Cleantech Sector Financing Solutions

Hercules provides a full array of debt and equity financing products that can be customized to fit your specific growth needs by stage and by sector.

Customized Financing Solutions

  • Company, asset, or intellectual property acquisition financing
  • Convertible, subordinated and mezzanine loans
  • Domestic and international corporate expansion
  • Growth capital term loans
    • - Revenue acceleration (sales and marketing development, manufacturing expansion, etc.)
    • - Capital extension (cushion to reach next milestone or capital to reach additional milestones leading to a higher equity valuation)
    • - Supplement equity capital (often cheaper source of capital and non-dilutive to equity)
  • Management buy-outs / corporate spin-out financing
  • Vendor financing
  • Other customized financing solutions

Specialized Cleantech Industry Financings

  • Early-stage financing
  • International special purpose entity (SPE) financing
  • Pilot and production facility financing
  • Pre-commercialization facility financing
  • Situation-specific financing (satisfying customer contract requirements, pre-funding strategic relationship, etc.)
  • Supplemental joint venture financing
  • Other specialized, industry or stage-related financings

IPO/M&A and Public Company Financing

  • Bridge financing to IPO, M&A or technology acquisition
  • Cash flow financing (protects against share price volatility)
  • Pre-IPO financing (provides extra cash on balance sheet)
  • Public company financing to continue asset growth and production capacity
  • Short-term bridge financing

Asset-Based Financing

  • Cleantech lab/testing facilities initial build-out and/or expansion
  • Domestic & international working capital revolving lines of credit
  • Equipment loans/leases
  • Inventory build-out
  • Manufacturing capacity expansion
  • Other asset-based financings