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Hercules Capital, Inc.

143 employees

Hercules Capital offers clients an alternative investment vehicle through which they can have access to venture capital investments.

Investor insights

Countries invested in

united states1

Sectors invested in

Biotechnology88
Health Care80
Pharmaceutical36
Medical32
Therapeutics27
Software26
Manufacturing21
Biopharma19
Medical Device16
Enterprise Software12
Hardware9
SaaS9
Health Diagnostics8
Life Science8
Information Technology8
Cloud Computing8
Analytics8
Energy8
Internet7
Robotics6

Funding rounds participated in

$23M sweet spot round size

Most of their 211 investments are in rounds between $10M and $46M

Investor type

Venture Debt

Basic info

Industry

financial services

Sectors

Equity investments in key market leading companies
Commercial Lending
Financial Services
Leveraged Capital for growing Lower Middle Market Companies
Growth Capital investments in the next generation of technology startups
Strategic Financing Solutions to Venture backed startups
Strategic and intellectual property acquisition financings
Non-dilutive capital to extend cash runway
Financing solutions allowing Life Science companies to reach milestones
Pre-IPO financing for extra cash on the balance sheet
FinTech
Public company financing to continue asset growth and production capacity
Venture Capital
Largest non-bank source of venture lending financing in the market

Date founded

2003

Investments made

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X4 Pharmaceuticals raised $115M on August 3, 2023

Investors: Hercules Capital, Inc.

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Heron Therapeutics, Inc. raised $30M on July 24, 2023

Investors: Velan Capital and Hercules Capital, Inc.

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COMPASS Pathways raised $30M on July 5, 2023

Investors: Hercules Capital, Inc.

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Tipalti raised $150M on May 15, 2023

Investors: Hercules Capital, Inc.

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Skydio raised $230M on February 27, 2023

Investors: DoCoMo Capital, UP.Partners, Linse Capital, IVP, Andreessen Horowitz, Axon and Hercules Capital, Inc.

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Amplifybio raised $50M on January 12, 2023

Investors: Hercules Capital, Inc.

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Locus Robotics raised $117M on November 29, 2022

Investors: Gray's Creek Capital Partners, Next47, Newton Investment Management, Stafford Capital Partners, Stack Capital, Scale Venture Partners, SuRo Capital Corp, HESTA and Hercules Capital, Inc.

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Oak Street Health raised $300M on November 16, 2022

Investors: Hercules Capital, Inc.

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Kura Oncology, Inc. raised $125M on November 3, 2022

Investors: Hercules Capital, Inc.

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Phathom Pharmaceuticals raised $40M on November 1, 2022

Investors: - and Hercules Capital, Inc.

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