Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE:HTGC) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call October 30, 2024 5:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Michael Hara - Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Scott Bluestein - Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer
Seth Meyer - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Crispin Love - Piper Sandler
Brian McKenna - Citizens JMP
John Hecht - Jefferies
Finian O'Shea - Wells Fargo Securities
Christopher Nolan - Ladenburg Thalmann

Operator

Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Hercules Capital Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker’s 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. Please go ahead.

Michael Hara

Thank you, Brianna. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to Hercules’ conference call for the third quarter 2024. With us on the call today from Hercules is 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 Q3 2024 earnings call.

Our strong operating results for the third quarter and year-to-date through Q3 2024 reflect our leadership position in the venture and growth stage lending market, as well as the benefits of operating at scale with an institutional lending platform and a seasoned best-in-class investment team.