Hercules Technology Growth Capital Inc. is a venture debt firm in California that focuses on providing senior secured loans to high-growth, venture capital-backed companies in a variety of technology, life sciences and sustainable and renewable technology industries. Founded 2003 in Palo Alto, California, United States by Manuel A. Henriquez and Scott Harvey, it invests in debt financing, post-IPO equity, series D and post-IPO debt. Its portfolio companies include Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Kamada, Modumetal and ViewRay. As of February 2020, Hercules Capital, Inc. has made 106 investments. Their most recent investment was on January 31, 2020, when Syndax Pharmaceuticals raised $30M. Hercules Capital, Inc. has had 60 exits, the most notable of which include CareCloud, BridgeBio, and TransEnterix. Hercules Capital, Inc. has raised three funds, their latest being Hercules Technology IV.
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Funded Companies
A software company offering application programming interfaces (APIs) for managing, integrating, and delivering content to any device or service.
BridgeBio is a San Francisco-based biotechnology researching and producing genetically-targeted therapeutics.
An e-learning company that has a digital education platform. It was founded in 2011 and is located in Mountain View, California.
SugarSync is a San Mateo, California-based file sharing company founded in 2009 by https://angel.co/ben-strong, https://angel.co/ben-strong and https://angel.co/ben-strong.
Votizen is a Mountain View, California-based company founded by Jason Putorti, David Binetti and Matt Snider.
A company developing and manufacturing biosurgical and immunotherapy products
Intuity Medical is a Fremont, California-based company.
Glam Media is a Brisbane, California-based company founded by Susan Kare.
A pharmaceutical company that develops therapies targeting solid and hematological cancer tumors
A biotechnology company developing synthetic small molecule compounds to treat acute cardiovascular disorders and infectious diseases
Gynesonics develops an ablatian device for uterine fibroids.
A company developing products to treat neurological conditions
E-Band Communications is a manufacturing company founded by Saul Umbrasas.
People
Aaron Bajor
Employee
Albert Sung
Employee
Anas Zulkifli
Employee
Andry Haryanto
Employee
Blake Billiet
Employee
Brandt Roberts
Employee
Brian Donoho
Employee
Catherine Jhung
Employee
Chad Norman
Employee
Charlie Vandis
Employee
Christopher Nolte
Employee
Connor Thornton
Employee
Corey Perlmutter
Employee
Dar Aalaei
Employee
Dave Coles
Employee
Deepak Gupta
Employee
Disha Soni
Employee
Donhoa Tran
Employee
Evan Rosenblum
Employee
Glen Howard
Founder
Hannah Gorelik
Employee
Heath Morrison
Employee
Jake Moody
Employee
James Klein
Employee
Jason Cook
Employee
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
Aldeyra Therapeutics
BridgeBio
CloudPay
Contentful
Dashlane
FuelCell Energy
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals
Syndax Pharmaceuticals
TransEnterix
Urovant Sciences
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Contributors
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Lax Mariappan
Technopreneur, Open source enthusiast, author, speaker. Co-founder of Eternus Global. Crafting applications for the medical industry. - 2
Rebecca Hammond
MA English I HDip Psychology - Following AI, behavioural and educational psychology - 3
Melanie Manipula
Helping organize knowledge. - 4
Aime Anne Nisay
QA Engineer of web and mobile applications - 5
Henry Ogolla
Passionate about reading and writing. - 6
Jed Christiansen
Special Projects & Business Development at Golden, Founder - Seed-DB. - 7
Neelam Jhaveri
Techno Geek + Gamer + Fashionista + Sense of Humor = It's ME - 8
Reys Phillips
A graduate of Cleveland State University with a Bachelor of Science in Education. My main hobbies include story writing and reading. - 9
Will Suter
Student at the University of Notre Dame looking to expand my knowledge in topics that pique my interest. - 10
Marie Gabrielle Laguna- Bedia
Co-founder and Managing Partner of Eternus Global. Physician of internal medicine, app developer and entrepreneur