Sand Hill Road
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 |
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| 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 |
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| Known for | Silicon Valley Venture capitalism |
Sand Hill Road (SHR) or Sand Hill 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. 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.
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.