POWERING INNOVATION
ACROSS CANADA
EXPERIENCED & COMMITTED PARTNER
TAILORED FINANCING SOLUTIONS
GLOBAL NETWORK
RESEARCH & INSIGHTS
WE ARE COMMITTED TO YOUR INDUSTRY & YOUR SUCCESS
More than 35 years ago, Silicon Valley Bank was born into the heart of the innovation economy. We’ve believed in and worked with some of the world’s greatest innovators and their investors, helping to move their bold ideas forward, fast.
Our unique financial solutions, insights and connections have been helping Canadian technology and life science businesses and their investors to succeed.
In 2019 we opened an office in Toronto dedicated to lending to Canadian businesses and their investors.
Lending products tailored for innovative businesses & their investors
We deliver financing solutions designed with your business and industry in mind to help you gain the greatest competitive advance.
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Forward-looking industries need banking and financial services partners who understand the risks and rewards associated with the complexities you face. Silicon Valley Bank is that partner. With flexible lending options for funded businesses, we help finance your growth strategy so you can scale your business.
Sector expertise:
- Enterprise software
- Consumer internet
- Fintech
- Hardware
- Frontier tech
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We understand the market challenges. The financial stress of unpredictable development timelines, regulations and reimbursement cycles can stand in the way of innovation and growth. We provide financial services to help you hit your milestones.
Sector expertise:
- Healthcare IT and digital health
- Medical devices
- Biopharma
- Diagnostics
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We are committed to helping you find commercial success as you develop technologies that address sustainability challenges. Our lending solutions are designed to help you manage capital-intensive tech development and product deployment while rapidly advancing commercial success.
Sector expertise
- Energy, power and EVs
- Agriculture and food
- Air, water, materials and waste
- Oil and gas
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As the largest dedicated global private equity team in the industry, we know how to manage the complexity of your fund's and firm's finances, so you can focus on your business.
Focus areas:
- Private equity
- Venture capital
- Fund of funds
- Seed and micro VC investors
- Private debt funds
WORKING WITH CANADA'S MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES
EXPANDING INTERNATIONALLY?
If you’re looking globally, we can connect you with our team of experts in the U.S., full-service branch in the U.K. and our cross-border business in China.
In our annual report on women filling startup leadership roles, we find that progress toward gender parity is improving albeit slowly.
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Our annual report finds founders are in a positive mood at the start of 2020, but they are facing challenges around raising capital, finding talent and building more-diverse leadership teams.
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SVB is here to help by supporting the needs of our employees, clients and communities around the world.
Private markets remain buoyant, the US has dominated exits this year, and the venture ecosystem remains robust. Learn more about these key findings and more from our latest State of the Markets report.
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Jason Atkins
CEO of 360 Insights"We’ve worked with SVB for more than three years now and they are a true partner. They understand our business, create opportunities for us to connect with other technology companies and investors, and provide flexible and innovative financing solutions."
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Kirk Simpson
CEO of Wave"Silicon Valley Bank clearly understood technology startups, having dealt with them so often. And that’s very different from the traditional Canadian banks, which have played very little in this space, if at all."
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Featured News
Silicon Valley Bank Appoints Paul Parisi to Lead Canadian Business
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) announced the appointment of Paul Parisi as its new Head of Canada. In this role he will provide leadership and strategic oversight for all of Silicon Valley Bank’s activities in Canada, including business development, operations and corporate governance.
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- May 5, 2020 - Company News Silicon Valley Bank Appoints Paul Parisi to Lead Canadian Business More
- May 5, 2020 - BetaKit Silicon Valley Bank Appoints Former PayPal President Paul Parisi As New Head of Canada More
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May 5, 2020 - The Globe and Mail
(Requires subscription) PayPal’s Paul Parisi named new head of Silicon Valley Bank in Canada More