At an event, the investor bumped into some SVB employees who admitted it wasn't just that one company; the usually founder-friendly bank had suddenly become much stricter with its startup customers.
He added that there were many failed attempts by founders like him to wire the money to other bank accounts on Friday, but by then the FDIC took the reins of SVB and it felt like the game was over.
The failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is perhaps the biggest in recent banking history. When an event like this unfolds, the usual questions that arise: (i) was this a complete surprise?
When SVB closed, I was pushed toward FWB by my investors as the bank opened floods of accounts for other women founders and founders of color. What that really means is that our community has just ...
"SVB" was tweeted about roughly 200,000 times on Thursday, with several founders and CEOs of tech companies posting about pulling money from the bank. Tech luminaries, the very people SVB banked ...
Thiel's Founders Fund is thought to have propped up several startups that banked with SVB, which provided banking for nearly half of all US venture-backed startups, per its website. The fund had ...
which was the biggest strength of SVB. It used to hold VC games night, networking dinners, Holi and Diwali celebrations for Indian founders, assuring them that their bank is a trusted partner in ...
two days after SVB, quickly becoming the third-largest bank failure in U.S. history. Signature Bank had heavy exposure to the cryptocurrency sector, which has been in turmoil for more than a year ...
Anthony Gressak III, who also served as interim CEO of Nano Banc, allegedly obtained pandemic relief funds fraudulently.
They’re the founders of successful early-stage ... of the author and do not reflect the views of SVB Financial Group, or Silicon Valley Bank, or any of its affiliates. This material, including ...
"This is a unique opportunity to ensure the UK has a more diversified banking sector, whilst allowing continuity of service to SVB's UK client base." Toby Mather, founder of Lingumi, says his firm ...
Financial institution Public Bank revisits the legacy of the late Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow, the company’s founder and chairman emeritus, a year after his passing. The commemoration at Menara Public ...