Pros
SVB Capital has a great benefits package for full-time employees. Compensation is competitive with other VC firms. Managing Partners are great at what they do.
Cons
Managing Partners at SVB Capital have no people management or leadership skills. The business unit culture is not congruent with the culture of the company as a whole. They do not value their support staff which results in high turnover and low team morale. Demands and expectations are often conflicting and unclear. The business unit has been around for 15 years and still operates like a startup. There is no standard operating procedures for day-to-day tasks. If you have any opinions, keep them to yourself because the MPs will later use them against you. If you are a woman, expect to hear sexist remarks. The running joke within the building is SVB Capital is where happiness goes to die.