Keith Cox
Head of Sponsor and Leveraged Finance @ Silicon Valley Bank
Los Angeles, United States
Keith Cox is a startup investor at Silicon Valley Bank in Los Angeles. Keith Cox is the Head of Sponsor and Leveraged Finance at Silicon Valley Bank. He has over 17 years of experience building and growing leveraged lending businesses targeting sponsor-backed transactions in the middle market, both at large financial institutions and smaller specialty lenders.Prior to joining Parthenon in 2017 to launch a creditstrategy, Mr. Cox most recently started, managed and headed the Acquisition Finance group for SunTrust’s (NYSE: STI) Commercial Bank, which underwrote and held senior secured loans primarily in sponsor transactions. In this role, Mr. Cox led a team of nine bankers and built a portfolio of over 30 names and $800 million commitments over 2.5 years. Mr. Cox oversaw deal selection, underwriting and portfolio management.Mr. Cox joined SunTrust in 2010 as Team Leader in the Investment Bank’s Acquisition Finance group where he covered the Financial Services and Technology verticals and was responsible for underwriting and structuring transactions involving over 150 companies and $10 billion of SunTrust hold positions.Prior to SunTrust, Mr. Cox was at Hercules Technology Growth Capital (NYSE: HTGC) where he expanded Hercules’ middle market leveraged lending practice and focused on originating and underwriting sponsor-backed healthcare transactions.Mr. Cox was also at NewStar Financial (NASDAQ: NEWS) where he was a founding member of their Healthcare lending vertical and underwrote over $400 million of healthcare loans. Prior to NewStar, Mr. Cox began his lending career in Acquisition Finance at FleetBoston Financial (now NYSE: BAC) in Boston.
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About Silicon Valley Bank
Silicon Valley Bank works with technology, life science, cleantech, venture capital, private equity, and premium wine businesses. SVB provides industry knowledge and connections, financing, treasury management, corporate investment, and international banking services to its clients worldwide through 27 U.S. offices and seven internationaloperations. Banking innovative companies and exclusive wineries, Silicon Valley Bank’s diverse financial services, knowledge, global network, and world-class service increase its clients’ probability of success. Forbes Magazine ranks SVB among America’s Best Banks, and Fortune Magazine named SVB one of the Best Companies to Work For in 2012.
Silicon Valley Bank Contacts
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Dennis Grunt
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Keith Cox
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Laura Scott
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Nicole Hawkey
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Alex McCracken
Managing Director
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