Exhibit 99.9

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1)(iii) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13D (including additional amendments thereto) with respect to the shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc. This Joint Filing Agreement shall be filed as an Exhibit to such Statement.

Dated: August 22, 2025


Star Operating Companies, Inc.

By:	/s/ Richard K Coleman Jr.
	Name:	Richard K. Coleman, Jr.
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer


Star Equity Fund, LP

By:	Star Equity Fund GP, LLC General Partner

By:	/s/ Jeffrey E. Eberwein
	Name:	Jeffrey E. Eberwein
	Title:	Manager


Star Equity Fund GP, LLC

By:	/s/ Jeffrey E. Eberwein
	Name:	Jeffrey E. Eberwein
	Title:	Manager


Star Investment Management, LLC

By:	/s/ Jeffrey E. Eberwein
	Name:	Jeffrey E. Eberwein
	Title:	Manager


Hudson Global, Inc.

By:	/s/ Jeffrey E. Eberwein
	Name:	Jeffrey E. Eberwein
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer


Star Value, LLC

By:	Star Equity Holdings, Inc.

By:	/s/ Jeffrey E. Eberwein
	Name:	Jeffrey E. Eberwein
	Title:	Manager


			Jeffrey E. Eberwein

			/s/ Jeffrey E. Eberwein
			Jeffrey E. Eberwein

Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc. SCHEDULE 13D/A