01.05.23|Viki AuslanderA post-mortem conducted by the Federal Reserve on Silicon Valley Bank lays the blame on everyone: from the bank's management, to concerned customers, to the Fed itself. Even former President Donald Trump is blamed after promoting the softening of regulation in 2018
19.03.23|James SpiroMost startup founders impacted by the SVB collapse don’t see their trust in the financial ecosystem easily repaired
14.03.23|Sophie ShulmanA venture capital fund is not only a financial investor, it is also supposed to accompany the entrepreneur and hold their hand, especially of the young and inexperienced among them. But every time reality reveals the fact that VC funds only like risks they are familiar with and that are backed by other people's money
13.03.23|Sophie Shulman and Meir OrbachIn the dramatic leadup to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Avi Eyal, managing partner of Entrée Capital, which invests in dozens of Israeli companies, sent a WhatsApp message that prevented potentially major damage to many of his portfolio companies
12.03.23|Meir OrbachMaayan Cohen said the company kept tens of millions of dollars in the bank after raising $70 million in a Series D in 2022 and taking its total funding to about $138 million
12.03.23|Sophie ShulmanThe American bank did not have to collapse, but poor communication plus an unfortunate choice of words resulted in 40 years of high-tech activity being erased in a flash
12.03.23|Sophie ShulmanThe magnitude of the exposure Israeli companies had to the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank is beginning to become clear. Despite this, it is estimated that most of the local companies that worked with the bank managed to withdraw a large part of their money on Thursday
12.03.23|Meir OrbachBank Leumi’s high-tech subsidiary said it would increase the amount of credit available to high-tech companies that have lost access to their credit lines and are desperate for liquidity following the SVB debacle
11.03.23|Sophie ShulmanIsraeli venture capital funds held emergency discussions on Saturday to formulate measures to help Israeli startups who cannot withdraw money from their accounts
10.03.23|Golan Hazani and Irit AvisarSVB, which is considered to be one of the most prominent financiers of Israeli startups, saw its shares suffer their biggest one-day drop on record as they plummeted by more than 60% on Thursday and lost another 20% in after-hours trade
06.07.21|Golan Hazani"We are adding a third leg to our technology investments through a connection with one of the largest entities in the high-tech world," said Sami Babkov, who manages the investment division of the Israeli insurance company
31.12.20|CTechYaron Yaniv from the Silicon Valley Bank talks to Michael Matias about the digitalization and automation trend that’s taking over the banking sector and the challenges of finding solutions for tech companies of all sizes
25.02.20|Meir OrbachBacked by Silicon Valley Bank, Goldman Sachs, and Comerica, TripActions intends to offer companies a virtual credit card to cover employee travel expenses
09.05.18|Meir OrbachOriginally a downloads optimization software developer, IronSource shifted its focus to rewarded ads following a series of acquisitions between 2013 and 2016