# Sutter Hill Ventures

> Sutter Hill Ventures is a Palo Alto venture capital partnership that finances technology startups and helps create selected companies from inception. Its origination approach combines technical founders with capital, recruiting, customer development and, in some cases, a partner serving as the first CEO. Snowflake and Pure Storage illustrate its operational involvement.

- **Founded:** 1962
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Founders:** William H. Draper III (Co-founder), Paul Wythes (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Venture capital investment, Company origination, Recruiting and company development
- **Notable:** Helped build Snowflake, which went public in September 2020., Backed Pure Storage before its 2015 IPO., Early investor in Nvidia.

## Products & services

- **Venture capital investment** — Equity financing for technology companies, including early-stage investments and follow-on participation.
- **Company origination** — Co-creation of selected startups, with technical founders and operating help that can include a partner as interim founding CEO.
- **Recruiting and company development** — Assistance with executive hiring, early customer relationships and business formation.

## Achievements

- Helped build Snowflake, which went public in September 2020.
- Backed Pure Storage before its 2015 IPO.
- Early investor in Nvidia.
- Continued participating in later portfolio-company rounds, including Sigma’s 2026 Series E.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — AttoTude announced a $52 million Series C with participation from existing investor Sutter Hill Ventures.
- **2026-05** — Sigma announced an $80 million Series E at a $3 billion valuation with returning investor Sutter Hill Ventures.
- **2025-08** — Goldman Sachs released an interview with Mike Speiser about company creation and investment.
- **2025-07** — Observe announced a $156 million Series C led by Sutter Hill Ventures.

## Links

- Website: https://shv.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sutterhillventures/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/shv
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/117281071665955

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Last updated: 2026-10-27