Is Silicon Valley still the best place for startups? Insight Partners’ Ryan Hinkle doesn’t think so.
“Silicon Valley is not a necessary and sufficient condition for success — it’s just one option,” says Ryan Hinkle, challenging the long-held belief that the Bay Area is the ultimate startup hub. Hinkle is a managing director at Insight Partners, the giant New York-based venture capital firm that invests in tech worldwide. It has $90 billion in assets under management and just raised a new $12.5 billion fund. Today on Equity, Julie Bort sits down
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March 5, 2025