[lambic2]

That's just basic logic that anyone would follow to survive. VC's had nothing to do with SVB's bad money management.

[labster]

I see it the other way around. The VCs started a panic. Name one other bank that could survive $42 billion in withdrawals in a single day. Other than Bank of Zimbabwe, obviously. Even Wells and JP Morgan would collapse under that strain. The VCs caused their own pain.

[scopendo]

The panic was started by SVB, not VCs. Abstract this to any other bank and the reaction would have been the same.

[hello_moto]

They triggered the rush that exacerbate the downfall.

If nobody is rushing, SVB could probably find ways to sell something before it's too late.

[delfinom]

No small or medium bank in the US can withstand a bank run