The federal government must address the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) with speed and clarity before it metastasizes into a national crisis, so the ecosystem of institutions in which SVB has operated, including other banks and investors, can help bridge companies so that they can continue to operate while they wait for their deposits.

The run-on-the-bank panic around SVB would have been quelled if everyone was dissuaded from succumbing to mass hysteria. Understanding what happened can help prevent further bank runs.

Interest in life science technologies and tools is accelerating with the advent of CRISPR and other aspects of synthetic biology. The ability to have a capital efficient way to advance these innovations is very attractive and will help drive innovation.

The so-called venture creation model has fully taken root, underpinned and enabled by biotech's longest-ever boom cycle and unprecedented sums of available capital.

Adam Rosenberg lifts the curtain on what biotech venture partners and entrepreneurs-in-residence really do.