Hercules Capital

Hercules Capital

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Overview

Hercules is a non-bank lender to venture capital-backed companies at all stages of development in a broadly diversified variety of technology, life sciences, and sustainable and renewable technology industries.

With over a decade of experience in venture debt, Hercules is uniquely positioned to create innovative financing solutions that perfectly fit within a company's existing capital structure and map to its business objectives. Recognized as the industry leader, Hercules understands the flexibility these types of companies need and has the experience to work closely with them, even through challenging times, to help them reach critical milestones.

Hercules' deep sector expertise, geographic presence, and strong capital base have made Hercules the lender of choice for more than 480 innovative companies.

Highlights

Founded

2003

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

101-250

Investment

250

Lead Investment

123

Exits

152

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity

Investor Type

Venture Debt

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

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Hercules Capital, established in 2003 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity investments across Software, Hardware, TV Production, Consumer Electronics, Information Services, Venture Capital, Media and Entertainment, Finance, Impact Investing, Financial Services. The organization boasts a portfolio of 247 investments, with an average round size of $56.5M and 152 successful exits. Their recent investments include Sling Media, Hearst Ventures, DCM Ventures, Mobius Venture Capital, Blurb. The highest investment round they participated in was $468.4B. Among their most notable exits are Sling Media and Hearst Ventures. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Steve Kuo

Steve Kuo

Senior Managing Director and Group Head - Technology

imagePlace Scott Bluestein

Scott Bluestein

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer

imagePlace Christian Follmann

Christian Follmann

Senior Director of Operations and Special Projects

imagePlace Janice Bourque

Janice Bourque

Managing Director, Life Sciences

imagePlace Bryan R. Jadot

Bryan R. Jadot

Senior Managing Director and Group Head - Life Sciences

imagePlace Roy Y. Liu

Roy Y. Liu

Managing Director / Co-founder

Investment portfolio

Hercules Capital has made 250 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 31, 2024, when Thumbtack raised $75.0M.

Hercules Capital has made 36 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Jul 17, 2024, when Pindrop raised $100.0M.

investments

250

Diversity investments

36

Lead investments

123

Number of exits

152

Investments

250

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jun 20, 2024
Semperis Semperis
Enterprise Software125.0M
Jun 24, 2024
Neuehealth Neuehealth
Financial Services150.0M
Jul 17, 2024
Pindrop Pindrop
Cyber Security100.0M
Jul 31, 2024
Thumbtack Thumbtack
Service Industry75.0M

Exits

152

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

250

Investors

1

Funds

3

Funding Rounds

250

Hercules Capital has raised 250 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 31, 2024 from a Debt Financing - Thumbtack round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jun 20, 2024
Series C - Semperis Series C - Semperis
-125.0M-
Jun 24, 2024
Post-IPO Debt - Neuehealth Post-IPO Debt - Neuehealth
-150.0M-
Jul 17, 2024
Debt Financing - Pindrop Debt Financing - Pindrop
-100.0M-
Jul 31, 2024
Debt Financing - Thumbtack Debt Financing - Thumbtack
-75.0M-

Investors

2

Hercules Capital is funded by 2 investor(s). AloStar Kantor is the most recent investors.

Investor NameLead InvestorFunding RoundMoney Raised
AloStar AloStar
No
Post-IPO Debt - Hercules Capital
6.5M
-No
Post-IPO Equity - Hercules Capital
0

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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