SEC Company Response from Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc. (SVVC) (CIK 0001495584) (SVVC) — Dec 13, 2013
Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc. (SVVC) (CIK 0001495584)
Date: Dec. 13, 2013 · CIK: 0001495584 · Accession: 0001398344-13-005820
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File numbers found in text: 333-186158, 814-00830
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VIA EDGAR [CORRESPONDENCE FILING] United States Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Investment Management Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc. Registration Statement on Form N-2 Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 (File Nos. 333-186158 & 814-00830)
Dear Mr. Minore:
Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) hereby requests that the effective date of the above-referenced Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Fund’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 be accelerated so that it may become effective at 1:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on Tuesday, December 17, 2013, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
The Fund acknowledges the following: (1) should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; (2) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Fund from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and (3) the Fund may not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
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Mr. Dominic Minore
December 13, 2013
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Very truly yours,
Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc.
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Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc.
150 Almaden Blvd., Suite 1250
San Jose, California 95113
(408) 657-3863
December 13, 2013
VIA EDGAR [CORRESPONDENCE FILING]
Mr. Dominic Minore
Senior Counsel
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:
Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form N-2
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3
(File Nos. 333-186158 & 814-00830)
Dear Mr. Minore:
Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) hereby requests that the effective date of the above-referenced Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Fund’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 be accelerated so that it may become effective at 1:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on Tuesday, December 17, 2013, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
The Fund acknowledges the following: (1) should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; (2) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Fund from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and (3) the Fund may not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
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Mr. Dominic Minore
December 13, 2013
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Very truly yours,
Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc.
By:
/s/ Kevin Landis
Kevin Landis
President
cc: Kelvin K. Leung, Esq., Firsthand Capital Management, Inc.
David A. Hearth, Esq., Paul Hastings LLP
John F. Della Grotta, Esq., Paul Hastings LLP