SPD Silicon Valley Bank Opens Shenzhen Branch

 Silicon Valley Bank’s Joint Venture Bank Expands to Support China’s Innovation Hubs

SANTA CLARA, CA – September 26, 2018 – Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the bank of the world’s most innovative companies and their investors, today announced further expansion into China through SPD Silicon Valley Bank’s (SSVB) newest branch in Shenzhen. SPD Silicon Valley Bank is a joint venture bank that was established by Silicon Valley Bank and its partner, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd., in order to offer specialized commercial banking services specifically for innovative companies and their investors in China. This is SSVB’s third location in China, after establishing its headquarters in Shanghai in 2012 and opening a branch in Beijing in 2017.

SPD Silicon Valley Bank continues to build its presence in China, working with both Chinese and foreign companies seeking to do business in the country. SSVB provides entrepreneurs, startups, enterprises and investors insights and expertise based on its relationship with Silicon Valley Bank, and it provides the commercial banking products and services that help innovative companies increase their probability of success.

“Over the last fifteen years, we have been able to be a part of phenomenal growth in innovation hubs around the world where entrepreneurs, our partners and local governments have created environments that encourage and support innovation and invention on a grand scale,” said Greg Becker, CEO of Silicon Valley Bank. “SSVB’s pace of growth is a direct reflection of the growth of the innovation economy around the world and the expansion of the technology sector throughout China.”

The new Shenzhen branch is located in the Nanshan District and will enable SPD Silicon Valley Bank to serve companies in the vibrant Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay area. The branch is home to approximately 10 employees and officially opened to technology, life science and cleantech companies and their investors on September 17, 2018. Visit www.svb.com/china for more information.

About Silicon Valley Bank

For 35 years, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has helped innovative companies and their investors move bold ideas forward, fast. SVB provides targeted financial services and expertise through its offices in innovation centers around the world. With commercial, international and private banking services, SVB helps address the unique needs of innovators. Learn more at www.svb.com.

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About SPD Silicon Valley Bank

Headquartered in Shanghai, China, SPD Silicon Valley Bank (SSVB) is a joint venture between Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd. (“SPDB" SSE: 600000) and Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB" NASDAQ: SIVB (SVB Financial Group)). SSVB is the first technology and innovation bank in China serving as an independent legal entity. It is also the first Sino-US joint venture bank. SSVB’s mission is to “increase our clients’ probability of success" by providing unique financial products and services to the technology and innovation industry and redefining the banking experience for innovation companies of all sizes. SSVB aims to create the “Innovation Ecosystem" and strives to be the most sought-after bank for China’s innovation economy. Target clients include those in the hardware, software, Internet, mobile, consumer technology, life science, biotechnology and cleantech sectors.

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