Firsthand Technology Value Fund Discloses Top Portfolio Holdings
22 Março 2019 - 5:15PM
Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVC) (the “Fund”),
a publicly traded venture capital fund that invests in technology
and cleantech companies, disclosed today that its top five holdings
as of February 28, 2019, were Revasum, Pivotal Systems, IntraOp
Medical, Phunware, and QMAT.
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Revasum, Inc.
(ASX: RVS) is a provider of chemical-mechanical
planarization (CMP) and grinding tools to the semiconductor
industry. As of February 28, 2019, the Fund’s investment in Revasum
consisted of 53,834,340 shares of restricted and unrestricted
common stock and common stock equivalents, and represented
approximately 30.8% of the Fund’s estimated net assets.* |
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Pivotal Systems
Corp. (ASX: PVS) provides monitoring and process control
technologies for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. As of
February 28, 2019, the Fund’s investment in Pivotal consisted of
53,758,441 shares of restricted and unrestricted common stock and
common stock equivalents and represented approximately 26.1% of the
Fund’s estimated net assets.* |
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IntraOp Medical
Corp. is the manufacturer of the Mobetron, a medical
device that is used to deliver intra-operative radiation to cancer
patients. As of February 28, 2019, the Fund’s investment in IntraOp
consisted of 26,856,187 shares of preferred stock plus debt
securities and represented approximately 15.5% of the Fund’s
estimated net assets.* |
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Phunware,
Inc. (NASDAQ: PHUN) is a mobile app
developer and pioneer of Multiscreen as a Service (MaaS). As of
February 28, 2019, the Fund’s investment in Phunware consisted of
1,495,113 shares of restricted common stock and represented
approximately 10.0% of the Fund’s estimated net assets.* |
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QMAT,
Inc. is developing advanced materials technologies for
applications in the electronics industry. As of February 28, 2019,
the Fund’s investment in QMAT consisted of 18,000,240 shares of
preferred stock plus debt securities and warrants to purchase
additional shares, and represented approximately 7.3% of the Fund’s
estimated net assets.* |
The Fund also announced that as of February 28, 2019, estimated
net assets of the Fund were approximately $190 million, or $26.52
per share, including cash and cash equivalents of approximately
$0.13 per share. As of that date, the Fund’s top five holdings
constituted 89.8% of the Fund’s estimated net assets* and 81.1% of
the Fund’s estimated gross assets.* Complete financial statements
and a detailed schedule of investments as of March 31, 2019, will
be available in the Fund’s quarterly report filing on Form 10-Q in
May.
*Estimated net/gross assets as of February 28, 2019, represent
the net/gross assets as of December 31, 2018, plus the net change
in unrealized appreciation/depreciation and realized gains/losses
on publicly traded and private securities since December 31, 2018.
Due to the high volatility and thinly-traded nature of Phunware
(NASDAQ: PHUN) common stock, we continue to treat Phunware stock as
an illiquid security for valuation purposes and have relied on the
December 31, 2018 valuation for estimating the net/gross assets of
the Fund. For the purposes of calculating the percentage of net
assets represented by each investment, the value of each holding is
determined by the most recent of: (1) the purchase price, (2) the
market value for public securities, less any discounts taken due to
restrictions on the stock, or (3) the December 31, 2018, fair value
of each security, as determined under procedures approved by our
Board of Directors.
About Firsthand Technology Value FundFirsthand
Technology Value Fund, Inc. is a publicly traded venture capital
fund that invests in technology and cleantech companies. More
information about the Fund and its holdings can be found online at
www.firsthandtvf.com.
The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end investment company
that elected to be treated as a business development company under
the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Fund’s investment objective
is to seek long-term growth of capital. Under normal circumstances,
the Fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets for
investment purposes in technology and cleantech companies. An
investment in the Fund involves substantial risks, some of which
are highlighted below. Unlike most business development companies,
the Fund is taxed as a corporation rather than a Regulated
Investment Company under federal tax laws, based on the composition
of its assets. Please see the Fund’s public filings for more
information about fees, expenses and risk. Past investment
results do not provide any assurances about future results.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: This press
release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under the
U.S. federal securities laws. Generally, the words "believe,"
"expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "project," "will,"
and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, which
generally are not historical in nature. Forward-looking statements
are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to materially differ from the Fund’s historical
experience and its present expectations or projections indicated in
any forward-looking statement. These risks include, but are not
limited to, changes in economic and political conditions,
regulatory and legal changes, technology and cleantech industry
risk, valuation risk, non-diversification risk, interest rate risk,
tax risk, and other risks discussed in the Fund’s filings with the
SEC. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. The Fund
undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements made herein. There is no assurance that
the Fund’s investment objectives will be attained. We acknowledge
that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the safe harbor for
forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 does not apply to investment companies such as
us.
Contact:
Phil MosakowskiFirsthand Capital Management, Inc. (408)
624-9526vc@firsthandtvf.com
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