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    Our Expertise Venture Capital

    We back the backers

    For nearly four decades, SVB has been the go-to bank for Venture Capital investors.

    Far more than banking

    As a general partner, you are driven to support the entrepreneurs in your portfolio with more than just capital. You understand their businesses, you lend your network, and you help your companies recruit new executive team members. In short, you are an extension of their team. As former investors and operators, SVB brings the same approach to financial services. We understand your business, we provide products and solutions tailored to the VC industry, and we share our bird’s eye view across funds, sectors, stages and geographies.
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    SVB supports VC firms across the world
     

    SVB has been supporting the investor community for more than 35 years

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    Bain
    Battery
    Drive v3
    Founders Fund
    Frazier
    Hyde Park
    Insight
    Lightspeed
    Polaris Partners
    Redpoint
    Revolution Growth
    True Ventures
    Venrock
    Vivo v2

    All companies and entities listed above are independent third parties and not affiliated with SVB Financial Group.

    How we help

     
     

    Advocacy

     
    SVB banks portfolio companies, VC funds, and the individuals who run them. Our Venture Capital Relationship Management Team members serve as your eyes and ears across the entire SVB platform. Our commitment to long-term relationships is refreshingly authentic and we are driven to help you and your companies be more successful.
     

    Platform

     
    SVB was founded to meet the needs of VCs, innovative companies, and the people behind both. We finance funds, personal needs of VCs and company executives, and VC portfolio companies to drive value for investors. At various stages along the innovation journey, SVB has designed ways to help.
     

    Global Activity

     
    Across the US and EMEA, we have global and foreign exchange capabilities in 90+ currencies across 110+ countries. We can support your funds and investments in major technology hubs across the globe.
     

    Portfolio Support

     
    From helping Founders open their first bank accounts quickly, to supporting growing startups with venture debt and lean banking solutions that will scale with them, to helping pre-IPO companies with mezzanine loans to propel them towards an S-1 filing, SVB can support your companies.
     

    Network

     
    Our global networks include stakeholders in every part of the innovation community. From pre-seed start-ups to publicly traded enterprises, corporate VCs to Family Offices, and with more than 50%* of all venture-backed tech and life science companies in the U.S., the chances are your next company already banks with SVB. *approximate
     

    Insights

     
    Our proprietary data and knowledge on trends and benchmarks across sectors, stages, and geos can help you make strategic and transactional decisions with confidence.

    “We look at SVB as our partner. When a portfolio company has a tough time, we know SVB will support us in our decisions. There is a mutual trust and SVB will have candid conversations with us. Other banks would base decisions solely on whether or not covenants were met.”

    Steve Bailey, CFO

    1. Permission was received by the individual making the statement. 2. It is an unsolicited statement. 3. For informational purposes only. 4. It is not a guarantee for future performance. 

    All companies listed above are independent third parties and are not affiliated with SVB Financial Group.

    Venture Capital team

     

    A team dedicated to helping deliver the full SVB platform to VCs.

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    Latest Venture Capital research and insights

     
    Proprietary insights to keep leaders on the cutting edge of their industry.
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    Global Fund Banking Outlook Q3 2022

     
    PE is likely entering a period of recalibration. Fundraising and investment trends remain healthy and SVB's LP survey indicates investors remain committed.


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    Family Office Report July 2022

     
    Current macro environment is causing Family Offices to slow their venture investments. FOs expect to optimistically grow their venture portfolios in 2022.

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    Global Fund Banking Outlook Q2 2022

     
    Despite broader market headwinds, opportunities remain in private equity and venture capital markets.

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    Adaptation & Acceleration of VCs

     
    From strategic investors to emerging managers
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    Healthcare Investments & Exits

     
    Annual 2021
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    Future of Mobility report

     
    The world is ready for change
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