HCIC · Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VIII · Holdings
Substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
“the Company’s management evaluated the Company’s liquidity and financial condition, and determined that the Company lacks the liquidity to sustain operations for a reasonable period of time, which is considered to be one year from the date of the issuance of these unaudited condensed financial statements. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management plans to address this uncertainty with an initial Business Combination. There is no assurance that the Company’s plans to complete an initial Business Combination will be successful.”View the 10-Q filed Aug 12, 2026
Institutional ownership from SEC Form 13F filings. Investment managers with more than $100 million in U.S. equities must disclose their positions every quarter, within 45 days of quarter-end, so the holdings shown can lag the market by up to a quarter.
Institutional Ownership Trend
Holder Concentration
Across 58 13F filersWho Holds HCIC
Last 3 quarters through Sep 30, 2026 (filing window open)Each kind of 13F filer's share of the common shares 13F filers report. Holder type comes from regulatory records, never the filer's name; style, turnover and horizon are measured from each filer's own 13F book. The quarter selector does not change this card.
Jun 30, 2026, the newest closed quarter: 58 filers, like-for-like change +44.9%; actively managed books +44.9%; index-like books +300.0%.
| Holder type | Share | Filers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered adviser | 76.7% | 34 | +43.7% |
| Exempt adviser | 2.4% | 2 | +33.3% |
| Adviser | 0.2% | 1 | -0.1% |
| Bank | 1.4% | 3 | +482.6% |
| Insurer | 1.3% | 1 | -8.1% |
| Benefit plan | 0.7% | 1 | 0.0% |
| Non-US | 6.2% | 4 | +65.2% |
| Holding company | 0.0% | 1 | +300.0% |
| Unknown | 11.1% | 11 | +47.8% |
| Style | Share | Filers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Index-like | 0.0% | 1 | +300.0% |
| Systematic-like | 24.2% | 10 | +70.8% |
| Concentrated | 6.0% | 5 | +40.9% |
| Diversified active | 69.8% | 42 | +38.0% |
| Turnover | Share | Filers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low turnover | 2.3% | 5 | +112.3% |
| Medium turnover | 49.3% | 20 | +31.1% |
| High turnover | 46.1% | 31 | +62.6% |
| Unknown | 2.4% | 2 | +18.4% |
| Holding horizon | Share | Filers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short horizon | 44.4% | 24 | +52.9% |
| Medium horizon | 8.6% | 6 | +27.5% |
| Long horizon | 28.7% | 13 | +43.7% |
| Unknown | 18.3% | 15 | +38.2% |
| 13F book size | Share | Filers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under $1B | 13.0% | 13 | +35.7% |
| $1B to $10B | 51.8% | 25 | +51.7% |
| $10B to $100B | 23.3% | 12 | +20.2% |
| $100B or more | 11.9% | 8 | +102.5% |
| Client base | Share | Filers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled investment vehicles | 72.4% | 30 | +42.3% |
| Registered funds and BDCs | 3.8% | 3 | +70.5% |
| Charitable organizations | 0.5% | 1 | +100.0% |
| Unknown | 23.3% | 24 | +49.0% |
| Private funds | Share | Filers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hedge funds | 74.0% | 32 | +43.2% |
| Other private funds | 2.8% | 2 | +77.5% |
| Private funds, type not stated | 1.2% | 1 | 0.0% |
| No private funds | 1.1% | 1 | +56.2% |
| Private equity funds | 0.0% | 0 | — |
| Unknown | 20.9% | 22 | +51.0% |
| Location | Share | Filers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 84.0% | 43 | +43.2% |
| Outside the US | 16.0% | 15 | +54.8% |
The Sep 30, 2026 filing window is still open, so its bar carries the Jun 30, 2026 positions of filers that have not filed yet.
How the mix is measured
Shares are 13F common shares restated to today's split basis; options and principal amounts are left out. The change compares only filers with a 13F in both quarters and keeps each filer in its bucket of the later quarter on both sides; a filer that continues under a new CIK is compared through its successor. Holder type comes from each filer's current regulatory profile; client base and private funds come from the Form ADV roster current at each quarter end (rosters from December 2019, so an earlier quarter reads Unknown). Style, turnover, horizon and book size are measured from each filer's 13F book in the newest measured quarter, and Not measured means none was. Actively managed books are those measured systematic-like, concentrated or diversified active.
