Hercules Capital, Inc. (HTGC) Q2 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

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