Mike Willard is a Managing Director with Hercules Capital’s Sponsor Finance team and focuses on all aspects of debt financing execution to support private equity investment in enterprise software and technology companies.

Prior to joining Hercules, Mike was a founding team member of Silicon Valley Bank’s Sponsor Finance group where he spent seventeen years providing debt financing solutions to private equity-backed technology companies. Prior to SVB, Mike worked at Wells Fargo Capital Finance in underwriting and portfolio management roles within their Business Finance and Technology Finance groups.

Mike earned an MBA from Clarkson University and a B.S. in business administration from Saint Michael’s College.