Question 21. Why were venture capitalists willing to join in Clark's investment?

问题21.风险投资者为什么愿意加入Clark的投资？

As they spend time with locals, entrepreneurs and even venture capitalists.

因为他们花时间与当地人、企业家甚至风险投资家在一起。

Another player or group of players closely involved in SVB's downfall are venture capitalists.

另一个与硅谷银行垮台密切相关的参与者或参与者群体是风险资本家。

Prominent venture capitalists like Peter Thiel encourage companies to yank money out of the bank.

彼得·蒂尔等知名风险投资家鼓励企业从该行快速撤资。

Every venture capitalist we pitched said the same thing: " You guys are crazy."

我们游说的每个风险投资家都说了同样的话：“你们疯了。”

You know, the street, as we know, Wall Street, whatever, venture capitalists, they're fickle.

你知道，华尔街，我们都知道，不管怎样，风险资本家，他们是善变的。

So, venture capitalists have to have a high appetite for risk and a lot of patients.

因此, 风险投资家们必须承担极高的风险而且还要具备足够的耐心。

Those two banks with Silicon Valley Bank were generally startups, venture capitalists, the Silicon Valley elite.

这两家银行以及硅谷银行服务的通常都是初创企业、风险资本家和硅谷精英。

Venture capitalists make their bets after watching virtual pitches.

风投资本家在观看虚拟推介后押下赌注。

Yet they have received more than $30bn from spellbound venture capitalists in the past five years.

然而，在过去5年里，他们已经从被迷住的风险投资家那里获得了300多亿美元。