privately held company industry private equity founded 1964 founder paul m. wythes bill draper headquarters palo alto california united states products venture capital website www.shv.com 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 1964 by bill draper and paul wythes sutter hill is one of the oldest venture capital firms still in operation . 1 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 . references edit gupta udayan . done deals venture capitalists tell their stories 2000 external links edit sutter hill ventures company website v t e private equity and venture capital basic investment types buyout venture mezzanine growth secondaries equity co investment history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s terms and concepts buyout financial sponsor management buyout divisional buyout buy sell agreement leveraged recapitalization dividend recapitalization venture angel investor business incubator post money valuation pre money valuation seed money startup company venture capital financing venture debt venture round structure private equity firms and funds limited partnership limited liability company carried interest management fee publicly traded private equity business development company venture capital trust private investment in public equity pipe pledge fund investors corporations institutional investors pension funds insurance companies fund of funds endowments foundations investment banks merchant banks commercial banks high net worth individuals family offices sovereign wealth funds crowdfunding related financial terms aum cap table capital call capital commitment capital structure distribution waterfall ebitda envy ratio high yield debt ipo irr leverage liquidation preference m & a pme taxation of private equity and hedge funds undercapitalization vintage year private equity and venture capital investors private equity firms venture capital firms angel investors portfolio companies this article about a private equity or venture capital firm is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sutter hill ventures & oldid 705893903 categories companies established in 1964companies based in palo alto californiaprivate equity firms of the united states1964 establishments in californiaventure capital firms of the united statesprivate equity firm stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 february 2016 at 05 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view