Ron Conway

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.

Selected investments

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Company		Profile	Country	Date	Funding
	ClassDojo	Communication app that connects teachers, students, and parents.	United States	31 Jan 2012	Seed Initial investment
	Kyte (decentraltv Corp)	Mobile video platform.	United States	1 Jul 2007	Series A
	ContextLogic Inc			1 Mar 2011	Seed
	RockMelt Inc		United States	19 Feb 2009	Seed
	Chloe + Isabel Inc	Innovative social commerce jewelry company that empowers and connects women through their own social selling experience.	United States	1 Jan 2011	Seed
	Simply Hired Inc	Vertical search engine company building the world’s largest online jobs database.	United States	1 Aug 2005	Series A
	Buddy Media Inc	Social media management software company of choice for eight of the world's top ten global advertisers.	United States	15 Apr 2008	Series B
	TinyCo Inc		United States		N/A
	Bump Technologies Inc	Developer of contact and photo sharing applications.	United States	1 Oct 2009	Series A
	Ark.com Inc	People search engine.	United States	1 Nov 2011	Seed

Trade sale

Company		Profile	Country	Date	Funding
	AppNexus Inc		United States	27 Dec 2007	Seed Initial investment Exited Trade sale
	Typekit Inc		United States	1 Jun 2009	Venture Initial investment Exited Trade sale

Write-off

Company		Profile	Date	Funding
	Zooomr Inc	Digital photos hosting service.	12 Feb 2006	Seed Initial investment Exited Write-off