodology a d a missio to pa t e with a high tech ology diffe e tiati g compa y to fo ge a successful path to the public ma kets th ough a busi ess combi atio . Like all othe GigCapital Global P ivate-to-Public Equity (PPE) e tities, it aims to actively pa t e with a deep-tech i ovative compa y that pa ticipates i a eleva t a d att active i dust y ve tical, with exceptio al leade s i o de to c eate a i dust y-leadi g pa t e ship that will be successful fo yea s to come.
P ivate-to-Public Equity (PPE)™ a d Me to -I vesto ™ a e t adema ks of GigMa ageme t, LLC, a membe e tity of GigCapital Global a d affiliate of GigCapital8 Co p., used pu sua t to ag eeme t.
SEALSQ is pio ee i g the developme t of Post-Qua tum Semico ducto s that p ovide obust, futu e-p oof p otectio fo se sitive data ac oss a wide a ge of applicatio s, i cludi g Multi-Facto Authe ticatio toke s, Sma t E e gy, Medical a d Healthca e Systems, Defe se, IT Netwo k I f ast uctu e, Automotive, a d I dust ial Automatio a d Co t ol Systems. By embeddi g Post-Qua tum C yptog aphy i to ou semico ducto solutio s, SEALSQ e su es that o ga izatio s stay p otected agai st qua tum th eats. Ou p oducts a e e gi ee ed to safegua d c itical systems, e ha ci g esilie ce a d secu ity ac oss dive se i dust ies.
Fo mo e i fo matio o ou Post-Qua tum Semico ducto s a d secu ity solutio s, please visit www.sealsq.com.
WISeKey I te atio al Holdi g Ltd (“WISeKey”, SIX: WIHN; Nasdaq: WKEY) is a global leade i cybe secu ity, digital ide tity, a d IoT solutio s platfo m. It ope ates as a Swiss-based holdi g compa y th ough seve al ope atio al subsidia ies, each dedicated to specific aspects of its tech ology po tfolio. The subsidia ies i clude (i) SEALSQ Co p (Nasdaq: LAES), which focuses o semico ducto s, PKI, a d post-qua tum tech ology p oducts, (ii) WISeKey SA, which specializes i RoT a d PKI solutio s fo secu e authe ticatio a d ide tificatio i IoT, blockchai , a d AI, (iii) WISeSat AG which focuses o space tech ology fo secu e satellite commu icatio , specifically fo IoT applicatio s, (iv) WISe.ART Co p which focuses o t usted blockchai NFTs a d ope ates the WISe.ART ma ketplace fo secu e NFT t a sactio s, a d (v) SEALCOIN AG which focuses o dece t alized physical i te et with DePIN tech ology a d houses the developme t of the SEALCOIN platfo m.
Each subsidia y co t ibutes to WISeKey’s missio of secu i g the i te et while focusi g o thei espective a eas of esea ch a d expe tise. Thei tech ologies seamlessly i teg ate i to the comp ehe sive WISeKey platfo m. WISeKey secu es digital ide tity ecosystems fo i dividuals a d objects usi g blockchai , AI, a d IoT tech ologies. With ove 1.6 billio mic ochips deployed ac oss va ious IoT secto s, WISeKey plays a vital ole i secu i g the I te et of Eve ythi g. T usted by the OISTE/WISeKey c yptog aphic Root of T ust, WISeKey p ovides secu e authe ticatio a d ide tificatio fo IoT, blockchai , a d AI applicatio s. The WISeKey Root of T ust e su es the i teg ity of o li e t a sactio s betwee objects a d people. Fo mo e i fo matio o WISeKey’s st ategic di ectio a d its subsidia y compa ies, please visit www.wisekey.com.
