Roku Linked to failed Silicon Valley Bank: $487 Million Dollars being held

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When you blow out the candles for a celebration the smoke tends to stick around for a while. In lieu of the announcement of their recently launched self-branded smart tv’s Roku’s stock suffered an unhealthy bite when they reported that over 1/4th or 487 million dollars of cash is held up in the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) debacle.

In a press release Roku announced, “At this time, Roku does not know to what extent the Company will be able to recover its cash on deposit at SVB.”

Roku still expects to operate and meet their capital and contractual obligations for the next 12 months and moving forward.

With close to a half billion dollars being held up can Roku afford to launch their own line of smart tv’s? Any company’s first product is usually the experimental phase so some form of failure is expected. The FDIC only insures up to $250,000 which is a small percentage of Roku’s deposit, also keep in mind that tech companies are really struggling right now and the icing on the cake is that SVB was a bank that supported tech companies and start-ups.

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Antoine is a former Dish satellite tech with over 9 years of experience. He decided to cut the cord in 2015 after noticing that pay TV bills were only getting higher. After a few very intense months of countless web searches and video watching he found a setup that was right for him, but soon realized that he actually enjoyed the hunt. So he decided to dedicate his time to help others like him.