For 10 points, name this form of private equity company that provides startup funding to tech 炤rms like Google and Facebook.
The so-called "father" of this kind of 炤rm was a French immigrant who earned the nickname "the General" for supervising R&amp;D for the U.S. Army during World War II. That man, Georges Doriot, founded the ARDC. Paul Gompers has written extensively about how these companies became the primary bene炤ciaries of a liberalizing amendment to ERISA's "prudent man" rule in 1979. They are referred to metonymically as "Sand Hill Road" a睌ter a mile-long stretch of road in Menlo Park where many of them are headquartered. These 炤rms, which include Greylock Partners, Sequoia, and Kleiner Perkins, generally operate by making "o猴ferings" in rounds dubbed Series A, Series B, and Series C. Individuals who use personal wealth to compete with these 炤rms are dubbed "angels." For 10 points, name this form of private equity company that provides startup funding to tech 炤rms like Google and Facebook.
The so-called "father" of this kind of 炤rm was a French immigrant who earned the nickname "the General" for supervising R&amp;D for the U.S. Army during World War II.
venture capital 炤rm [prompt on private equity]