Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-12-23
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001493152-25-029121
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Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-12-23
Form: S-4
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 has served since April 2023, as Head of Business Development of Hennessy Capital Growth Strategies, an alternative investment company, since April 2023, and as Chief Financial Officer of Compass Digital Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: CDAQ), a special purpose acquisition company, since August 2023, and since April 2024, as Chief Financial Officer of Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I, a special purpose acquisition company that liquidated its trust account and delisted its securities from Nasdaq in October 2024.

Mr. Geeza previously served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, and the principal financial and accounting officer of Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VI, a special purpose acquisition company until its business combination with Namib Minerals (NASDAQ: NAMM), which closed on June 5, 2025, from August 2024 to June 2025, Chief Financial Officer of two, a special purpose acquisition company, from May 2023 to March 2024, and as Enterprise Sales Director for Capital Preferences, Ltd., a wealth technology platform focused on using behavioral economics to reveal client preferences and drive increased assets under management for global enterprise financial institutions, from March 2022 to April 2023. From November 2007 to March 2022, Mr. Geeza served as Senior Vice President in the Derivative Products Group at U.S. Bank National Association, where he was responsible for developing and servicing client relationships in the National Corporate Banking Technology, Automotive and Insurance divisions. During his tenure, Mr. Geeza assisted in the development and successful implementation of a dynamic hedging platform, advised on compliance with U.S. GAAP accounting requirements, and negotiated International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Dodd-Frank, and collateral management documentation. Prior to U.S. Bank, Mr. Geeza worked at JP Morgan Chase & Co. in New York. Mr. Geeza graduated Cum Laude with a B.S. from Georgetown University and earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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Grant R. Allenhas served as a member of HVII’s board of directors since HVII’s initial public offering. Mr. Allen has served as a Venture Partner of Giant Ventures since May 2024. Mr. Allen previously served as founding General Partner from August 2019 to January 2024 at SE Ventures, a financially oriented, single LP fund created in partnership with Schneider Electric. Prior to SE Ventures, Mr. Allen served as global head of venture investing at