TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp.
2755 Sand Hill Road, Suite 150
Menlo Park, California 9402
April 25, 2017
VIA EDGAR
James E. OConnor, Esq.
Kathy Churko
Division of Investment Management, Disclosure Review Office
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: | TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. |
Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 |
Filed on April 21, 2017 (File No. 333-204933) |
Dear Mr. OConnor and Ms. Churko:
In accordance with Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (the Company) hereby respectfully requests acceleration of effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Companys registration statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-204933), including all amendments thereto (the Registration Statement), to 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on April 26, 2017, or as soon thereafter as possible.
In connection with the submission of the Companys request for accelerated effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company hereby acknowledges that:
| the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; |
| should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) or the staff thereof (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; |
| the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and |
| the Company may not assert this action as defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. | ||
By: | /s/ Sajal K. Srivastava | |
Name: Sajal K. Srivastava | ||
Title: Chief Investment Officer, President, Secretary, and Treasurer (Acting Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |