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politico OP t1_jcb5sy2 wrote

Hey there, Sam here: It had less to with the losses than it did the depositors' reaction to those losses. Remember this bank was pretty concentrated, venture's a big deal but it's also a little bit of a small world. So when word got out that SVB was taking steps to repair its investment portfolio, depositors -- startup founders, VCs, etc. -- fled en masse. $42B gone in a day -- likely would've been more if CA regulators and FDIC didn't step in. Hard to survive that kind of run.

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