The risks and benefits of specialization.
In the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, commentators have rightly highlighted the additional risk that the bank bore by being so heavily concentrated in one sector: venture capital and startups. Less discussed are the benefits that such concentration provided. As regulators, VCs, and potential SVB buyers take stock of the collapse, it’s important that both sides of that coin get considered.Clearly, SVB’s focus on a single sector increased risk and is a major factor in its collapse.
Many of the large banks have long desired to have a larger presence in the startup world. Servicing startups can lead to lucrative IPO underwriting and other services. So, yes, the VC and startup sector will have places to go. But having so many tentacles in the industry allowed SVB to build decades of embedded knowledge on the people, the issues, and evolving needs of the industry. That won’t be fully replicated by other banks. Unless someone were to purchase SVB in its entirety, I don’t think any one bank will take the role in the ecosystem that SVB did.
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