Rothenberg Ventures: VC sues Silicon Valley Bank, claiming a bank error tanked his once high-flying firm

Venture capitalist Michael Rothenberg is suing Santa Clara-based Silicon Valley Bank, claiming an error in late 2015 set off a series of events that ultimately toppled his firm, San Francisco-based Rothenberg Ventures. Separately, Rothenberg this week settled with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, voluntarily agreeing not to invest in companies or work for a brokerage for the next five years. Rothenberg and his firm did not admit or deny the SEC's allegations. Rothenberg, 34, made...