In each of the industry niches we serve, we provide services to meet the needs
of our clients throughout their life cycles, beginning with the emerging, start-up
stage.
Technology and Life Science/Healthcare
We serve a variety of clients in the technology and life science/healthcare
industries. Our technology clients tend to be in the industries of: hardware
(such as semiconductors, communications, data storage, and electronics); software
and internet (such as infrastructure software, applications, software services,
digital content and advertising technology), and energy and resource innovation
("ERI"). Because of the diverse nature of ERI products and services,
for our loan-related reporting purposes, ERI-related loans are reported under
our hardware and software, as applicable. Our life science/healthcare clients
primarily tend to be in the industries of biotechnology, medical devices, healthcare
information technology and healthcare services. A key component of our technology
and life science/healthcare business strategy is to develop relationships with
clients at an early stage and offer them banking services that will continue
to meet their needs as they mature and expand. We serve these clients primarily
through three practices:
Our SVB Accelerator practice focuses on serving our “emerging” or
“early stage” clients. These clients are generally in the start-up
or early stages of their life cycles. They are typically privately-held and
funded by friends and family, “seed” or “angel” investors,
or have gone through an initial round of venture capital financing. They are
typically engaged in research and development, have little or no revenue and
may have only brought a few products or services to market. SVB Accelerator
clients tend to have annual revenues below $5 million, with many being pre-revenue
companies.
Our SVB Growth practice serves our “mid-stage” and “late-stage”
clients. These clients are in the intermediate or later stages of their life
cycles and are generally privately-held, and many are dependent on venture capital
for funding. Some of these clients are in the more advanced stages of their
life cycles and may be publicly held or poised to become publicly held. Our
SVB Growth clients generally have a solid or more established product or service
offering in the market, with more meaningful or considerable revenue. They also
may be expanding globally. SVB Growth clients tend to have annual revenues between
$5 million and $75 million.
Our SVB Corporate Finance practice serves primarily our large corporate clients,
which are more mature and established companies. These clients are generally
publicly-held or large privately-held companies, have a more sophisticated product
or service offering in the market, with significant revenue. They also may be
expanding globally. SVB Corporate Finance clients tend to have annual revenues
over $75 million.
Private Equity/Venture Capital
We provide financial services to clients in the private equity/venture capital
community. Since our founding, we have cultivated strong relationships within
the private equity/venture capital community, particularly with venture capital
firms worldwide, many of which are also clients, facilitating deal flow to and
from these firms.
Premium Wine
We are one of the leading providers of financial services to premium wine producers
across the Western United States, primarily in California's Napa Valley, Sonoma
County and Central Coast regions, and the Pacific Northwest. We focus on vineyards
and wineries that produce grapes and premium wines.