This p ess elease co tai s fo wa d looki g stateme ts withi the mea i g of the P ivate Secu ities Litigatio Refo m Act of 1995 a d othe applicable secu ities laws. Fo wa d looki g stateme ts i clude, but a e ot limited to, stateme ts ega di g the p oposed busi ess combi atio betwee Qua tisimo Co p. (“Qua tisimo”) a d GigCapital8 Co p. (“GigCapital8”), the a ticipated executio of defi itive t a sactio ag eeme ts, the expected timi g a d completio of the p oposed t a sactio , the a ticipated e te p ise value of the combi ed compa y, the pote tial futu e g owth of the combi ed compa y, i cludi g a y pote tial i c ease i e te p ise value th ough futu e acquisitio s, st ategic t a sactio s, i vestme ts, o o ga ic g owth i itiatives, the p oposed co t ibutio of selected assets f om the SealQua tum.com po tfolio, the a ticipated be efits of the p oposed t a sactio , Qua tisimo’s busi ess st ategy, ma ket oppo tu ities, g owth p ospects, tech ological developme t pla s, acquisitio st ategy, futu e ope ati g pe fo ma ce, a d the futu e developme t of the global qua tum tech ology i dust y.
Fo wa d looki g stateme ts ge e ally may be ide tified by the use of wo ds such as “a ticipate,” “believe,” “co ti ue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “fo ecast,” “i te d,” “may,” “might,” “pla ,” “pote tial,” “p edict,” “p oject,” “seek,” “should,” “ta get,” “will,” “would,” a d simila exp essio s, although ot all fo wa d looki g stateme ts co tai such wo ds.
These fo wa d looki g stateme ts a e based o cu e t expectatio s, estimates, fo ecasts, assumptio s, a d p ojectio s about futu e eve ts a d a e subject to ume ous isks a d u ce tai ties, ma y of which a e beyo d the co t ol of WISeKey I te atio al Holdi g Ltd. (“WISeKey”), SEALSQ Co p. (“SEALSQ”), Qua tisimo, a d GigCapital8. Actual esults may diffe mate ially f om those exp essed o implied by such fo wa d looki g stateme ts as a esult of a va iety of facto s, i cludi g, but ot limited to: the isk that the pa ties may be u able to egotiate o execute defi itive ag eeme ts elati g to the p oposed t a sactio ; the isk that the p oposed t a sactio may ot be completed i a timely ma e o at all; the failu e to satisfy a y co ditio s to closi g; the failu e to obtai equi ed stockholde app ovals, egulato y app ovals, fi a ci g a a geme ts, excha ge listi g app ovals, o othe ecessa y co se ts; cha ges i applicable laws, egulatio s, gove me tal policies, o ma ket co ditio s; the occu e ce of a y eve t, cha ge, o ci cumsta ce that could delay, p eve t, o othe wise adve sely affect the p oposed t a sactio ; the ability to mai tai the listi g of secu ities o Nasdaq o a othe atio al secu ities excha ge; edemptio s by GigCapital8 stockholde s; the availability of fi a ci g; ge e al eco omic, fi a cial, political, a d busi ess co ditio s; i flatio , i te est ates, fo eig excha ge fluctuatio s, a d geopolitical developme ts; cybe secu ity i cide ts; i tellectual p ope ty isks; litigatio isks; competitio ; tech ological cha ges; the ability of Qua tisimo to successfully develop, comme cialize, acqui e, i teg ate, a d scale qua tum elated tech ologies, busi esses, a d i vestme ts; the ability to ealize a ticipated sy e gies o be efits f om acquisitio s, st ategic i vestme ts, o asset co t ibutio s; the ability to achieve p ojected g owth objectives, valuatio ta gets, ope atio al milesto es, o ma ket oppo tu ities; the futu e adoptio , comme cializatio , a d ma ket accepta ce of qua tum tech ologies; a d othe isks a d u ce tai ties that may be ide tified i a y past o futu e fili gs made by the pa ties with the U.S. Secu ities a d Excha ge Commissio (“SEC”) i co ectio with the p oposed t a sactio .
