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The Secret History of Silicon Valley 12: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Steve Blank

. ———————– The First Valley IPO’s Silicon Valley first caught the eyes of east coast investors in the late 1950’s when the valleys first three IPO’s happened: Varian in 1956, Hewlett Packard in 1957, and Ampex in 1958. to spur innovation was a new government agency to fund new companies. In response, one of the many U.S.