Question 21. Why were venture capitalists willing to join in Clark's investment?

问题21.风险投资者为什么愿意加入Clark的投资？

As they spend time with locals, entrepreneurs and even venture capitalists.

因为他们花时间与当地人、企业家甚至风险投资家在一起。

Venture capitalists make their bets after watching virtual pitches.

风投资本家在观看虚拟推介后押下赌注。

Prominent venture capitalists like Peter Thiel encourage companies to yank money out of the bank.

彼得·蒂尔等知名风险投资家鼓励企业从该行快速撤资。

Every venture capitalist we pitched said the same thing: " You guys are crazy."

我们游说的每个风险投资家都说了同样的话：“你们疯了。”

You know, the street, as we know, Wall Street, whatever, venture capitalists, they're fickle.

你知道，华尔街，我们都知道，不管怎样，风险资本家，他们是善变的。

Another player or group of players closely involved in SVB's downfall are venture capitalists.

另一个与硅谷银行垮台密切相关的参与者或参与者群体是风险资本家。

Mexican entrepreneurs had to go cap in hand to local venture capitalists with comparatively shallow pockets.

墨西哥企业家不得不向财力相对较弱的当地风险资本家卑躬屈膝。

So, venture capitalists have to have a high appetite for risk and a lot of patients.

因此, 风险投资家们必须承担极高的风险而且还要具备足够的耐心。

Those two banks with Silicon Valley Bank were generally startups, venture capitalists, the Silicon Valley elite.

这两家银行以及硅谷银行服务的通常都是初创企业、风险资本家和硅谷精英。

The pioneering venture capitalist Arthur Rock had initially been unimpressed when Markkula sent Jobs to see him.

风险投资界的先驱亚瑟·罗克第一次见到马库拉派来的乔布斯时，并未被他打动。

And venture capitalists are pointing fingers at each other for their role in the tech bank's demise.

风险资本家也在互相指责他们在科技银行倒闭中扮演的角色。

Yet they have received more than $30bn from spellbound venture capitalists in the past five years.

然而，在过去5年里，他们已经从被迷住的风险投资家那里获得了300多亿美元。

Some venture capitalists began refusing to shake hands at the beginning of February (and were ridiculed for it).

在二月初，一些风险投资家开始拒绝握手（并因此受到嘲笑）。

" Markkula was as much a father-son relationship as Steve ever had, " said the venture capitalist Arthur Rock.

风险投资人亚瑟·罗克说：“马库拉和史蒂夫之间就是一种父子关系。”

What role did you see venture capitalists play in pushing the tech industry to where it is today?

你认为风险投资家在推动科技行业发展到今天的地步方面发挥了什么作用？

Kenyan officials are supporting Tech innovators like Snark Health with an online platform that attract venture capitalists (VCs).

肯尼亚官员正在用一个吸引风险资本的在线平台来支持像Snark Health这样的科技创新者。

At a time, when many venture capitalists had never even heard the word 'internet', it was a major risk.

当时，许多风险投资家甚至从未听说过“互联网”这个词，这是一个巨大的风险。

Worried that they will be unable to monetise their stakes soon, venture capitalists have tightened their purse strings.

由于担心无法很快将所持股份变现，风险投资家们捂紧了自己的钱包。

The business model is making so much money that venture capitalists are investing in new companies as the market grows.

这种商业模式赚了很多钱，以至于随着市场的增长，风险资本家开始投资新公司。