HTGC vs PTRN Comparison

Hercules Capital Inc is a specialty finance company focused on providing senior secured loans to high-growth, venture capital-backed, and institutional-backed companies in a variety of technology and life sciences industries. The company's primary business objectives are to increase its net income, net investment income, and net asset value (NAV) through its investments mainly in structured debt or senior secured debt instruments of venture capital-backed and institutional-backed companies across a variety of technology-related industries at attractive yields. It finances companies belonging to computer software and hardware, networking systems, semiconductors, medical devices, bio-pharmaceutical, and other related sectors.

Pattern Group Inc is an ecommerce accelerator, uses its technology platform, data science and a team of experts to drive growth for brands. The Company acquires inventory from brand partners to sell to consumers, enabling full control over content, pricing, logistics and customer service. Brand partners that contract with the Company operate in various industries including health and wellness, beauty and personal care, home and lifestyle, pet, sports and outdoors and consumer electronics.