Newswise — For the better part of a half-century, the epicenter of venture capital in the United States has been located about 30 miles south of San Francisco, in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley. In Menlo Park alone, you can find more than 40 venture capital firms scattered along a two-mile stretch of a single street. The concentration of venture dollars on Sand Hill Road is no surprise. After all, if you want to make money investing in startups, then you have to go where the entrepreneurs are. And for decades, this meant proximity to the first generation of successful tech startups — many of which are located between San Mateo and San Jose.
