Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001641172-25-001741
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Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 9
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  and as an advisory board member for Gemini Israel Funds from June 2004 to May 2015.                  
  Anna                                                                                                 
  Brunelle is one of HVII’s independent directors. Ms. Brunelle has served as Chief Financial          
  Officer of May Mobility, an autonomous driving company, since October 2023. Previously, Ms.          
  Brunelle served as Chief Financial Officer of Ouster Inc. from August 2020 to May 2023, which        
  completed a business combination with Colonnade Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, in March 2021,            
  and subsequently merged with Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (previously NASDAQ: VLDR) in February 2023.        
  HVII believes that having a member of the board of directors with experience as an executive         
  officer of a SPAC business combination target is unique and will make HVII an attractive             
  business combination partner to target businesses. Ms. Brunelle has over 20 years of experience      
  in finance, accounting, investor relations, corporate and business development, as well as           
  business operations and analytics. She previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Kinestral     
  Technologies from April 2018 through May 2020 and Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief          
  Operating Officer of Soylent from March 2016 through October 2017. She has also served as            
  Chief Financial Officer of GlobalLogic, Chief Financial Officer of Tivo, Inc., and Senior            
  Consultant for Deloitte & Touche, LLP. Ms. Brunelle currently serves as a director of                
  Compass Digital Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: CDAQ) and Bolt Threads, Inc. and previously served        
  as a director of Halio International from March 2019 through May 2020. During her tenure             
  in leadership positions, she has worked on successful IPOs of technology companies and completed     
  multiple private and public acquisitions and divestitures.                                           
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  Javier                                                                                               

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  Poonam                                                                                          
  Sharma is one of HVII’s independent directors. Ms. Sharma has served as an Investment           
  Committee Advisor of Healthy Home Innovation Fund since March 2024 and as an Independent        
  Director of Lumen Energy since January 2024. Ms. Sharma previously served as an Independent     
  Director of Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III from May 202