Anthony Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital, joined by Atlas Merchant Capital, are among the final bidders jostling to buy collapsed Silicon Valley Bank’s venture capital outfit SVB Capital.
SVB Financial Group, the former parent company of Silicon Valley Bank is getting closer to a deal that will see the institution sell its venture capital arm SVB Capital.from the Wall Street Journal — citing sources familiar with the matter — Anthony Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital and Atlas Merchant Capital are jostling with the San Francisco firm Vector Capital in the final stages of the bidding process.
Sources claimed that SVB’s venture capital arm could be sold off for between $250 million and $500 million, but warned that a final sale is not guaranteed and that it would still require the review of the creditor’s committee.Notably, SVB Capital was not included in the SVB's overarching Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, and the banksaid that the outfit would continue its “ordinary course operation” of business despite being put up for sale.
SVB Capital is an investment capital platform that conducts a wide range of investments, including the backing of other major Silicon Valley venture capital firms such as Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz .blockchain analytics service Chainalysis.Meanwhile, Scarammuci’s SkyBridge Capital manages some $1.8 billion in assets. Of that figure, approximately $580 million is held in cryptocurrencies and other digital asset-related investments.
Cointelegraph contacted SkyBridge Capital and SVB Capital for comment but did not receive a reply by the time of publication.
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