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Ruslan Sergeyev

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Managing Director - Venture and Technology Lending at Hercules Capital, Inc.
📍 New York, New York, United States

Ruslan Sergeyev is a Managing Director at Hercules Capital, leading venture and technology lending on the East Coast. He specializes in providing growth capital to technology companies, leveraging experience from Stifel and Pacific Western Bank. He holds a degree in Finance from Penn State University.

He recently led a $250 million capital partnership with Intercom, a prominent AI-native software company, highlighting his focus on financing innovative and scaled technology businesses.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Managing Director - Venture and Technology Lending
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
New York, New York, United States
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Priorities

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Venture Debt
Provides non-dilutive growth capital to high-growth tech companies, emphasizing credit discipline and underwriting rigor, especially in volatile markets.
AI-Native Companies
Passionate about partnering with scaled software companies that are successfully shifting to an AI-native profile, as seen in the recent partnership with Intercom.
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Career

Work history

3-2024
Managing Director - Venture and Technology Lending
Hercules Capital, Inc.
7-2023 - 3-2024
Managing Director - Venture Lending
Stifel Financial Corp.
3-2022 - 7-2023
Managing Director - Venture Lending
Pacific Western Bank
4-2019 - 3-2022
Senior Vice President - Venture Lending
Pacific Western Bank
9-2018 - 4-2019
Vice President, Venture Lending
Pacific Western Bank
In the press

Media appearances

Venture Debt for Growth With Ruslan Sergeyev of Hercules Capital – Run the Numbers Podcast. Featured in YouTube
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Venture Debt as a Strategic Lever for Growth With Ruslan Sergeyev of Hercules Capital. Featured in Mostly LLC Substack (cjgustafson.substack.com)
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Education
2006 - 2010
Finance
Penn State University
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