The venture debt principal deferral program was launched on April 1, 2020 and is an SVB-only program, not under the auspices of any government agency. The program is applicable to SVB venture debt borrowers with a funded term loan balance or aggregate term loan commitment of $10M or less. The program defers all principal payments for six months. Eligible borrowers were notified by SVB directly. The program has enabled more than 1,000 startups to defer their principal payments on a combined $2.1 billion in funded debt for six months.