Conviction and Crowding
43 13F filers, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026Measured across every 13F filer's common-share book once the quarter's filing window closed. Crowding counts filers with high turnover or that advise private funds on Form ADV.
Managers in the top fifth by current three-year FundScore alpha were net buyers of $0 (0 buying, 0 selling).
Estimated Holder Cost Basis
Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, on that quarter's share basisEstimated, never filed: each 13F buy is costed at its quarter's average traded price and each sale keeps the average cost, so this is what holders paid on average if they traded evenly through each quarter.
Estimated cost covers 62.4% of the 13F shares; positions already held when a filer's 13F history starts, or bought in a quarter without a trusted average price, have no estimate.
Shareholder Targets
13F filers that own its peers but not HCIC, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026Found through its holder-overlap peers: IACO, CEPF. 56 filers in all.
| # | Filer | In peers | Largest peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harraden Circle Investments, LLC Registered adviser, Diversified active | $38,833,912 1 held | CEPF |
| 2 | HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND Non-US, Diversified active | $27,247,000 2 held | IACO, CEPF |
| 3 | Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. Registered adviser, Systematic-like | $21,498,380 1 held | CEPF |
| 4 | First Trust Capital Management L.P. Registered adviser, Diversified active | $15,354,980 2 held | CEPF, IACO |
| 5 | Lineage Point Capital LP Unknown, Diversified active | $11,849,952 2 held | IACO, CEPF |
| 6 | Governors Lane LP Registered adviser, Diversified active | $9,129,338 1 held | CEPF |
| 7 | HighTower Advisors, LLC Registered adviser, Diversified active | $8,564,358 1 held | CEPF |
| 8 | J. Goldman & Co LP Registered adviser, Diversified active | $8,272,971 1 held | CEPF |
| 9 | Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP Registered adviser, Diversified active | $7,800,000 1 held | CEPF |
| 10 | HBK INVESTMENTS L P Registered adviser, Concentrated | $5,402,141 2 held | CEPF, IACO |
Fund Ownership of HCIC by Fund Type
Registered funds' Form N-PORT reports for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026Index funds and index ETFs hold 0.00% of shares outstanding.
| Fund type | Of shares outstanding | Shares |
|---|---|---|
| Index funds | 0.00% | 0 |
| Index ETFs | 0.00% | 0 |
| Active ETFs | 0.00% | 0 |
| Active funds | 0.99% | 350,000 |
| Unclassified | 0.00% | 0 |
| All registered funds | 0.99% | 350,000 |
How fund types are measured
Each fund series counts once, with its latest Form N-PORT report dated inside the quarter; only long share positions count, restated to today's split basis. The fund type is the series' latest Form N-CEN answer on or before the quarter end (the index-fund box and the exchange-traded flag), never its name. Unclassified funds have no usable N-CEN; unit investment trusts are among them, so index ownership is a floor. Funds sit inside their advisers' 13F reports, so these shares overlap the 13F figures and are never added to them.
