I would point you to this post by James Kwak: http://baselinescenario.com/2011/10/09/wall-street-and-silicon-valley/ http://baselinescenario.com/2011/10/09/wall

I would point you to this post by James Kwak: http://baselinescenario.com/2011/10/09/wall-street-and-silicon-valley/ http://baselinescenario.com/2011/10/09/wall-street-and-silic... Venture capital has been around for centuries, and in its modern form, since about the 1950s. Very little of it comes from Wall Street.