September 28, 2026 - B. Riley Securities, Inc., a leading full-service investment bank, announced it served as financial advisor to ONE Nuclear Energy LLC ("ONE Nuclear") in the successful closing of its business combination with Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII, a special purpose acquisition company.
In connection with the closing, the combined company was renamed ONE Nuclear Energy Inc. and commenced trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol "ONEN" on September 24, 2026.
This transaction provides ONE Nuclear with the capital access and public market visibility required to accelerate its multi-technology energy infrastructure platform, directly addressing the surging demand for reliable, large-scale baseload power driven by AI and data center growth.
ONE Nuclear is an independent developer of large-scale energy solutions that pair fast-to-market natural gas generation with advanced nuclear small modular reactor (SMR) technologies. The completion of the business combination launches a combined platform with 5 GW of capacity in active development across its Louisiana Portfolio, which includes:
- Project Amberjack: A standalone, scalable multi-unit SMR campus targeting up to 1 GW of advanced nuclear generation capacity.
- Project Cayman: A 2.88 GW natural gas plant and a 700 MW / 2.88 GWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project with a co-located high-capacity data center campus.
- Project Barracuda: A 1.2 GW natural gas plant with a 300 MW / 1,200 MWh BESS and a co-located 1 GW data center.
B. Riley Securities is proud to have supported ONE Nuclear's management team and founders on this milestone transaction. This transaction underscores the firm's continued commitment to delivering premier advisory services within the energy transition, infrastructure, and industrial technology sectors.
B. Riley's deal team included Patrick Hanniford, Matt Feinberg, Chad Ritchie, Dominic Riley and Noah Rich.
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