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The Multiple Factors Leading to the Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

Erwood Group

Formed in 1983, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was founded to provide financial services to startups, venture capitalists, and technology companies. Some additional key risk reduction steps SVB took early on were: They required a pledge of half of a startup’s shares as collateral (Reduced later to seven percent).

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