Technology 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.

Growth Capital Financing

  • Buy-out or spin-out financing solutions
  • Cash flow based customized financing solutions
  • Company, asset specific, or intellectual property acquisition
  • Convertible, subordinated and/or mezzanine loans
  • Domestic or international expansion
  • Growth capital term loans
    • - Business acceleration/ramp (increasing sales and marketing, research and development ramp, etc.)
    • - Runway extension
    • - Beta ship, first customer ship or tape-out, etc.
    • - Compliment/supplement recent equity capital raise
  • Vendor financing
  • Venture debt
    • - Cash runway extension
    • - Equipment acquisition
    • - General working capital
  • Other growth capital financings

Asset-Based Financings

  • Cash flow-based customized financing solutions
  • Domestic and international account receivable credit lines or revolvers
  • Equipment and infrastructure financing
  • Equipment leases
    • - Traditional 12-60 months revolving lines of credit
  • Facilities build-out and/or expansion
    • - Manufacturing capacity, inventory, raw materials staging with long lead times, etc.
  • Other Asset-Based Financings

Bridge Financing to IPO or M&A or Technology Acquisition

  • Dividend recapitalizations and other sources of investor liquidity
  • IPO financing
    • - S-1 expected to be filed or recently filed
  • M&A financing
    • - In the process of completing an M&A event
    • - Help to provide additional working capital to during transition period
  • Strategic and intellectual property acquisition financings
    • - Specific acquisitions or acquisition line for future acquisitions
    • - Domestic or international expansions

Other Types of Financing Solutions

  • Seed and early-stage financing to help launch new companies
  • Other customized financing solutions