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The Multiple Factors Leading to the Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

Erwood Group

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). When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the tech industry was not immune to the economic fallout. This opened a close working relationship within the VC world.

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