Tariffs, Tech, and Turbulence: Insights from SVB's former Chief Risk Officer

Update: 2025-05-07

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In this special episode, Melissa Widner sits down with Marc Verissimo⁠⁠, Chairman of Lighter Capital and former Chief Risk Officer at Silicon Valley Bank, to unpack how tariffs, market turbulence, and a shifting economic landscape may reshape the SaaS world. With Marc's decades of banking and finance expertise, he shares practical insights that SaaS founders will want to know for how to navigate a changing investment climate successfully.

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