Hercules Technology Growth Capital to Host Investor Days in New York City and Boston

New York City Investor Day to be held on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Boston Investor Day on Thursday, April 3, 2008

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 hold Investor Days on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 in New York City and Thursday, April 3, 2008 in Boston.

    Senior Management Presentations by:

    --  Manuel A. Henriquez, Co-founder, Chairman and CEO

    --  David Lund, CFO

    --  Sam Bhaumik, Sr. Managing Director and Group Head of
        Technology

    --  Ed Messman, Managing Director of Technology

    --  Parag Shah, Sr. Managing Director and Group Head of Life
        Sciences

    --  Kathy Conte, Managing Director of Life Sciences

Live webcasts can be accessed on the Investor Relations page of the company's website, www.HTGC.com. The webcasts will be available for replay on the website for 21 days following the events.

For further information or if you have additional questions, please contact Alicia King at aking@HTGC.com or 650.289.3060.

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 up and down the capital structure. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. and has additional offices in the Boston, Boulder, San Diego 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 March 19, 2008