Sand Hill Road

Sand Hill Road

NBC Bay Area

What makes Silicon Valley the innovation capital of the world? It all starts on Sand Hill Road, considered the mecca of venture capital. Join us for insightful interviews from the heart of Silicon Valley with the VCs, start-ups and innovators behind the trending technologies of tomorrow. Hosted by NBC Bay Area business and technology reporter and host of Press:Here, Scott McGrew.

11 minutes 36 seconds

Bay Area Venture Market Remains King

The state of venture capital appears to be rocky at the moment.
A report from PitchBook Data and the National Venture Capital Association highlights potential weakness ahead in the venture industry. The Pitchbook/NVCA Venture Monitor First Look report showed fewer active investors and high deal counts but repeat investing.
What does that mean for the Bay Area?
Sand Hill Road Host Scott McGrew spoke with Kyle Stanford, the Lead venture capital Analyst at PitchBook, to learn more about the report and its local impacts.
Sand Hill Road is hosted by Scott McGrew and produced and edited by Andrew Mendez. Sara Bueno manages NBC Bay Area's digital platforms. Stephanie Adrouny is the station's news director. If you'd like to get in touch, email us at [email protected] or on any social media platform at @nbcbayarea.

13 December 2024, 3:00 pm
14 minutes 10 seconds

San Francisco's Death is Greatly Exaggerated

Analysis by SignalFire shows the Bay Area still has more tech than 10 other cities combined.

31 October 2024, 6:34 pm
28 minutes 5 seconds

Mike Schroepfer is Saving the World, One Big Step at a Time

The Gigascale founder has big ideas on clean power and clean air.

21 October 2024, 4:55 pm
18 minutes 34 seconds

Brian Cho is Ready to Play

Patron Fund's co-founder invests in video games.

3 September 2024, 11:38 pm
25 minutes 7 seconds

Michael Marks of Celesta Capital

Marks discusses global supply chains, manufacturing and his stint as interim CEO at Tesla in 2007.

This episode was first released on Nov. 22, 2023.

20 August 2024, 9:53 pm
23 minutes 14 seconds

Rob Smith of M13

Smith talks about AI company misconceptions and his journey from startup fixer to venture capitalist investor.

2 August 2024, 3:08 am
21 minutes 29 seconds

Mike Maples Jr. on Pattern Breakers

The Floodgate co-founder considers how some startups change the future.

24 July 2024, 1:35 pm
32 minutes 31 seconds

James Joaquin's World Positive Outlook

The co-founder of Obvious Ventures gets deep into the science.

17 July 2024, 12:00 pm
20 minutes 49 seconds

"Astounding and Inevitable": SVB's Second Act

Silicon Valley Bank's Marc Cadieux examines the bank's past and ponders its future.

10 July 2024, 1:39 pm
16 minutes 52 seconds

Friends & Family Capital

Colin Anderson funds public safety company Peregrine.

3 July 2024, 7:47 pm
24 minutes 36 seconds

Scott Beechuk is Bullish on SF

Norwest Ventures announces a new $3 billion fund.

26 June 2024, 10:26 pm
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