Hercules Capital announces Pam Randhawa joining its Board of Directors

– USA, CA –  Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE: HTGC) today announced the appointment of Pam Randhawa to its board of directors, effective November 1, 2021.

Ms. Randhawa is a thought leader within the life sciences sector and an experienced industry executive, with more than 20 years of experience leading public and private companies, ranging from biotech, healthcare, and sustainable solutions, through their various stages of growth.

“Pam’s deep industry experience and executive leadership credentials in healthcare and life sciences companies at various stages and sizes will be a valuable addition to our Board of Directors. Pam has made significant contributions to the broader life sciences community through her Board of Director roles at the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council and Massachusetts Life Sciences Center,” said CEO and chief investment officer, Scott Bluestein.

He added, “Over the past several years, we have enhanced the quality of our directors by assembling highly experienced executives, owners, and operators in the sectors where we provide flexible growth capital and a diversified team to serve on our Board. We’re excited by the collective expertise each member of our Board brings as we continue to position the Company for long-term growth and strong shareholder returns. We are pleased to welcome Pam to our Board and look forward to her contributions.”

Ms. Randhawa will serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

About Pam Randhawa

Ms. Randhawa has over 20 years of business leadership experience in the healthcare and life sciences industries and brings to Hercules a wide range of expertise ranging from policy, corporate strategy, product development, advanced analytics, and marketing for Fortune 500 companies, startups, and government entities. Since 2013, she has served as CEO and Founder at Empiriko Corporation, a company that has developed a novel in vitro biomimetic platform to accelerate small molecule drug development and is developing a point-of-care diagnostic platform for personalized immunologic/genetic biomarker and drug monitoring. Before founding Empiriko, Ms. Randhawa was President and Co-Founder of AgroGreen Biofuels, an alternative biofuels technology company. She has held several executive positions with major healthcare technology companies, including McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK), Phase Forward, InfoMedics, and Sermo.

Ms. Randhawa currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center and as Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Biotech Technology Council.

Ms. Randhawa received her Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Rajasthan and her Master in Public Management degree from Carnegie Mellon University.

About Hercules Capital, Inc.

Hercules Capital, Inc. is the leading and largest specialty finance company focused on providing senior secured venture growth loans to high-growth, innovative venture capital-backed companies in a broad variety of technology, life sciences, and sustainable and renewable technology industries. Since its inception in December 2003, Hercules has committed more than $12.0 billion to over 530 companies and is the lender of choice for entrepreneurs and venture capital firms seeking growth capital financing.

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