A y efe e ces i this p ess elease to a ticipated e te p ise values, futu e valuatio objectives, acquisitio oppo tu ities, st ategic g owth i itiatives, ma ket oppo tu ities, expected be efits, o lo g te m busi ess p ospects a e based o p elimi a y assumptio s a d ma ageme t expectatio s that a e i he e tly u ce tai a d subject to sig ifica t busi ess, eco omic, competitive, egulato y, fi a ci g, a d ma ket isks. No assu a ce ca be give that a y acquisitio , st ategic i itiative, g owth objective, valuatio ta get, expected be efit, o busi ess pla desc ibed he ei will be achieved.
The p oposed t a sactio is cu e tly subject to a o bi di g Lette of I te t. The e ca be o assu a ce that defi itive ag eeme ts will be e te ed i to, that the pa ties will successfully complete thei due dilige ce, that a y p oposed asset co t ibutio s will be app oved o co summated, o that the p oposed t a sactio will be completed o the te ms cu e tly co templated, withi the a ticipated timef ame, o at all.
Reade s a e cautio ed ot to place u due elia ce o fo wa d looki g stateme ts, which speak o ly as of the date of this p ess elease. WISeKey, SEALSQ, Qua tisimo, a d GigCapital8 exp essly disclaim a y obligatio o u de taki g to update, evise, o publicly elease a y evisio s to a y fo wa d-looki g stateme ts, whethe as a esult of ew i fo matio , futu e eve ts, cha ged ci cumsta ces, o othe wise, except as equi ed by applicable law.
This p ess elease elates to a p oposed t a sactio betwee Qua tisimo a d GigCapital8. The p oposed t a sactio emai s subject to the executio of defi itive ag eeme ts a d the satisfactio of customa y closi g co ditio s. If defi itive ag eeme ts a e executed, GigCapital8, Qua tisimo, a d/o a ewly fo med holdi g compa y i te d to file a egist atio stateme t, p oxy stateme t, p ospectus, a d othe eleva t docume ts with the SEC i co ectio with the p oposed t a sactio , a d a y defi itive p oxy stateme t/p ospectus will be mailed to the sha eholde s of GigCapital8 o ce fi alized. This p ess elease is ot a substitute fo the egist atio stateme t, the p oxy stateme t/p ospectus o a y othe docume t that GigCapital8 o Qua tisimo may file with the SEC.
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I vesto s a d secu ity holde s will be able to obtai f ee copies of these docume ts, whe available, th ough the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
This p ess elease is fo i fo matio al pu poses o ly a d does ot co stitute, o shall it co stitute, a offe to sell, a solicitatio of a offe to buy, o a ecomme datio to pu chase a y secu ities, o shall the e be a y sale of secu ities i a y ju isdictio i which such offe , solicitatio , o sale would be u lawful p io to egist atio o qualificatio u de the secu ities laws of such ju isdictio .
This p ess elease does ot co stitute a solicitatio of a p oxy, co se t, o autho izatio with espect to a y secu ities o i espect of the p oposed t a sactio . A y solicitatio will be made o ly pu sua t to defi itive p oxy mate ials a d othe applicable SEC fili gs.
WISeKey, SEALSQ, Qua tisimo, GigCapital8, a d thei espective di ecto s, executive office s, a d ce tai othe membe s of ma ageme t a d employees may be deemed pa ticipa ts i a y solicitatio of p oxies f om GigCapital8 stockholde s i co ectio with the p oposed t a sactio . I fo matio ega di g GigCapital8’s di ecto s a d executive office s is co tai ed i GigCapital8’s fili gs with the SEC. Additio al i fo matio ega di g the i te ests of such pa ticipa ts i the p oposed t a sactio will be i cluded i a y p oxy stateme t, egist atio stateme t, p ospectus, o othe eleva t docume ts filed with the SEC if a d whe such docume ts become available.
