- CEO
- Daniel Joseph Hennessy
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Financial - Conglomerates
- Address
- 195 US Hwy 50, Suite 309 Zephyr Cove NV United States of America 89448
- IPO Date
- Jan 17, 2025
- Business
- Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII is a blank check company, or special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company offers no operating products or services of its own but maintains a trust account holding approximately $190 million in net proceeds from its initial public offering of 19 million units priced at $10 each in January 2025; it focuses its search for target businesses primarily in the industrial technology and energy transition sectors, including industrial, manufacturing, transportation, infrastructure, real estate and climate-related companies that benefit from operational enhancements, strategic capital and public market access. Founded in 2024 by Daniel J. Hennessy and headquartered in Zephyr Cove, Nevada, with operations centered in the United States, the SPAC partners with strong management teams to drive growth and value creation for stakeholders. In October 2025, Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII entered into a definitive business combination agreement with ONE Nuclear Energy LLC, an independent developer of large-scale hybrid energy solutions powered by natural gas and advanced small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technologies, valuing the target at a $1.0 billion pre-money equity level with up to $210 million in gross proceeds including trust cash and a PIPE; the transaction, approved by both boards, contemplates the combined entity operating as ONE Nuclear under the Nasdaq ticker ONEN with a pro forma enterprise value of approximately $1.1 billion and is expected to close in the first half of 2026 subject to shareholder approval and regulatory conditions.