Hercules Capital, Inc. Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]

[1]	Value as a percent of net assets. All amounts are stated in U.S. Dollars unless otherwise noted. The Company uses the Standard Industrial Code for classifying the industry grouping of its portfolio companies.
[2]	Value as a percent of net assets. All amounts are stated in U.S. Dollars unless otherwise noted. The Company uses the Standard Industrial Code for classifying the industry grouping of its portfolio companies.
[3]	Gross unrealized appreciation, gross unrealized depreciation, and net unrealized appreciation for federal income tax purposes totaled $123.1 million, $108.1 million and $15.0 million, respectively. The tax cost of investments is $4.3 billion
[4]	Gross unrealized appreciation, gross unrealized depreciation, and net unrealized depreciation for federal income tax purposes totaled $108.4 million, $156.5 million, and $48.1 million, respectively. The tax cost of investments is $3.7 billion.
[5]	Denotes that all or a portion of the investment in this portfolio company is held by Hercules Capital IV, L.P., the Company’s wholly owned small business investment company.
[6]	Prime represents 7.50% as of December 31, 2024. 1-month SOFR, 3-month SOFR, and 6-month SOFR represent 4.33%, 4.31%, and 4.25%, respectively, as of December 31, 2024.
[7]	Denotes that all or a portion of the debt investment principal includes accumulated PIK interest and is net of repayments.
[8]	Indicates assets that the Company deems not “qualifying assets” under section 55(a) of 1940 Act. Qualifying assets must represent at least 70% of the Company’s total assets at the time of acquisition of any additional non-qualifying assets.
[9]	Non-U.S. company or the company’s principal place of business is outside the United States.
[10]	Denotes that there is an unfunded contractual commitment available at the request of this portfolio company as of December 31, 2024 (Refer to “Note 11 — Commitments and Contingencies”).
[11]	Denotes that all or a portion of the investment is pledged as collateral under the MUFG Bank Facility (as defined in “Note 5 — Debt”).
[12]	Denotes that the fair value of the Company’s total investments in this portfolio company represent greater than 5% of the Company’s total net assets as of December 31, 2024.
[13]	Denotes that all or a portion of the debt investment is pledged as collateral under the SMBC Facility (as defined in “Note 5 — Debt”).
[14]	Denotes that all or a portion of the debt investment secures the 2031 Asset-Backed Notes (as defined in “Note 5 — Debt”).
[15]	Control investment as defined under the 1940 Act in which Hercules owns at least 25% of the company’s voting securities or has greater than 50% representation on its board.
[16]	Hercules Adviser LLC is owned by Hercules Capital Management LLC and presented with Hercules Partner Holdings, LLC which are both wholly owned by the Company. Please refer to “Note 1” for additional disclosure.
[17]	Denotes second lien senior secured debt.
[18]	Denotes unitranche debt with first lien “last-out” senior secured position and security interest in all assets of the portfolio company whereby the “last-out” portion will be subordinated to the “first-out” portion in a liquidation, sale or other disposition.
[19]	Prime represents 7.25% as of September 30, 2025. 1-month SOFR, 3-month SOFR and 6-month SOFR represent 4.13%, 3.98%, and 3.85%, respectively, as of September 30, 2025.
[20]	Denotes second lien senior secured debt.
[21]	Denotes that all or a portion of the debt investment principal includes accumulated PIK interest and is net of repayments.
[22]	Denotes that all or a portion of the investment is pledged as collateral under the MUFG Bank Facility (as defined in “Note 5 — Debt”).
[23]	Denotes that there is an unfunded contractual commitment available at the request of this portfolio company as of September 30, 2025 (Refer to “Note 11 - Commitments and Contingencies”).
[24]	Denotes that all or a portion of the investment in this portfolio company is held by Hercules Capital IV, L.P., the Company’s wholly owned small business investment company.
[25]	Indicates assets that the Company deems not “qualifying assets” under section 55(a) of 1940 Act. Qualifying assets must represent at least 70% of the Company’s total assets at the time of acquisition of any additional non-qualifying assets.
[26]	Non-U.S. company or the company’s principal place of business is outside the United States
[27]	Denotes that all or a portion of the debt investment is convertible debt.
