Venture Capital Statement of Support for SVB
tinyurl.com/vccommunitysvbstatement
On March 10, several venture capital leaders met to discuss the aftermath of Silicon Valley Bank’s downfall. We published the following joint statement on social media which was met with strong support from a number of firms across our industry:
Silicon Valley Bank has been a trusted and long-time partner to the venture capital industry and our founders. For forty years, it has been an important platform that played a pivotal role in serving the startup community and supporting the innovation economy in the US.
The events that unfolded over the past 48 hours have been deeply disappointing and concerning. In the event that SVB were to be purchased and appropriately capitalized, we would be strongly supportive and encourage our portfolio companies to resume their banking relationship with them.
Signed By
Last updated: 6:30am PT on 3/21/23
The following institutions now stand behind this statement.
This list is no longer accepting new signatories as of 3/21/2023 due to volume of emails.
For any questions or media inquiries, reach out to VCCommunity@generalcatalyst.com.
Current Signatories: 687
.406 Ventures | Florida Funders | One Line Venture Capital |
&TLV | Fluent Ventures | One Peak |
021 Capital | Flybridge | OnePrime Capital |
10D | FM Capital | OpAmp Capital |
10X Capital | Fog Ventures | OpenView |
10x Growth Ventures | Folklore Ventures | Operator Collective |
1955 Capital | Foothill Ventures | Operator Partners |
1st Course Capital | Footwork VC | Optra Ventures |
2150 | Ford Street Ventures | OrbiMed |
415 Capital | Forerunner | Osage Venture Partners |
4G Capital | Foundation Capital | OSS Capital |
640 Oxford | Founder Collective | Outliers VC |
645 Ventures | Four Acres Capital | Overwater Ventures |
6th Man Ventures | Frazier Life Sciences | Owl Ventures |
7wireVentures | Fresco Capital | Oxford Angel Fund |
Acadian Ventures | Fresh Founders | Paladin VC |
Accel | Fuel Venture Capital | Parade Ventures |
Accelerate | Fuerza Ventures | Pear VC |
Acorn Pacific Ventures | Fulcrum Equity Partners | Pegasus Tech Ventures |
Acquired Wisdom Fund | Function Ventures | Pelion Venture Partners |
Acrew Capital | Fusion Fund | Peregrine Ventures |
Act One Ventures | Future Positive Capital | Phenomenal Ventures |
Action Potential VC | FYRFLY Venture Partners | Pillar VC |
Activate Capital | G Squared | Pivotal Life Sciences |
Active Capital | G2 Venture Partners | Playground |
Adapt Ventures | G20 Ventures | Plum Alley |
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August Capital | HealthQuest Capital | RPS Ventures |
AV8 Ventures | HELLA Ventures | RRE Ventures |
AXA Venture Partners | Hemi Ventures | S12F |
B Capital Group | Hetz Ventures | S2G Ventures |
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Baird Capital | High Alpha | Salsano Group |
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Baselayer Ventures | HLM Venture Partners | Sand Hill Angels |
Bastille Ventures | Holt Ventures | Sands Capital |
Beat Ventures | Homebrew | Santa Clara Ventures |
Because Ventures | Hometeam Ventures | Sapphire Ventures |
Benchmark | Horseshoe Capital Partners | Sarah Smith Fund |
Benchstrength | HRN | Savano Capital |
Benhamou Global Ventures | HubSpot Corporates Ventures | Scale Asia Ventures |
Berkeley Frontier Fund | Human Capital | Scale Venture Partners |
Berkeley SkyDeck Fund | Hummer Windblad Venture Partners | Scale-Up VC |
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better tomorrow ventures | Hyperplane | Scout Ventures |
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Bling Capital | ICI Fund | Seaside Ventures |
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boldstart ventures | Impellent Ventures | SHAKTI |
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Bowen | Indie | Signal Peak Ventures |
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Decent Capital | Marubeni Ventures | Ulu Ventures |
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Define Ventures | Massive VC | Uncorrelated Ventures |
Delta-v Capital | Mastry Ventures | Underscore VC |
DesVoeux Guilford | Matrix Partners | Unicorn Capital Partners |
Detroit Venture Partners | Maven Ventures | Unicorn Growth Capital |
DFJ Growth | Maverick Ventures (Israel) | Unicorn Ventures |
Diagram Ventures | Mayfield Fund | Union Labs VC |
Dispersion Capital | MCJ Collective Partners | Union Square Ventures |
Diversity Venture Capital | Menlo Ventures | UNITED17 Ventures |
DKFL Capital LLC | Mercato Partners | Unlucky Ventures |
DNX Ventures | Mercury Fund | Updata Partners |
Double M Partners | Merlin Ventures | Upfront Ventures |
Draper Associates | MESH | Uprising |
Draper Dragon Fund | MIG Capital Partners | Upside Partnership |
Dream Machine | Mindshift Capital | UpWest VC |
E2JDJ | Misfit Venture Partners | Valar Ventures |
E2MC | Modulor Capital | Valo Ventures |
Eastlink Capital | Modus Capital | VamosVentures |
Eclipse | MoneyLion | VariousVentures |
Eclipse Ventures | Monta Vista Capital | Vebu Labs |
Electric Capital | Montage Ventures | Vectors Capital |
Elefund | MoreVC | Venrock |
Elevate Capital | Morgan Creek Digital | Vertex Ventures |
Elizabeth Street Ventures | Moxxie Ventures | Vertical Venture Partners |
Elron Ventures | MS&AD Ventures | Village Global |
Elysium Venture Capital | Mu Ventures | Vintage Investment Partners |
Embark Ventures | Mubadala Capital -- Ventures | Vinyl VC |
Emergent Ventures | Mundi Ventures | Viola Ventures |
Enerdigm Ventures | Munich Re Ventures | Virta Ventures |
Eniac VC | mvmt ventures | Visible Ventures |
Entree Capital | Mythen Ventures | VMG Partners |
Epidarex Capital | New England Venture Capital Association | VSC Ventures |
Eppes Creek Ventures | New Enterprise Associates | Walden Venture Capital |
EQT Ventures | New Era Capital Partners | Walkabout Ventures |
Essence Venture Capital | New North Ventures | WARF Ventures |
Euphemia | Newark Venture Partners | Wavecrest Growth Partners |
Eva Investment | NewBound Ventures | West Coast Equity Partners |
Evidenced | NewBuild Venture Capital | WesterlyWinds |
Excelerate Health Ventures | Newchip | WestRiver Group |
Expa | Newfund | White Star Capital |
F-Prime Capital Partners | NewView Capital | WIND Ventures |
F2 Venture Capital | Next47 | Windham Venture Partners |
FarSight Ventures | NextGen Venture Partners | Wing Venture Capital |
Feinberg Capital Advisors | NFX | Wireframe Ventures |
Felicis | NLVC | Work-Bench |
Felix Capital | Northwell Holdings | World Innovation Lab |
Fellows Fund | NTTVC | Xendee |
Fifth Down Capital | NXTP Ventures | Xoogler Ventures |
Fifth Wall | Oak HC/FT | XRC Ventures |
Fika Ventures | Oak Investment Partners | XT Hi-Tech |
Fil Rouge Capital | OATV | XYZ Venture Capital |
First Bight Ventures | Obvious Ventures | Z5 Capital |
First Rays Venture Partners | OCEANS | Zeev Ventures |
First Star Ventures | Odivissa | Zelkova Ventures |
Flare Capital Partners | Offline Ventures | Zenture Capital |
Floodgate | Omni Venture Labs | Zetta Venture Partners |