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Silicon Valley Bank

also referred to as: svb

19 statements across 16 episodes · 3 bullish · 4 bearish · 15 people on the record · first statement Jun 9, 2016 by Lance Mysyrowicz · said 127 times in 67 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Everything said about Silicon Valley Bank, oldest first

Jun 9, 2016
Disclosure
Boost&Co Offers Venture Debt Without Requiring Existing VC Backing
“We are similar pricing, but we are different because we do not rely on companies who have venture capital Already invested in, in, in their cap tables.”
Lance Mysyrowicz Jun 9, 2016 ▶ 2:33 EP 320: With a $150M War Chest, He Gives SaaS Businesses Friendly Loans
Mar 20, 2018 neutral
Assertion Supported
Trip Adler: Scribd has raised approximately $50 million in total funding
“We raised fifty million at this point. So, so basically the trajectory was it was the first 12,000 from Y Combinator. Then we raised 40,000 in angel money. And then at that point we got some tractions. We really quickly went to raise three and a half million f…”
Trip Adler Mar 20, 2018 ▶ 3:14 969 How Scribd Passed $54m in ARR Building Netflix for Books
May 9, 2018 neutral
Disclosure
Plotly raised a $4.5M seed round and $1M in debt
“We raised four and a half million seed and then took on a million in debt.”
Jack Parmer May 9, 2018 ▶ 6:11 1019 The Tool Tesla's Data Analysts Use Hits 3,000 Customers
Jun 27, 2018 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
SVB Required Six Months of Compliance for a 2018 ICO
“If you want to go with a bank, like for example, Silicon Valley bank, you know, you need to go through six months of compliance in order to do an ICO.”
Nikola Mirčić Jun 27, 2018 ▶ 8:08 1068 SiteCake: We Rely on Whitelabel Partners With Unique Kickback Structure
Dec 4, 2018
Disclosure
Oechsle: SwiftPage funded acquisition via Accel-KKR, Jump Capital, SVB
“So Excel KKR was one of the players that came in and helped us from an institutional perspective, so did Jump Capital, and then from a debt perspective, we had Silicon Valley Bank that, that came in and helped us out and it was not a one-to-one ratio. Well, it…”
John Oechsle Dec 4, 2018 ▶ 4:46 1228 SwiftPage ACT CEO "We're 1-2 Years Away from $100M in ARR"
Apr 1, 2019 positive
Disclosure
CommercialTribe uses revolving debt lines from SVB and Square 1
“So we work with both the Silicon Valley Bank and square one and so forth. And we take out, you know, revolving debt lines deadlines and things of that nature just to you know, protect the equity side of things.”
Paul Ironside Apr 1, 2019 ▶ 8:15 1346 How CommercialTribe Broke 125% Net Revenue Retention Annually
Sep 20, 2019
Disclosure
Bynder used an SVB bridge loan to acquire Webdam and is refinancing
“We worked we worked with SVB for a bridge loan and are now basically refinancing that.”
Chris Hall Sep 20, 2019 ▶ 9:32 1518 Bynder Hits $48m ARR, Another Acquisition On The Way?
Mar 23, 2021 negative
Opinion
SVB Refused to Lend Without VC Backing Despite Strong Cash Flow
“SVB wouldn't touch us because we didn't have, like, a traditional VC in the deal. They would rather fund a company that's losing money with a brand name VC than, you know, they don't do cash flow lending.”
Brad Miller Mar 23, 2021 ▶ 14:20 The Capital Efficient Founder: $2m in, $12m dividends out, Just Exited
Jun 27, 2022
Disclosure
Owens: Total Financing Including Debt Was Substantially North of $200M
“It was vast majority cash. Sort of, I actually think the number, if you include sort of like, we rounded it to like a whole number, but the actual number, including the debt was pretty like substantially north of two hundred million.”
Christian Owens Jun 27, 2022 ▶ 1:19:52 Details of $20m Revenue Profitwell and $55m Revenue Paddle Deal and what led to the $200m Acquisition
Oct 15, 2022
Disclosure
Hauser: Grasshopper secured $15M SVB debt at 12.5% with no warrants
“We used SVB because there were very few options at the time for us. We were also at a revenue kind of point that they allowed for that. These were roughly the terms. I think it was actually 12 and a half percent interest. So it wasn't cheap, but there was no w…”
David Hauser Oct 15, 2022 ▶ 4:50 Details behind David Hauser Selling Grasshopper for $176m and how he acquires companies today
Apr 4, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Sanchez: SVB collapse unexpectedly accelerated Chantico's funding process
“So, and strangely, you know, we were really concerned that, that the meltdown in Silicon Valley Bank was going to be was going to be sort of, you know, a real death blow. To our funding process, but actually our funding set up after that, probably because peop…”
Gina Sanchez Apr 4, 2023 ▶ 4:51 How she went $0 to $35k MRR in 12 months selling SaaS to RIA's
May 1, 2023 neutral
Disclosure
Allouche: Metadata Held Its Capital in Silicon Valley Bank
“Our money was in Silicon Valley Bank.”
Gil Allouche May 1, 2023 ▶ 11:36 How to recession-proof your SaaS: 3 keys to surviving just about any economic downturn
Jul 28, 2023
Assertion Supported
Jeff Mains: SVB's Collapse Put Locked Tech Accounts in Play
“But if you look back a month ago, if you're in bank and you're trying to get those accounts, it's a cool kids bank. You're not going to get those accounts. They're not going to move. Inertia was disrupted and now they're all in play.”
Jeff Mains Jul 28, 2023 ▶ 5:58 Top 3 Growth Opportunities for Founders in 10 Mins
Dec 7, 2023 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Akhtar: SVB offered CyberSmart £3M–£5M debt contingent on closing a round
“This is actually our proposal from SVB. that we got last year, I think it was about March. but the strings attached here is like, here, we're going to give you like three to five million pounds, pretty decent interest rate, six and a half to eight percent, b…”
Jamie Akhtar Dec 7, 2023 ▶ 17:55 How I raised a $15m Series B in a downturn
Dec 14, 2023 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
SVB Refused to Lend to Miller Because He Lacked VC Backers
“They were one of our banks, but they never lent us money. We flowed all our credit cards through them. And, ah, they would come to us all the time and ask if we wanted to borrow money from them. We'd say, sure. And, you know, we were the only company they had …”
Brad Miller Dec 14, 2023 ▶ 14:54 Masters of Debt: How I bought a $5m SaaS Company Using Debt, Grew to $20m, Then Flipped for a Huge Gain
Feb 26, 2026 positive
Opinion
Yaman: Boxed's collapse wasn't SVB's fault; would bank with them again
“Pretty impressive how SVB has turned it around. I would bank with them again, timing, you know, a lot of things come down to timing. So it was definitely not SVB's fault, but we were caught up.”
Jared Gaiman Feb 26, 2026 ▶ 18:07 From $187M Ecommerce to $5M ARR SaaS: Spresso's Post-Bankruptcy Pivot to Enterprise Software | Jared Yaman
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