Farm’ton’s Horizon posts higher 2Q net

Horizon Technology Finance Corp. reaped higher second-quarter investment net income from the Farmington financier’s specialty portfolio.

For three months ended June 30, Horizon netted $2.3 million, or 30 cents a share, up from $2 million, or 26 cents a share, netted the same period last year.

Horizon specializes in lending to technology companies.

The company’s board voted to pay on Aug. 31 a dividend of 45 cents a share to stockholders on record by Aug. 17.