https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/15/silicon-valley-bank-failure-industries-investors-rattled > Demise of Silicon Valley Bank has rattled not just businesses and investors but the ecosystem that grew up around it > Startup founders, venture capitalists and aspirational entrepreneurs descended on Austin on Friday for the annual South by Southwest conference as they do every year. But as the day wore on, a sense of fear and confusion began to take hold amid the usual energy and buzz in the Texas capital.