Horizon Technology Finance, the manager and investment adviser for Horizon Technology Finance, a specialty finance company that provides capital in the form of secured loans to venture capital and private equity backed companies and publicly traded companies in the technology, life science, healthcare information and services and sustainability industries, and an affiliate of Monroe Capital, added Danny Hurwitz as managing director.
Hurwitz will be responsible for originating new investments, with a primary focus on the investment banking, investor relations and broker channel, particularly in lending to small-cap public companies. Hurwitz has over 30 years of experience in investment banking and institutional equity sales. Prior to joining Horizon, he served as managing director at Seaport Global, a full-service investment bank, where he was instrumental in expanding the team’s client base and overall capital-raising network. Hurwitz holds an M.B.A. and a B.S. in communications from Northwestern University.
“We are thrilled to welcome Danny to the Horizon team. His deep capital markets experience and extensive network of relationships will be invaluable to Horizon,” Mike Balkin, CEO of Horizon, said. “We look forward to leveraging Danny’s expertise to further strengthen our origination capabilities and support high quality, growth-oriented companies in need of debt financing solutions, in alignment with our renewed focus on lending to small-cap public companies.”
