SEALSQ Led $10 Million PIPE Investment in WISESat to Accelerate Space Cybersecurity and Post-Quantum Communications
Key Highlights
- ➤SEALSQ led a $10 million PIPE investment in WISeSat.Space (SAIQ)
- ➤PIPE purchase price was $10.79 per share, equal to redemption price
- ➤Price protection may issue up to 1,073,216 additional WISeSat shares
- ➤Investment funds satellite expansion and post-quantum security integration
- ➤PIPE and planned collaboration are related-party transactions within WISeQey
Expert Statements
Carlos Moreira, CEO of SEALSQ, WISeSat.Space and WISeQey
“This investment brings together two companies within the WISeQey group around a shared goal: making space infrastructure secure against both current and future cyber threats. For WISeSat.Space, it provides capital to advance our next generation of satellites and to build post-quantum security into our space, ground and user segments. For SEALSQ, it opens a path to deliver quantum and post-quantum services using WISeSat.Space's satellite capacity. Together, secure semiconductors, cryptography and satellite connectivity have the potential to help set new standards for trust and security across the emerging space economy.”
John O’Hara, CFO of SEALSQ
“This investment supports SEALSQ’s strategy to extend the application of our secure semiconductor, cryptographic and trusted identity technologies into space-based communications. By supporting the development of WISeSat.Space’s infrastructure, we aim to create a foundation for delivering post-quantum security services across satellite and ground networks. Our focus is on translating this collaboration into commercial opportunities that support long-term value for SEALSQ shareholders.”
Investment to support next-generation satellites and integration of SEALSQ’s post-quantum security technologies across space and ground infrastructure
SEALSQ Corp (NASDAQ: LAES) ("SEALSQ" or "Company"), a company that focuses on developing and selling Semiconductors, PKI, and Post-Quantum technology hardware and software products, today announced that it led a $10 million private investment in public equity (PIPE) in WISeSat.Space Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: SAIQ) (“WISeSat.Space”), a space technology company. The investment closed on October 1, 2026. WISeSat.Space and SEALSQ are subsidiaries of WISeQey Corp. (formerly known as WISeKey International Holding AG, “WISeQey”) (Nasdaq/SIX: WQEY), a global quantum cybersecurity and space IoT company.
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