Venture Capital Investors

As the key financial partner for the innovation economy, SVB is dedicated to supporting the backbone of the ecosystem – venture capital investors and their portfolio companies – bringing our deep expertise, specialized banking solutions and connections to drive portfolio growth.

Partnering with VC firms for more than 40 years

Why investors partner with SVB

Unwavering advocates

SVB banks portfolio companies, VC funds and the individuals who run them. Our Venture Capital Relationship Management Team serves as your eyes and ears across the entire SVB platform, driven by a commitment to help you and your companies succeed. Through Catalyst 2045 we extend our active role as an agent of change through access to capital, resources, connections and guidance.

Unmatched portfolio company support

We support startups across all stages - from helping founders open their first bank accounts, to providing growing startups with venture debt and banking solutions that scale with them, to mezzanine loans to propel pre-IPO companies towards an S-1 filing and beyond. Explore our solutions for every stage:

Global perspective

Across the US and EMEA, we have global and foreign exchange capabilities in 90+ currencies across 110+ countries. We can support your funds and investments in major technology hubs across the globe.

Proprietary research and insights

Our proprietary data and knowledge on trends and benchmarks across sectors, stages, and geos can help you make strategic and transactional decisions with confidence. From AI to frontier tech, climate tech, fintech, biotech, cybersecurity and much more, we’re always on top of what’s happening across key innovation sectors.

Network

Our global networks include stakeholders in every part of the innovation community. From pre-seed start ups to publicly-traded enterprises, corporate VCs to Family Offices, and with 50% of all US VC-backed tech and healthcare companies with IPOs in 2024,¹ the chances are your next company already banks with SVB.

Specialized investor teams

SVB’s seasoned investor teams bring deep expertise across the VC landscape including technology, life science and healthcare, corporate VCs and emerging managers. We also support pre-partners with networking and education through our NextGen program.

We look at SVB as our partner. When a portfolio company has a tough time, we know SVB will support us in our decisions. There is a mutual trust and SVB will have candid conversations with us. Other banks would base decisions solely on whether or not covenants were met.

Steve Bailey, CFO

Frazier Healthcare Partners

Meet the Investor Coverage
leadership team

As former investors and operators, we serve as an extension of our partners’ teams, providing tailored services, industry insights and strategic guidance to top investors in the innovation economy.