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The article discusses the business strategy of Santa Clara, California, bank Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), particularly its relationships with high technology startup companies and investors. According to the article, SVB assists venture-capital firms in funding investments and offers mortgages to startup company founders and venture capitalists on an invitation-only basis. The article examines the high risks and rewards of SVB's business strategy and that of its parent company, SVB Financial Group. The article presents comments from SVB chief executive officer (CEO) Gregory Becker.

The article discusses start-up companies that raise more venture capital investment despite having a significant amount of previously raised capital available as of April 13, 2014. Topics addressed include capital for Internet and technology start-ups such as Quora, Airbnb, and Fab.com, as well as venture capitalists' rationale for offering late-stage capital to companies prior to initial public offerings (I.P.O.s).

The article discusses the economic misfortunes of several venture capitalists and prominent investors in initial public offerings (IPOs) of Internet companies as of June 19, 2012. According to the article, the IPOs of companies such as U.S. online social network firms Facebook Inc. and Zynga Inc. did not pay off as previously expected for early investors.