English Dictionary

Sand Hill Road

name

A neighborhood of Palo Alto, California, known for its concentration of venture capital companies. / (metonymically) The venture capital and tech industry.

Sand Hill Road is a famous street in Palo Alto.

意味（1）

A neighborhood of Palo Alto, California, known for its concentration of venture capital companies.

There was a time when funding for internet start-ups was so easy that what came to matter was not how much you could get but where it came from. And if you got it from Sand Hill Road, Wall Street regarded that much as Catholics regard a benediction from the Pope.

意味（2）

(metonymically) The venture capital and tech industry.

Such numbers aren’t everything to a candidate running for the president of the entire country and not just Sand Hill Road, especially at a point in the campaign when many donors are hedging their bets by backing multiple candidates.