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SVB Collapse: What Should Startups Do Now?

The Fund Co-Founder and Managing Partner Jenny Fielding joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow to discuss the impact from Silicon Valley Bank’s fallout and what the Fund advises their portfolio companies at this time. ——– Like this video? Subscribe to Bloomberg Technology on YouTube: Watch the latest full episodes of “Bloomberg Technology” with Caroline Hyde…

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  1. BeoAndBu

    March 10, 2023 at 11:28 pm

    “Calm down”… that is exactly what SVB CEO told its investors the day before its closure

  2. Bharadwaj Krishnan

    March 10, 2023 at 11:57 pm

    interesting- the late stage VCs say the problem is limited to early stage companies, the early stage VCs say the problem is limited to late stage companies.

  3. Bob Collins

    March 11, 2023 at 12:22 am

    It’s clear that many VCs are not providing basic fiscal knowledge to their companies. There is no excuse for operating funds to be put at risk in this manner.

    Starting a business is risky. There is no excuse taking on risk that is not necessary for your business.

  4. X X

    March 11, 2023 at 12:38 am

    Capitalism seems like a sane system.

    • Codeless Unlimited

      March 11, 2023 at 10:22 am

      That’s what good about market capitalism, its correcting bad investments for crony capitalists running this bank. This one is a Titanic Ship. The operators of this bank will get invited in World Economic Forum at Davos next year, on global economy.

    • chris williams

      March 11, 2023 at 10:44 am

      @Codeless Unlimited I wouldn’t waste my time on that communist man.

    • Jeb Garcia

      March 11, 2023 at 4:44 pm

      x x I will buy you a one way ticket to CUBA, VENEZUELA, RUSSIA, N. KOREA.

    • X X

      March 11, 2023 at 5:27 pm

      @Jeb Garcia what do those countries have to do with this topic except for that they have been sanctioned out of oblivion by the US economic system aka world economy to tank their economies and destabilize their societies? What do you think would happen to the US if we were sanctioned out of oblivion by the world economic system in the same way? Our economic system is fragile, and any economic woes are caused internally, not externally. Russia is a capitalist country and Cuba has a higher life expectancy than the US despite the economic and military incongruences between the two countries… its interesting that you didn’t mention China ww.

  5. p s

    March 11, 2023 at 1:17 am

    Get out of the silicon valley banks or crypto crap tokens

    • Chris Wheeler

      March 11, 2023 at 7:43 am

      I would not be surprised if there was actually a crypto crap coin

  6. Mike E

    March 11, 2023 at 1:47 am

    THEY PUT WOKE PEOPLE IN CHARGE AT THIS BANK…..PEOPLE MADE THE CHOICE TO PUT THEIR MONEY IN THAT BANK….. WHAT DID THEY EXPECT?

  7. Christian Duval

    March 11, 2023 at 3:05 am

    Bring a Idea….make prototype….present to the mass……create the hype……..go to IPO……..collect cash from investor……with no production plant, no income, no sales just a web site…….and suddenly market value at $4 billions….

    This is why…..Zombie company’s will disappear fast…………………………….

  8. Doctor Whowhotheowl

    March 11, 2023 at 4:24 am

    Well since silicon is made from carbon, isn’t this just one step in the right direction towards a carbon neutral world?

    • Bob Collins

      March 12, 2023 at 3:49 am

      Check your chemistry.

  9. nitin sharma

    March 11, 2023 at 6:51 am

    We have to stay calm and we have to collectively stay on the same page on what is happening- yeah, that will do it.

    • Parler

      March 12, 2023 at 1:04 am

      Tell this lady chaos is happening!

  10. sugarman08

    March 11, 2023 at 7:37 am

    They lent then the money for the startup company and you go to the next door and they lend you the venture capital… I mean it doesn’t take a fucking genius to figure it out…BAD LOANS

  11. Azuri e

    March 11, 2023 at 8:45 am

    finish up

  12. Bhavye Anand

    March 11, 2023 at 8:46 am

    “I have cancelled l my meetings today” is the VCiest answer to any question

  13. Carolee Keith

    March 11, 2023 at 9:03 am

    Deregulated corporate capitalism is nothing more than greed run amuck.
    republicanism will destroy both our republic and our democratic form of governance, if we allow it.
    Vote more democratic in 2024.

