Hercules Receives a Reaffirmed Investment Grade Credit and Corporate Rating from Standard & Poor’s

PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE:HTGC) (“Hercules” or the “Company”), the leading specialty financing provider to innovative venture growth stage companies backed by leading venture capital firms, today announced that Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) has reaffirmed Hercules’ investment grade credit and corporate rating of BBB-. “We are very pleased that Standard & Poor’s has once again reaffirmed our BBB- investment grade credit and corporat