#fintech #banking #finance Senior Fellow Richman Center Columbia Business/Law Schools. Villa for life. On the other threads service I’m @tbakerbroadmoor
Mar 13, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
For those interested in what Silicon Valley Bank's $74 billion loan (rather than securities) portfolio looked like at the end of last year, take a look at this table. 1/4
#banks#loans#vcfunding#wineries
The $6.7 billion in "investor dependent" loans to Venture-backed startups are the ones that are difficult for national banks to acquire. They are also the key to the whole SVB ecosystem, including the Global Fund Banking portfolio of $41.3 billion which is by far 2/4
Mar 9, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
What happened at Silicon Valley Bank is much more a “banking” story than a “tech” story. @SVB_Financial has been, for 30 years or more, a vital cog in the #startup and #vcfunding scene nationally and internationally. That’s not going to change. 1/6
Investment is still happening in areas like climate tech and AI and the bank will be supporting those new companies.
Its diversification and ability to raise capital to deal with its ALM problems differentiate it from a bank like @silvergatebank. 2/6