[1] Based in Palo Alto, CA, 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.

[2] Sutter Hill Ventures was founded in 1964 by Bill Draper and Paul Wythes.

It began as an off-shoot of a real estate firm and was licensed as a Small Business Investment Company.

[1] The firm has held positions in a number of publicly traded companies, including Restoration Robotics (HAIR), Pure Storage (PSTG), Mattersight (MATR), Forty Seven (FTSV), Threshold Pharmaceuticals (THLD), Molecular Templates (MTEM), Cardica (CRDC), and Corcept Therapeutics (CORT).

[4] The firm has also incubated and invested in Snowflake Computing (SNOW) which had the record-setting technology IPO in 2020.