Sand Hill Road, often shortened to just "Sand Hill" or "SHR", is an arterial road in western Silicon Valley, California, running through Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Woodside, notable for its concentration of venture capital companies. The road has become a metonym for that industry; 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 is compared to that of Wall Street and the stock market, and K Street in Washington, D.C. and political lobbying, Madison Avenue for the advertising industry, or Harley Street in London, UK for private specialist medicine and surgery. Location Connecting El Camino Real and Interstate 280, the road provides easy access to Stanford University and the northwestern area of Silicon Valley. The road also runs southwest of Interstate 280 into a residential neighborhood of Woodside, California, but the private equity companies are concentrated to the east of the freeway on the main stretch of the road in Menlo Park
Sand Hill Road, a menudo abreviado simplemente como "Sand Hill" o "SHR", es una carretera arterial en el oeste de Silicon Valley, California, que se extiende a través de Palo Alto, Menlo Park y Woodside, notable por su concentración de empresas de capital de riesgo. La carretera se ha convertido en un metónimo para esa industria; cada empresa de alto nivel de Silicon Valley ha sido beneficiaria de fondos tempranos de empresas en Sand Hill Road. Su importancia como símbolo de capital privado y capitalismo de riesgo en los Estados Unidos se compara con la de Wall Street y el mercado de valores, y K Street en Washington, D.C. y lobby político, Madison Avenue para la industria publicitaria, o Harley Street en Londres, Reino Unido para medicina y cirugía especializada privada. Ubicación Conectando El Camino Realino e Interstate 280, la carretera proporciona acceso fácil a la Universidad de Stanford y la zona noroeste de Silicon Valley. La carretera también corre al suroeste de Interstate a un barrio residencial de Woodside, California, pero las empresas privadas de Menloch