Description Don't confuse Sutter Hill with Sutter Home: This venture capital firm is drunk on investment opportunity, not white zinfandel. A venerable member of the Silicon Valley VC community (the firm was founded in 1964), Sutter Hill targets start-ups and early-stage companies in the software, network and computing, financial services, health care, and consumer sectors. Sutter Hill prides itself on lending its experience to help fledgling companies develop successful business plans. The hands-on venture capital firm has invested in more than 300 companies since its inception and its current portfolio includes managed health care firm Amerigroup, handheld computer maker Palm, and NVIDIA, a graphics processor.