Sand Hill Road
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.
Latest episodes
Jan 12, 2021 • 29min
Inside SoftBank Vision Fund’s New Billion Dollar Bets
Jeff Housenbold, managing partner at SoftBank Investment Advisors, looks to future investments while defending the fund’s unusual past.
Oct 29, 2020 • 25min
Airbus Ventures Looks to Space
Managing partner Thomas d'Halluin talks about investments in space, electric airplanes and travel tips.
Sep 29, 2020 • 30min
Jen Grant: Ordering Up Another Round (of Funding) in a Pandemic
The CEO of Appify lands an extension to the company's Series A from Mayfield Fund.
Sep 22, 2020 • 23min
Gene Frantz With Alphabet’s CapitalG
CapitalG is making big investments in security, including CrowdStrike.
Sep 15, 2020 • 30min
John Roa: Get Rich And Die Trying
Selling a startup for a fortune was only the start of John Roa's problems.
Sep 3, 2020 • 8min
Orchestrating Diversity: Bias vs. Blind
As companies look to diversify, the question becomes: Should we actively bias our hiring process? And what would that look like?
Aug 11, 2020 • 19min
Jyoti Bansal: H-1B to IPO
The co-founder of Unusual Ventures discusses his serial successes and his latest startup, Traceable.
Aug 5, 2020 • 24min
Adam Struck of Struck Capital
Adam made his first fortune selling Long Island iced teas. And his second on hyper-converged infrastructure.
Jul 7, 2020 • 29min
Shawn Carolan of Menlo Ventures
Carolan was an early investor in all kinds of household names including Uber and Roku.
Jun 30, 2020 • 11min
Inside the Deal With Accel’s Nate Niparko
Hear from both sides of a Series B deal as entrepreneur Peter Colis lands new funding from Accel for his startup Ethos.
