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Facts
Contact Information
Public Relations:
Carrie Merritt, 503.574.3705

Investor Relations:
Meghan O'Leary, 408.654.6364
Company Profile
SVB Financial Group helps entrepreneurs and enterprising companies succeed, offering diversified and complementary financial services to technology and life science companies, venture capital firms and premium wineries.
Established
1983
Nasdaq Listing
SIVB
Employees
Approximately 1,200
Financial Performance
2008 Net Income available to common stockholders: $77.9 million
Q1 2009 Net (loss) Income available to common stockholders: ($10.5) million
Q1 2009 Average Assets: $10.4 billion
Q1 2009 Average Deposits: $7.9 billion
Q1 2009 Average Loans: $5.1 billion
Family of Funds: Exceeds $1 billion
Locations
Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. with 27 U.S. offices and international operations in China, India, Israel and the U.K.
Target Industries
Technology, Life Sciences, Venture Capital, Premium Wine
Strategic Focus
Diversified and innovative financial services for companies of any size, doing business in the U.S. and internationally
Executive Team
Executive Team


Business Units
Silicon Valley Bank — Greg Becker, president; Harry Kellogg, vice chairman and head of relationship management
Commercial banking
  • Credit and global treasury management at every stage of company growth
  • Specialized banking services for venture capital firms and funds
  • 70% of SVB Financial Group's overall business

    • Broker-dealer investment services via SVB Securities, a non-bank affiliate of Silicon Valley Bank
    • Corporate investment advisory via SVB Asset Management, a registered investment advisor and a non-bank affiliate of Silicon Valley Bank

SVB Analytics — Jim Anderson, president
Valuation and corporate equity administration services
  • Fair market company valuations
  • Corporate equity administration services, including capitalization table data management through eProsper, Inc.

SVB Capital — Mark MacLennan, president
  • SVB Capital Partners — oversees and manages investment in a $1 billion family of funds

    • SVB Capital Partners Fund, L.P. — co-investment fund that invests in technology and life science companies
    • SVB Strategic Investors Fund, L.P. — fund of funds with investments in top-tier venture capital funds
    • Gold Hill Funds — venture debt funds; SVB is a strategic investor
    • Partners for Growth — debt fund; SVB is the largest limited partner
    • SVB India Capital Partners — co-investment fund focused on India

SVB Global — Ash Lilani, head of China and India
  • SVB Business Partners (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. — Shanghai, China
  • SVB India Advisors Pvt. Ltd. — Bangalore, India
  • SVB India Finance Pvt. Ltd. — Mumbai, India
  • SVB Israel Advisors Ltd. — Herzylia, Israel
  • SVB Europe Advisors Limited — London

SVB Private Client Services — Silvia Fernandez, head of SVB Private Client Services
Personal financing solutions for entrepreneurs, investors and senior executives
  • Refinancing executive loans, capital call lines, funding to support tax obligations, etc.

Facts and Figures
  • SVB ranked #3 on Bank Director Magazine's list of top 150 performing banks in 2008
  • SVB President and CEO Ken Wilcox selected by American Banker as a "Banker of the Year 2008"
  • SVB ranked #1 on the list of "Strongest Banks" by TheStreet.com Ratings Inc. in October 2008
  • SVB ranked #6 among "Banking's Top Performers" by the ABA Banking Journal in May 2008
  • SVB is the second largest wine industry lender, according to the North Bay Business Journal
  • SVB was among Affordable Housing Lender Magazine's top 25 lenders in 2008
  • SVB has worked with more than 30,000 companies in the last 25 years
  • SVB played an important role in the early days of companies including Cisco Systems, Electronic Arts, Intuit, JDS Uniphase, KLA Tencor and Veritas
  • Today, half of all venture-backed companies in the U.S. are SVB clients
  • SVB has investments in 349 funds and more than 550 venture firms are SVB clients