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Bio
Ron Conway is the Founder and Co-Managing Partner of SV Angel. Ron has been an active angel investor since the mid 90’s. He was the Founder and Managing Partner of the Angel Investors LP funds (1998-2005). He was included in 2010’s Vanity Fair 100 most influential people in the Information Age. He was awarded Best Angel at The 2009 TechCrunch Crunchies Awards. He was named #13 in Forbes Magazine Midas list of top "deal-makers" in 2011. Ron was with National Semiconductor Corporation in marketing positions (1973-1979), Altos Computer Systems as a co-founder, President and CEO (1979-1990) and took Altos public on Nasdaq in 1982 and served as CEO of Personal Training Systems (PTS) (1991-1995). PTS was acquired by SmartForce/SkillSoft (Nasdaq SKIL). Philanthropically, Ron is a Board Member of the Salesforce.com Foundation, a member of the UCSF Medical Center Chancellor's Advisory Board in SF, and is active in fundraising for the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, College Track, Sandy Hook Promise-Newtown CT, Americans for Responsible Solutions-Gabby Giffords, Smart Tech Challenges Foundation, and the THORN Foundation. Ron is an advocate for technology companies and civic engagement in San Francisco and founder of sf.citi (San Francisco's tech-backed civic organization). Ron is also an advocate for immigration reform and a co-founder of FWD.US.
Career
Education
Selected investments
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Yammer Inc | Series B | |||||
Vook Inc | Mixed-media digital publisher | Seed | ||||
Cardpool Inc | Seed | |||||
Kno Inc | Developed a digital learning environment for students to read textbooks, take notes, and share materials with friends and teachers | Series A | ||||
Gowalla Inc | Provider of a location-based social networking platform | Series B | ||||
Thing Labs Inc | Series A | |||||
ScanScout Inc | Provider of online ad services. | Series B | ||||
Scoopler Inc (JustSpotted) | Seed | |||||
Bump Technologies Inc | Developer of contact and photo sharing applications. | Series A | ||||
Fluther Aquarium LLC | Seed | |||||
Factery | Venture | |||||
Sofa Labs Inc | Series A | |||||
Inadco Inc | Series A | |||||
Vidly (Encoding.com) | Seed | |||||
BookFresh | Seed | |||||
Motally Inc | Series A | |||||
OpenSky | OpenSky is a leading e-commerce platform curated by celebrities and experts. | Series A | ||||
Asana Inc | Seed | |||||
Luminate Inc | Web-based company that makes images interactive. | Series A | ||||
Y Combinator | American technology startup accelerator. | Venture Initial investment | ||||
Bitly Inc | Series A | |||||
RockMelt Inc | Seed | |||||
FitOrbit Inc (Global Fitness Media) | One-to-one personal fitness and weight loss training to the Internet | Series A | ||||
Eventbrite Inc | Online event management and ticketing services | Debt |
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Typekit Inc | Venture Initial investment Exited Trade sale |