| Holder | Value (USD) | % of 13F | Shares | Type | Filed | Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. Registered adviser | $18,767,700 | 8.47% | 1,890,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. Registered adviser | $11,916,000 | 5.38% | 1,200,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid TENOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Co., L.P. Registered adviser | $11,916,000 | 5.38% | 1,200,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid GLAZER CAPITAL, LLC Registered adviser | $11,366,563 | 5.13% | 1,144,669 | Shares | 2026-08-17 | |
| Mid Linden Advisors LP Registered adviser | $10,426,500 | 4.70% | 1,050,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large Verition Fund Management LLC Registered adviser | $8,440,023 | 3.81% | 849,952 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mega D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | $8,308,679 | 3.75% | 836,725 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mega BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE, SA Non-US | $8,248,284 | 3.72% | 830,643 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Mid WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC Registered adviser | $7,129,293 | 3.22% | 717,955 | Shares | 2026-08-10 | |
| Mid AQR Arbitrage LLC Registered adviser | $6,303,891 | 2.84% | 634,833 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid Magnetar Financial LLC Registered adviser | $5,958,000 | 2.69% | 600,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid MOORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP Registered adviser | $5,958,000 | 2.69% | 600,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid ARISTEIA CAPITAL, L.L.C. Registered adviser HCICU | $5,899,763 | 2.66% | 585,294 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid SONA ASSET MANAGEMENT (US) LLC Registered adviser | $5,120,861 | 2.31% | 515,696 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large LMR Partners LLP Exempt adviser HCICU | $5,040,000 | 2.27% | 500,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid Yaupon Capital Management LP Registered adviser | $4,965,000 | 2.24% | 500,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid RIVERNORTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC Registered adviser | $4,965,000 | 2.24% | 500,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid Ghisallo Capital Management LLC Registered adviser | $4,965,000 | 2.24% | 500,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Small Radcliffe Capital Management, L.P. Registered adviser | $4,845,303 | 2.19% | 487,946 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mega MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Registered adviser | $4,716,750 | 2.13% | 475,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Small Shaolin Capital Management LLC Registered adviser | $4,030,100 | 1.82% | 405,851 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC Registered adviser | $3,972,000 | 1.79% | 400,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLS RETRMT SYS | $3,972,000 | 1.79% | 400,000 | Shares | 2026-07-17 | |
| Mega TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP Registered adviser | $3,779,606 | 1.71% | 380,625 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid WHITEBOX ADVISORS LLC Registered adviser | $3,420,229 | 1.54% | 344,434 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large Alberta Investment Management Corp Non-US HCICU | $3,024,000 | 1.36% | 300,000 | Shares | 2026-08-06 | |
| Large OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp Benefit plan HCICU | $2,998,164 | 1.35% | 297,437 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Small HEIGHTS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC | $2,979,000 | 1.34% | 300,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Small Mint Tower Capital Management B.V. | $2,979,000 | 1.34% | 300,000 | Shares | 2026-08-18 | |
| Mid BERKLEY W R CORP Insurer | $2,963,509 | 1.34% | 298,440 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large TORONTO DOMINION BANK Bank | $2,581,800 | 1.16% | 260,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Small HGC Investment Management Inc. Non-US HCICU | $2,520,000 | 1.14% | 250,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid Periscope Capital Inc. Exempt adviser | $2,482,500 | 1.12% | 250,000 | Shares | 2026-08-11 | |
| Mid Kryger Capital LLC Registered adviser | $2,461,776 | 1.11% | 247,913 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large PICTON MAHONEY ASSET MANAGEMENT Non-US | $1,986,000 | 0.90% | 200,000 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Large Hudson Bay Capital Management LP Registered adviser | $1,986,000 | 0.90% | 200,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large Clear Street Group Inc. | $1,790,815 | 0.81% | 180,344 | Shares | 2026-08-12 | |
| Mega MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Registered adviser HCICU | $1,764,000 | 0.80% | 175,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Small Bulldog Investors, LLP Registered adviser | $1,628,152 | 0.73% | 163,963 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large Calamos Advisors LLC Registered adviser HCICU | $1,512,000 | 0.68% | 150,000 | Shares | 2026-07-31 | |
| Small Bulldog Investors, LLP Registered adviser HCICU | $1,258,750 | 0.57% | 124,876 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large Clear Street Group Inc. HCICU | $1,027,041 | 0.46% | 101,889 | Shares | 2026-08-12 | |
| Mega JPMORGAN CHASE & CO Bank HCICU | $1,008,000 | 0.45% | 100,000 | Shares | 2026-08-12 | |
| Micro GRITSTONE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC Registered adviser | $993,000 | 0.45% | 100,000 | Shares | 2026-08-06 | |
