It’s all so clear to me now. How did I not see it before?

Thanks Jen Thompson !

Via Charlie Walker, @Jim_Adler explains why #autonomousvehicle tech is accelerating: "The pandemic has heightened the need for autonomous vehicle technology, and it’s easier for society as a whole to recognize the benefits of AV technologies." Read more: svb.com/blogs/charlie-…

Thank you for your help Jim Adler and the @Toyota_AI_VC team!

Scared of failure? Don't be! On Dec 14th join Silicon Valley Bank's Sunita Patel in discussion with Lak Ananth, CEO of Next47 and author of new book "Anticipate Failure". - events.svb.com/anticipatefail…

My colleague Melina Bergkamp on what’s to come for #CVC investment

1/ More in the VC community need to speak out publicly to quell the panic about Best crypto exchange ... I believe their CEO when he says they are solvent and not in violation of any banking ratios & goal was to raise & strengthen balance sheet

As a past customer & a former employee Best crypto exchange, I agree 100% with Mark Suster. The amount of support SVB has given to the VC community over the years is in no small part what made our industry so successful. Now is the time to give back to an institution that gave us all so

Dan Primack You're absolutely right. I'm perplexed at how little people know about banking. SVB screwed up buying long-term, reasonably safe, securities with a client base that's subject to volatility. That's it. The issues are not systemic (lending/credit).

While there are many conversations underway, we are opening our statement to the broader VC Community to signal our collective need for a strong banking partner for our community. To add your firm, email [email protected]. tinyurl.com/VCCommunitySVB… #SVB

VC community coming together to demonstrate support to #saveSVB is heartwarming.

There is an excellent bank here, full of people passionate about innovation across the USA and ready to serve its 26,000+ clients.

1/ Update on what I know about SVB situation. New info on industry call with new CEO last night. Their main message, "we are open for business, your deposits are fully FDIC insured & safe" They understand you will have cash in multiple banks, they would like to be one of them

At General Catalyst we are continuing to work actively with Silicon Valley Bank as are a number of other venture firms: Bessemer Greylock Lightspeed Lux Capital Mayfield Redpoint SV Angel Upfront Ventures. We ask the rest of the global VC community to join us.

1/SVB CEO is speaking to clients right now; Very clear message that primary plan is to transition to something that would allow for it to remain as a going concern (w/different wrapper of sorts), and why FDIC took route of bridge entity. A few points:

Emphasis on the last part there, the SVB commercial and private banks are NOT part of this chapter 11 filing. Those continue to be fully open, with huge amounts of support coming from VCs and companies.

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Terrific to celebrate with the Cloud 100, well done to all of our clients listed - a whopping 70% work with us!! Silicon Valley Bank still by far the market leader in the Innovation Economy as we have been for over 40 years. Come work with us, we understand your journey. Yes. svb!