Hercules Technology Growth Capital announced its Q4/14 portfolio update with nearly $900 million in origination commitments.

“Hercules completes an impressive sprint to the finish line delivering another record quarter and year of new originations commitments, underscoring our leadership position and value we bring to both our innovative venture growth stage companies and to the venture capital community as a thriving alternative source of growth capital versus traditional commercial bank financing, while also demonstrating our continued focus on growing our market presence,” stated Manuel Henriquez, chairman and chief executive officer of Hercules. “This achievement would not have been possible if not for our amazing, dedicated team of investment professionals and our unquestionable brand recognition and industry reputation as the lender of choice to many of the leading venture capital backed pre-IPO and M&A companies seeking growth capital. Our eleven-year track record, coupled with our outstanding venture capital relationships, and what I consider to be the industry-leading direct originations platform, continue to afford us access to deal flow for new originations at unprecedented levels, far greater than any of our BDC competitors.”

Henriquez added, “We are never satisfied with the status quo. We are committed to continuously improving how we operate and provide growth capital solutions to the community of innovative venture-backed growth stage companies we service and will continue to elevate our differentiated competitive advantage, so that we can create even better solutions for our current and future partners while delivering potentially greater shareholder return. We are extremely thankful that over 300 companies have chosen to select Hercules as their partner for growth capital, representing nearly $5 billion in capital commitments since our founding in December 2003.”

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