Venture Investing is Less Risky Than You Think
Venture Capital
August 11, 2010 Aaron Gershenberg
SVB analyzes a portfolio of funds from one of the worst vintages in Venture and finds a positive return is highly likely. Read More
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Dialing Down: Venture Capital Returns to Smaller Size Funds
Venture Capital
May 27, 2010 Sven Weber
Do small venture capital funds outperform large venture capital funds? SVB Capital is interested in understanding this issue and the many dynamics necessary for a healthy venture capital industry. Median fund sizes in venture capital have declined dramatically in recent years, and many limited partners have liquidity constraints that have caused them to reduce or pull back from allocations to the asset class. Read More
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Interview: SVB Continues Exchanges With Shanghai's Yangpu District
Venture Capital
March 09, 2010 Jason Liou
In January 2010, four representatives from the Yangpu District Government of Shanghai arrived in the Bay Area for a three-month educational program at San Francisco State University. While in the Bay Area, they also attended programs with SVB Financial Group. The visit follows Silicon Valley Bank’s addition of a repre Read More
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Video: How Venture Capital Works
Venture Capital
February 04, 2010 Michael Hanewich

Silicon Valley Bank’s Michael Hanewich, head of life sciences on the East Coast, leads an hour long conversation between entrepreneur John Mendlein, chairman of Fate Therapeutics and former CEO of Adnexus (acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb in 2007 for more

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Will the IPO Market Make a Comeback?
Venture Capital
October 13, 2009
Since the early days of Genentech and Apple, the venture capital ecosystem has been a vital contributor to and enabler of economic growth in the United States. Read More

Venture Investing in the Current Economy
Venture Capital
July 07, 2009
Israel has proven to be one of the centers for technological innovation. Read More

The State of VC in Israel: Interview with David Cohen of Gemini Israel Funds
Venture Capital
June 09, 2009
Israel has proven to be one of the centers for technological innovation. Read More

Peeling Back the Onion: LPs Get Tougher on Due Diligence
Venture Capital
May 12, 2009
In an era of financial challenges and outright fraud, limited partners (LPs) in private equity are taking more care in their investment decisions to understand the changing dynamics for venture-backed companies and the funds that invest in them. Read More

Oasis in the Desert: LPs Search for Liquidity
Venture Capital
February 11, 2009
With the recent declines in public markets, analysts have voiced concerns about the effect on limited partner investors (LPs). We take a closer look at how LPs are faring and find that while they have less liquidity, LPs remain committed to meeting capital calls, although many are delaying new allocations to private equity investments in the near-term. Read More

How Venture Might Ride the Obama Wave
Venture Capital
February 10, 2009
Mark Heesen, president of the National Venture Capital Administration, talks with SVB about the venture and entrepreneurial climate in the Obama era. Read More