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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1


                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I, Jonathan H. Cohen,  Chief Executive Officer of Technology  Investment Capital
Corp., certify that:

        1.    I have reviewed this  quarterly  report on Form 10-Q of Technology
              Investment Capital Corp.;

        2.    Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any
              untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
              fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
              circumstances under which such statements were made, not
              misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly
              report;

        3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
              financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly
              present in all material respects the financial condition, results
              of operations and cash flow of the registrant as of, and for, the
              periods peresented in this quarterly report;

        4.    The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible
              for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
              procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
              15d-15(e) for the registrant and have:

              a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
                   such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
                   our supervision, to ensure that material information
                   relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
                   subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
                   entities, particularly during the period in which this
                   quarterly report is being prepared;

              b)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
                   controls and procedures and presented in this report our
                   conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
                   controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
                   by this report based on such evaluation; and

        c)    disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
              control over financial reporting that occurred during the
              registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth
              quarter in the cse of an annual report) that has materially
              affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
              registrant's internal control over the financial reporting; and

        5.    The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
              based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
              financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
              committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons
              performing the equivalent functions):

              a)   all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                   design or operation of internal a control over financial
                   reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
                   the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and
                   report financial information; and

              b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
                   or other employees who have a significant role in the
                   registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Dated this 13th day of May, 2004


/s/    JONATHAN H. COHEN

Jonathan H. Cohen
Chief Executive Officer