Venture capitalists weigh ‘long-shot plan’ to preserve parts of SVB -FT

(Reuters) – Venture capital firms are working on a “long-shot plan” to preserve parts of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in a move to keep servicing their clients in the technology sector, the Financial Times reported on Monday citing people briefed on the effort.

（路透社）——英国《金融时报》周一援引知情人士的话说，风险投资公司正在制定一项“长期计划”，以保留硅谷银行 (svb) 的部分业务，以继续为科技领域的客户提供服务努力。

A group of several VC firms are in talks since late last week about how to enable SVB to continue lending to, investing in and advising companies and executives in the sector, the FT reported, adding General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz and Khosla Venture are among the firms involved in talks.

据英国《金融时报》报道，自上周晚些时候以来，几家风险投资公司正在就如何让 svb 继续向该行业的公司和高管提供贷款、投资和咨询服务进行谈判，并补充说 general catalyst、andreessen horowitz 和 khosla venture 是其中之一参与谈判的公司。

Forming a consortium with Apollo Global Management Inc that could bid for portions of SVB is one of the proposals being discussed, the newspaper quoted people as saying.

该报援引知情人士的话说，与 apollo global management inc 组成一个可以竞购 svb 部分股份的财团是正在讨论的提议之一。

(Reporting by Anirudh Saligrama in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese)

（班加罗尔 anirudh saligrama 报道；chris reese 编辑）