The Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has appointed Bindi Karia to their UK Branch to lead their efforts in the early stage accelerator space. Karia will begin her role in January of next year.
Karia leaves a role as the venture capital/emerging business leader at Microsoft UK where she led BizSpark and BizSpark One focusing on how Microsoft could drive success for leading edge and early-stage technology companies. Karia has also sat on several advisory boards including Seedcamp, Astia, EVCA, SVC2UK and BCS Entrepreneurs.
Phil Cox, president at SVB’s UK branch, said “Bindi is extremely well connected within the industry and we are delighted to have her on board to drive our growth efforts for new banking clients in the accelerator space, Bindi’s knowledge and enthusiasm for the emerging ecosystem of entrepreneurs and investors will be a tremendous asset to our business.”