Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE:HTGC) Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call August 3, 2023 5:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Michael Hara - Managing Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications

Scott Bluestein - Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer

Seth Meyer - Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer

Conference Call Participants

John Hecht - Jefferies LLC

Crispin Love - Piper Sandler & Co.

Casey Alexander - Compass Point Research & Trading

Christopher Nolan - Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.

Paul Johnson - Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods, Inc.

Operator

Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Hercules Capital Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers' presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded.

I would now like to hand the conference over to your first speaker today, Michael Hara, Managing Director of Investor Relations. Michael, you have the floor.

Michael Hara

Thank you, Stacey. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to Hercules conference call for the second quarter 2023. With us on the call today from Hercules are Scott Bluestein, CEO and Chief Investment Officer; and Seth Meyer, CFO. Hercules' financial results were released just after today's market close and can be accessed from Hercules Investor Relations section at investor.htgc.com. An archived webcast replay will be available on the Investor Relations webpage for at least 30 days following the conference call.

During this call, we may make forward-looking statements based on our own assumptions and current expectations. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and should not be relied upon in making any investment decision. Actual financial results may differ from the forward-looking statements made during this call for a number of reasons, including, but not limited to the risks identified in our annual report on Form 10-K and other filings that are publicly available on the SEC's website. Any forward-looking statements made during this call are made only as of today's date, and Hercules assumes no obligation to update any such statements in the future.

And with that, I'll turn the call over to Scott.

Scott Bluestein

Thank you, Michael, and thank you, all for joining the Hercules Capital Q2 2023 earnings call. Our best-in-class venture and growth stage lending platform continued to deliver record earnings and operating performance in Q2, while maintaining the historical strong credit standards that we have come to expect. Our record Q2 results were highlighted by many of the key themes that we have discussed over the last few quarters.