John Willard

John Willard is a Managing Director at Silicon Valley Bank with extensive experience in providing venture debt financing and global banking & investment services to technology companies in the Bay Area. He focuses on venture backed companies in the software, applications, media, and consumer spaces with revenues up to $100 million. John's expertise lies in Growth Capital, recurring revenue financing for SaaS companies, Structured Finance, and Acquisition financing. With a career spanning over two decades at SVB, he has been instrumental in closing over $2 Billion in venture debt transactions. Prior to his current role, he worked at Bank of America in London. John holds a BA in Business Administration with minors in Finance & Economics from California State University, Chico.