| Mid MMCAP International Inc. SPC | $993,000 | 0.45% | 100,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Small DLD Asset Management, LP Registered adviser | $993,000 | 0.45% | 100,000 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Mid Virtu Financial LLC | $913,550 | 0.41% | 91,999 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Large Centiva Capital, LP Registered adviser | $800,864 | 0.36% | 80,651 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Mid READYSTATE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP Registered adviser HCICU | $740,880 | 0.33% | 73,500 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid PRELUDE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC Registered adviser HCICU | $504,000 | 0.23% | 50,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid METEORA CAPITAL, LLC Adviser | $501,474 | 0.23% | 50,501 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. Registered adviser | $496,500 | 0.22% | 50,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large TORONTO DOMINION BANK Bank HCICU | $425,466 | 0.19% | 42,209 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Small ABC ARBITRAGE SA | $397,200 | 0.18% | 40,000 | Shares | 2026-07-20 | |
| Large Walleye Capital LLC Registered adviser HCICU | $253,814 | 0.11% | 25,180 | Shares | 2026-08-03 | |
| Mega SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP HCICU | $252,000 | 0.11% | 25,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mega ROYAL BANK OF CANADA Bank | $24,338 | 0.01% | 2,451 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mega MORGAN STANLEY Holding company | $436 | 0.00% | 44 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Mid GLAZER CAPITAL, LLC Registered adviser HCICU | $50 | 0.00% | 5 | Shares | 2026-08-17 | |
| Mega MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 625,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid Ghisallo Capital Management LLC Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 500,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Small Mint Tower Capital Management B.V. HCICR | — | — | 300,000 | Shares | 2026-08-18 | |
| Mid AQR Arbitrage LLC Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 622,722 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large Verition Fund Management LLC Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 1,208,951 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Small SYQUANT CAPITAL SAS HCICU | — | — | 150,000 | Shares | 2026-10-20 | |
| Mid WHITEBOX ADVISORS LLC Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 344,434 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid Periscope Capital Inc. Exempt adviser HCICR | — | — | 250,000 | Shares | 2026-08-11 | |
| Small Context Capital Management, LLC Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 400,000 | Shares | 2026-07-23 | |
| Large Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 241,845 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large TORONTO DOMINION BANK Bank HCICR | — | — | 175,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid MOORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 600,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Small DLD Asset Management, LP Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 100,000 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Small Shaolin Capital Management LLC Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 693,018 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large Centiva Capital, LP Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 52,303 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Mid MMCAP International Inc. SPC HCICR | — | — | 100,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large PICTON MAHONEY ASSET MANAGEMENT Non-US HCICR | — | — | 200,000 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Small Bulldog Investors, LLP Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 163,963 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid METEORA CAPITAL, LLC Adviser HCICR | — | — | 49,851 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 340,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid SONA ASSET MANAGEMENT (US) LLC Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 515,696 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Micro GRITSTONE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 100,000 | Shares | 2026-08-06 | |
| Mega ROYAL BANK OF CANADA Bank HCICR | — | — | 3,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mega D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. HCICR | — | — | 750,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid Yaupon Capital Management LP Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 500,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Small ABC ARBITRAGE SA HCICR | — | — | 40,000 | Shares | 2026-07-20 | |
| Large Clear Street Group Inc. HCICR | — | — | 221,340 | Shares | 2026-08-12 | |
| Large Hudson Bay Capital Management LP Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 200,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Small Radcliffe Capital Management, L.P. Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 404,500 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid RIVERNORTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 500,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid Kryger Capital LLC Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 246,787 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 1,890,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid Linden Advisors LP Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 1,050,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Small K2 PRINCIPAL FUND, L.P. HCICR | — | — | 77,786 | Shares | 2026-08-07 | |
| Large COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLS RETRMT SYS HCICR | — | — | 300,000 | Shares | 2026-07-17 | |
| Mid BERKLEY W R CORP Insurer HCICR | — | — | 250,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid TENOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Co., L.P. Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 1,200,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mega BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE, SA Non-US HCICR | — | — | 830,643 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Mid Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 1,223,400 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid Magnetar Financial LLC Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 600,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid Saba Capital Management, L.P. Registered adviser HCICR | — | — | 136,488 | Shares | 2026-08-14 |
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