[28]	Denotes that all or a portion of the debt investment is convertible debt.
[29]	Denotes that all or a portion of the debt investment secures the 2031 Asset-Backed Notes (as defined in “Note 5 — Debt”).
[30]	Denotes unitranche debt with first lien “last-out” senior secured position and security interest in all assets of the portfolio company whereby the “last-out” portion will be subordinated to the “first-out” portion in a liquidation, sale or other disposition.
[31]	Denotes that the fair value of the Company’s total investments in this portfolio company represent greater than 5% of the Company’s total net assets as of September 30, 2025.
[32]	Denotes that all or a portion of the debt investment is pledged as collateral under the SMBC Facility (as defined in “Note 5 — Debt”).
[33]	Control investment as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) in which Hercules owns at least 25% of the company’s voting securities or has greater than 50% representation on its board.
[34]	Denotes that all or a portion of the investment in this portfolio company is held by Hercules SBIC V, L.P., the Company’s wholly owned small business investment company.
[35]	Gibraltar Acquisition LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary, which is the holding company for their wholly-owned affiliated portfolio companies, Gibraltar Business Capital, LLC and Gibraltar Equipment Finance, LLC.
[36]	Gibraltar Acquisition LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary, which is the holding company for their wholly-owned affiliated portfolio companies, Gibraltar Business Capital, LLC and Gibraltar Equipment Finance, LLC.
[37]	Denotes that all or a portion of the investment in this portfolio company is held by SBIC V, L.P., the Company's wholly owned small business investment company.
[38]	Denotes the security holds rights to royalty fee income associated with certain products of the portfolio company. The approximate cost and fair value of the royalty contract are $11.9 million and $11.6 million, respectively.
[39]	Denotes the security holds rights to royalty fee income associated with certain products of the portfolio company. The approximate cost and fair value of the royalty contract are $11.7 million and $11.8 million, respectively.
[40]	Debt is on non-accrual status as of September 30, 2025, and is therefore considered non-income producing.
[41]	Debt is on non-accrual status as of December 31, 2024, and is therefore considered non-income producing.
[42]	Except for warrants in 18 publicly traded companies and common stock in 30 publicly traded companies, all investments are restricted as of September 30, 2025 and were valued at fair value using Level 3 significant unobservable inputs as determined in good faith by the Company’s Valuation Committee (as defined in “Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Valuation of Investments”) and approved by the board of directors (the “Board”).
[43]	Except for warrants in 23 publicly traded companies and common stock in 28 publicly traded companies, all investments are restricted as of December 31, 2024 and were valued at fair value using Level 3 significant unobservable inputs as determined in good faith by the Company’s Valuation Committee (as defined in “Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Valuation of Investments”) and approved by the board of directors (the "Board").
[44]	Hercules Adviser LLC is owned by Hercules Capital Management LLC and presented with Hercules Partner Holdings, LLC which are both wholly owned by the Company. Please refer to “Note 1 – Description of Business” for additional disclosure.
[45]	Denotes investment in a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity). The terms of the SAFE provide the Company with preferred stock in the event of an equity financing before the termination of the SAFE. As of September 30, 2025, the approximate cost and fair value of the SAFE is $0.1 million.
[46]	Denotes investment in a non-voting security in the form of a promissory note. The terms of the notes provide the Company with a lien on the issuers' shares of Common Stock for Black Crow AI, Inc., subject to release upon repayment of the outstanding balance of the notes. As of September 30, 2025, the Black Crow AI, Inc. affiliates promissory notes had an outstanding balance of $2.8 million.
[47]	Denotes investment in a non-voting security in the form of a promissory note. The terms of the notes provide the Company with a lien on the issuers' shares of Common Stock for Black Crow AI, Inc., subject to release upon repayment of the outstanding balance of the notes. As of December 31, 2024, the Black Crow AI, Inc. affiliates promissory notes had an outstanding balance of $2.4 million.
[48]	Denotes investment in a non-voting security in the form of an earnout interest. The terms of the security provide the Company with contractual rights to receive approximately 12.48% of contingent earnout payments from the portfolio company to the earnout holders. As of September 30, 2025, the approximate cost and fair value of the earnout interest is $5.2 million.