HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL, INC.
400 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310
Palo, Alto, California 94301
May 15, 2007
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Mary Cole
Re: | Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. Registration Statement on Form N-2 |
(File No. 333-141828)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (the Company) respectfully requests acceleration of effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form N-2, as amended (the Form N-2), to 4:00 p.m. on May 16, 2007, or as soon as thereafter as practicable.
In connection with the submission of the Companys request for accelerated effectiveness of the above-referenced Form N-2, the Company hereby acknowledges that:
| should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Form N-2 effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Form N-2; |
| the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Form N-2 effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Form N-2; and |
| the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Manuel A. Henriquez |
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Name: | Manuel A. Henriquez | |||
Title: | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President | |||