---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-180027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HTGC"
cik: "0001280784"
company_name: "Hercules Capital, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T20:09:29.795713+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hercules Capital receives SBA approval for fourth SBIC license; adds $175M debenture capacity

## Summary
- SBA approved Hercules' fourth SBIC license, providing access to $175M of long-term debentures.
- Combined SBIC borrowing capacity now totals $350M across four licenses.
- License is held by a subsidiary; will fund innovative technology and life sciences companies.
- Hercules has utilized SBIC program since 2006; SEC exemptive relief excludes SBIC leverage from asset coverage limits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-180027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HTGC
- cik: 0001280784
- company_name: Hercules Capital, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280784/000119312524180027/0001193125-24-180027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280784/000119312524180027/d870006d8k.htm

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