Hercules Technology's Manuel Henriquez and David Lund to Present at Seventh Annual JMP Securities Research Conference

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 Manuel Henriquez, co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer, and David Lund, chief financial officer, will present at the Seventh Annual JMP Securities Research Conference, May 19-May 21, 2008.

Hercules will present on May 19 at 9:30 a.m. PT at The Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco. This is the second consecutive year in which Hercules has participated in the annual conference.

JMP Securities' equity research coverage encompasses six broad growth industries--technology, health care, consumer, real estate, financial services and business services. This year's event will showcase more than 250 primarily small- and mid-cap public companies in those sectors as well as a number of high-profile private companies that are impacting the marketplace today.

The conference provides an ideal forum for discussion among premier growth companies and institutional investors. The event enables management teams and buy-side professionals to engage each other in a setting designed to promote in-depth disclosure and spur meaningful discussion.

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.

Forward-Looking Statements:

The statements contained in this release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements including, without limitation, the risks, uncertainties and other factors we identify from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although we believe that the assumptions on which these forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of those assumptions could prove to be inaccurate and, as a result, the forward-looking statements based on those assumptions also could be incorrect. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are made as of the date hereof, and Hercules assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements for subsequent events.

Source: Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.

Released May 13, 2008