Tell us: are you affected by the Silicon Valley Bank collapse?

An SVB logo is shown on a smartphone outside a HSBC bank branch in London, Britain, on 13 March 2023. The HSBC Holdings financial services company has announced it has bought SVB (Silicon Valley Bank) for one British Pound. The deal protects depositors assets and prevents the US bank's UK operations from collapse. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

We’re keen to hear from investors who have been affected by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, which failed after a run on the lender that was originally sparked by fears over the a multibillion-pound shortfall on the US parent company’s balance sheet.

We’d like to hear what investors, but also workers from the tech and start-up sectors, make of the bank’s failure, and what they think the wider fallout of SVB’s collapse might entail.

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