Sutter Hill Ventures
Sutter Hill Ventures is an American private equity firm focused on venture capital investments in technology-based start-up companies. The firm is based in Palo Alto, CA.
Founded in 1962 by Bill Draper and Paul Wythes, Sutter Hill is one of the oldest venture capital firms still in operation. It began as an off-shoot of a real estate firm and was licensed as a Small Business Investment Company. The firm is primarily focused on investments in the fields of networking and computer technology, business and financial services, healthcare, web development, and pop culture, and have been known to invest in angel funds. The firm currently holds positions in a number of publicly traded companies, including Restoration Robotics, Pure Storage, Mattersight, Forty Seven, Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Molecular Templates, Cardica, and Corcept Therapeutics.
