Enterprise capital corporations are engaged on a long-shot plan to protect elements of Silicon Valley Financial institution so it might probably preserve serving purchasers within the know-how sector, in accordance with folks briefed on the hassle.

Since late final week a gaggle of greater than a dozen VC corporations have been in talks about the way to allow SVB to proceed lending to, investing in and advising firms and executives within the sector. Corporations concerned within the talks embrace Normal Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz and Khosla Ventures, the folks mentioned.

One of many proposals being mentioned is forming a consortium with personal funding agency Apollo World Administration that would bid for parts of SVB, they added.

The group has additionally spoken to different giant buyout homes about funding the hassle in addition to Credit score Suisse First Boston, the funding financial institution led by Michael Klein, which is advising on potential methods of structuring the deal, in accordance with one of many folks.

The efforts to salvage one thing from the wreckage of SVB, which was shut down by regulators final week, underscore the significance of the establishment to enterprise capitalists. It additionally marks a hanging turnround for enterprise funds that had been accused final week of fuelling a run on the financial institution after some — together with Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund — suggested their portfolio firms to maneuver deposits to different lenders amid issues about SVB’s monetary well being.

Founders Fund just isn’t a member of the consortium in talks to amass a few of the financial institution’s property, one individual with direct information of the talks mentioned.

Earlier than urgent forward with any bid, the group is asking regulators for extra info on the state of the financial institution, in accordance with one of many folks.

“It’s nonetheless untimely however I’m hopeful it might come collectively within the subsequent few days,” mentioned one of many folks concerned within the discussions.

The VC corporations would possible require outdoors capital, in addition to experience within the technical elements of operating monetary establishments that they lack. One individual mentioned any bid can be structured by way of a consortium to keep away from any of the person companies falling beneath banking regulatory guidelines.

Apollo is a longtime investor within the debt and fairness of economic establishments and had been speaking to a couple of dozen enterprise capital corporations over the weekend about offering liquidity to portfolio firms whose money had grow to be trapped at SVB.

Apollo could also be keen on buying SVB’s mortgage e book or lending companies, however just isn’t keen on straight buying a stake in a possible new SVB, in accordance with an individual aware of its considering.

Apollo, Andreessen Horowitz and Normal Catalyst declined to remark. Khosla Ventures didn’t reply to a request to remark.

Along with its core deposit-taking financial institution, SVB was identified for its wealth administration and funding banking teams, which catered to enterprise capital corporations and portfolio firms in addition to rich tech executives and buyers.

“The deal may be wholesale or piecemeal, however it’s clear there must be monetary capital suppliers that step into the breach . . . as there are situations right here the place giant banks gained’t get [to agreements with regulators over the potential liability of buying SVB],” in accordance with a senior govt at a number one enterprise capital agency straight concerned within the discussions.

Any effort to resuscitate SVB faces the problem of time and complexity. One VC govt mentioned corporations had been preoccupied with guaranteeing liquidity of their portfolio firms and that SVB purchasers in some unspecified time in the future could have already got established new banking relationships elsewhere.

“Even when essentially the most highly effective enterprise folks shout, I don’t know what number of [chief financial officers] at firms shall be wiring their a refund to no matter’s left [of SVB],” he mentioned.