“I would encourage the Series A players to collaborate more on deals and coinvest on a regular basis”

Andy Tsao (@ahtsao), Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank

What do you do currently?  

I’m a Managing Director at Silicon Valley Bank and Head of our Global Gateway team, which is responsible for certain new and emerging markets including Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Russia, Turkey, Australia and India.  SVB is the leading bank for the innovation economy in the US, we bank more than half of all US VC backed technology companies and most of the VC firms that invest in technology companies.  We have been expanding internationally for more than 15 years, and our efforts on our Global Gateway team fall under our global efforts. Continue reading →