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Tom Hertzberg

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Managing Director- Life Sciences and Healthcare at Hercules Capital, Inc.
📍 Denver, Colorado, United States

Tom Hertzberg is a Managing Director at Hercules Capital, focusing on business development and investment in the life sciences and healthcare markets. He has extensive experience in venture debt, having spent 15 years at Silicon Valley Bank where he led the life sciences practice for the Central and Southwest US. He earned a BA from the University of Denvers Daniels College of Business.

Tom is actively involved in the Colorado bioscience community as a member of the Finance Committee for the Colorado Bioscience Association. He also supports local charitable causes through music, promoting a benefit concert in Denver for "Education Through Music, " demonstrating an interest in community engagement and the local arts scene.

He has overseen the deployment of several billion dollars in debt capital to healthcare and technology companies throughout his career.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Managing Director- Life Sciences and Healthcare
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Life Sciences Investing
Leads the Life Sciences practice at Hercules, expressing commitment to bringing "novel and life-changing therapies to market" through strategic financing for companies like Savara Inc.
Growth-Stage Financing
His career is focused on providing debt capital to high-growth private and public companies, structuring deals to support commercialization, and extending runway through critical milestones.
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Career

Work history

4-2023
Managing Director- Life Sciences and Healthcare
Hercules Capital, Inc.
9-2021 - 4-2023
Market Manager- Central and Southwest US Life Sciences and Healthcare
Silicon Valley Bank
11-2020 - 9-2021
Managing Director- Central and Southwest US Life Sciences and Healthcare
Silicon Valley Bank
1-2018 - 10-2020
Managing Director, Head of Central US Life Sciences and Healthcare
Silicon Valley Bank
8-2007 - 12-2017
Director- Life Sciences and Healthcare
SVB Financial Group
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Education
2002 - 2006
BA
University of Denver - Daniels College of Business
1998 - 2002
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New Trier High School District
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