Hercules Capital
Hercules Capital is a Seed, Pre-Seed, Growth venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA investing in Other, Fintech, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$5.0M checks and has 31 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$5.0M
- Portfolio
- 31 companies on record
- Partners
- 8 listed
- AUM
- $5.7B
- Stage
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Growth
- Sectors
- Other, Fintech, Enterprise, SaaS
- HQ
- Palo Alto, CA
Last verified: 2026-05-28
Seed, Pre-Seed, Growth
$1.0M – $5.0M
$5.7B
31+ companies
8 partners
Investment Thesis
Hercules backs companies involved in public-private partnerships and financial innovations for government and enterprise.
How Hercules Capital invests
Hercules Capital is a vc firm based in Palo Alto, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed, Growth stages, with a focus on Other, Fintech, Enterprise, SaaS.
Hercules Capital typically writes checks of $1.0M–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $5.7B in assets under management.
Hercules Capital has backed 31 companies in our records, including Govini, 23andMe, 908 Devices.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (31)
Other
Govini
23andMe
908 Devices
Acacia Pharma
Acceleron Pharma, Inc
AcelRx Pharmaceuticals
Achronix Semiconductor
Actifio
Adaptimmune
Adiana
- •Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed, Growth? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Fintech, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $5.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Tess Alonge, Vice President.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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