Hercules Technology to Participate in SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Financial Services Unconference in New York City

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTGC), the premier specialty finance company providing venture debt and equity to venture capital and private equity backed technology and life science companies at all stages of development, today announced that it will be participating in the SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Unconference at the Waldorf Astoria in New York, New York on May 20-21, 2008.

The Financial Services Unconference is a distinctly different two-day conference event that will provide participants with market perspective and insight from the largest assembly of mid- and small-cap financial services companies to come together in the first half of 2008.

Manuel Henriquez, co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer, and David Lund, chief financial officer, will be attending the conference and meeting with investors.

About Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.:

Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. is a NASDAQ traded specialty finance company providing debt and equity growth capital to technology and life science companies at all stages of development. Founded in December 2003, the company primarily finances privately held companies backed by leading venture capital and private equity firms. Hercules invests in a broad range of ventures active in technology and life science industries and offers a full suite of growth capital products at all levels of the capital structure. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. and has additional offices in the Boston, Boulder, San Diego, Columbus and Chicago areas. Providing capital to publicly-traded or privately-held companies backed by leading venture capital and private equity firms involves a high degree of credit risk and may result in potential losses of capital. For more information, please visit www.HTGC.com.

Companies interested in learning more about financing opportunities should contact info@HTGC.com, or call 650.289.3060.

Source: Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.

Released May 19, 2008