UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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SCHEDULE 14A

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FIRSTHAND TECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND, INC.

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

STAR EQUITY FUND, LP

STAR EQUITY FUND GP, LLC

STAR VALUE, LLC

STAR EQUITY HOLDINGS, INC.

STAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC

JEFFREY E. EBERWEIN

HANNAH M. BIBLE

ROBERT G. PEARSE

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Star Equity Fund, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Star Equity Fund”), together with the other participants named herein (collectively, “Star Equity”), has filed a definitive proxy statement and accompanying WHITE proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of highly-qualified director nominees at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders of Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”).

On May 9, 2023, Star Equity issued an investor presentation titled “Our Plan for Enhancing Stockholder Value at Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc.,” a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.