 View of Sand Hill Road, with the Hoover Tower at Stanford University visible in the distance | |
| Location | Menlo Park, California Palo Alto, California Woodside, California |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 37°25′15″N 122°12′29″W / 37.42082°N 122.20808°W |
| West end | Portola Road in Woodside |
| Major junctions |  I-280 |
| East end |  SR 82 (El Camino Real) in Palo Alto |
| Other | |
| Known for | Silicon 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]
- ^ Murphy, Paul (March 10, 2015). "Sand Hill is the New Wall Street". Financial Times. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- ^ Holson, Laura M. "Still Feeding An Internet Frenzy". The New York Times, June 6, 1999, sec. BU, p. 1.
- ^ "Venture Capital: Sand Hill Road Rules the Valley". Bloomberg News. December 4, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- ^ 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.