Hercules Capital (San Mateo) (NYS: HTGC)

Founded in 2003, Hercules Capital is an investment firm based in Palo Alto, California. The firm is the leading and largest specialty finance company focused on providing senior secured venture growth loans to high-growth, innovative venture capital-backed companies in a broad variety of technology and life sciences industries. Since its inception, the firm has committed more than $22 billion to over 680 companies.