  14. Tom LaVelle

    March 11, 2023 at 9:43 am

    Valley Girl says: I want my COSH.

    • chris williams

      March 11, 2023 at 10:44 am

      I smoked some Valley Girl the other day. It was pretty decent.

  15. Codeless Unlimited

    March 11, 2023 at 10:32 am

    Crony capitalists + marxist political ideologies are running the Silicon Valley – EXPOSED!

  16. AJ

    March 11, 2023 at 10:44 am

    Total BS

  17. thunder bolt

    March 11, 2023 at 11:10 am

    Put your money under the bed.

  18. Nerijas Cepa

    March 11, 2023 at 2:03 pm

    This is God’s punishment for thinking only about money ???? and creepiness

  19. Greg Knipe

    March 11, 2023 at 3:45 pm

    makes ponsy schemes look legit

    • Bon Été

      March 12, 2023 at 7:02 pm

      Minie madoff.

  20. 2023 Gainer

    March 11, 2023 at 3:55 pm

    Saw Plenty of Green Gains Friday.. In The Small Caps EV sector Friday. $$…. * XOS Large EV Trucks…* IQSTEL.. Profitable…* GEGR.. Profitable.. Gaensel Energy, 21 Companies.. * ZEV…..* CENN….* ALPP… Alpine 4….* VEV…..* IDEX….* SOLO….* RIDE. and * FFIE.. 59 % Gains in 3 Months.. Faraday Future.. FF 91 Futurist Production launch 19 days or Sooner.

  21. Cristian Gutierrez

    March 11, 2023 at 3:56 pm

    Thank god I took my 2 million out just a few weeks ago.!

    • Fern

      March 11, 2023 at 7:14 pm

      Wow. You got real lucky!! Blessings to you

  22. Wendy

    March 11, 2023 at 6:01 pm

    Sit back. Lockdown made Computer Literacy much more common worldwide. However, freedom is fun, especially in summer and users are not still stuck behind home computers. Next winter the Tech Industry will rise far higher than ever.

  23. Alphadrummer

    March 11, 2023 at 6:25 pm

    Here is some advice. YOU IDIOTS SHOULD OF LISTENED TO THE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS what’s happening is the very beginning of the n w orld o der and the financial collapse of America has to happen for this plan to be fully implemented. Tried to tell people what was coming I was made fun of smh

  24. Kelvin Yau

    March 11, 2023 at 8:02 pm

    Is about time for the overhyped of startup and VC’s to collapse. Too many bull investment out there that has no value at all!

  25. Paul Schneider

    March 11, 2023 at 10:59 pm

    “Lucy, you got a lotta splainin’ to do”???? (said the startup to the VC boss lady)

  26. MightSnow

    March 11, 2023 at 11:01 pm

    Sounds like a lot of idiots. I run two national companies that are startups and have my funds in 10 banks to protect everything by FDIC.

  27. VJ Joseph

    March 12, 2023 at 3:01 am

    If your nation and your people are really worried about the short term, your leaders wouldn’t have colluded in Ukraine in 2014,nor will they have did all the list of wrong actions they are world famous for. Nobody will give you cash. Just keep on begging. Your real economy died a decade ago already and you could not even say that to your new generation dumb ceos.

  28. Hussien Alsafi

    March 12, 2023 at 5:44 am

    ????????????????????????????????????????

  29. J

    March 12, 2023 at 1:09 pm

    organ brokers made millions on covid patients before ventilator plugs were pulled, which was red flagged whenever crossing international bounderies

  30. J

    March 12, 2023 at 1:10 pm

    atomic clock gps satellite on 10.23 MHz to cesium clock ground stations are where some of the UAP information is transmitted that will not be in any NASA report

  31. thankyougod.blockchain

    March 12, 2023 at 8:23 pm

    shes an idiot, stay calm my azz

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