Sand Hill Road

Sand Hill Road
View of Sand Hill Road, with the Hoover Tower at Stanford University visible in the distance
LocationMenlo Park, California
Palo Alto, California
Woodside, California
Coordinates37°25′15″N 122°12′29″W / 37.42082°N 122.20808°W / 37.42082; -122.20808
West endPortola Road in Woodside
Major
junctions
I-280
East end SR 82 (El Camino Real) in Palo Alto
Other
Known forSilicon Valley
Venture capitalism

Sand Hill Road, often shortened to just "Sand Hill" or "SHR",[1] is an arterial road in western Silicon Valley, California, running through Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Woodside, notable for its concentration of venture capital firms.[2] The road has become a metonym for that industry; nearly every top Silicon Valley company has been the beneficiary of early funding from firms on Sand Hill Road.[3]

Its significance as a symbol of private equity and venture capitalism in the United States has been compared to that of Wall Street and the stock market.[4]

  1. ^ Murphy, Paul (March 10, 2015). "Sand Hill is the New Wall Street". Financial Times. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  2. ^ Holson, Laura M. "Still Feeding An Internet Frenzy". The New York Times, June 6, 1999, sec. BU, p. 1.
  3. ^ "Venture Capital: Sand Hill Road Rules the Valley". Bloomberg News. December 4, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  4. ^ Patel, Priti; Kwarteng, Kwasi; Raab, Dominic; Skidmore, Chris; Truss, Elizabeth (2012). Britannia Unchained: Global Lessons for Growth and Prosperity. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-1-137-27411-3. Retrieved April 19, 2015.

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