Hercules’ Leading Originations Platform Continues to Finance Some of the Most Promising Innovative and Disruptive Venture-Backed Companies in the Market

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE:HTGC) (“Hercules” or the “Company”), the leading specialty finance company to innovative, venture growth, pre-IPO and M&A stage companies backed by leading venture capital firms, is pleased to announce the latest liquidity events for eight (8) of its portfolio companies: TPI Composites (NASDAQ: TPIC), which recently completed an initial public offering (“IPO”); and ReachLocal, Touch Commerce, Celator Pharmaceuticals, Ping Identity, IronPlanet, Sungevity, and Bind Therapeutics, and all of which recently completed or announced a merger or acquisition.