硅谷园林秀(3):波托拉谷
离开了水晶泉,下一个目标是波托拉谷。
沿着弯弯曲曲的小路,我们穿过了沙丘路(Sand Hill Road),好在女儿已经习惯了颠簸,晃晃悠悠地欣赏着窗外的景色。
听说过沙丘路吗?这就是硅谷的华尔街,是美国私人投资的大本营。在九十年代股市疯狂的日子,沙丘路写字楼的租价是世界之首,超过了曼哈顿和伦敦。目前,沙丘路的风险投资包括:生物技术、清洁技术、计算机硬件、电脑服务、计算机软件、电子产品、医疗保健、互联网公司、半导体和电信。
这些是沙丘路上著名的风险投资公司和私人股份公司:
Azure Capital Partners - 2100 Sand Hill Road
GI Partners - 2180 Sand Hill Road
Lightspeed Venture Partners - 2200 Sand Hill Road
Greylock Partners - 2250 Sand Hill Road
Highland Capital Partners - 2420 Sand Hill Road, Suite 300
Shasta Ventures - 2440 Sand Hill Road
Storm Ventures - 2440 Sand Hill Road, Suite 301
Benchmark Capital - 2480 Sand Hill Road
The Blackstone Group - 2494 Sand Hill Road
Accel-KKR - 2500 Sand Hill Road
U.S. Venture Partners - 2735 Sand Hill Road
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers - 2750 Sand Hill Road
Silver Lake Partners - 2775 Sand Hill Road
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts - 2800 Sand Hill Road
New Enterprise Associates - 2855 Sand Hill Road
Andreessen Horowitz - 2875 Sand Hill Road
Draper Fisher Jurvetson - 2882 Sand Hill Road
Battery Ventures - 2884 Sand Hill Road
Redpoint Ventures - 3000 Sand Hill Road
Sequoia Capital - 3000 Sand Hill Road
Tenaya Capital - 3000 Sand Hill Road
Versant Ventures - 3000 Sand Hill Road
穿过了沙丘路,眼前就是波托拉谷(Portola Valley Town Center),不觉令人眼睛一亮。