Stifel Venture Banking
Full-service venture banking rebuilt from SVB alumni.
Venture Debt & LendingFirmNorth America
Target market
Venture-backed technology & life sciences
Typical check
$5M-$100M+
Geography
North America
Overview
Stifel's venture banking group provides venture debt, growth loans and banking services to venture-backed technology and life-sciences companies, having aggressively expanded with teams hired out of Silicon Valley Bank after its 2023 collapse. It also serves funds themselves, making it a dual-purpose relationship for GPs.
Key facts
- Venture banking arm of Stifel Financial
- Built out with senior hires from SVB after 2023
- Banks both portfolio companies and the funds behind them