SV Angel
San Francisco · Seed–Series A · 1 people tracked
Investment thesis
SV Angel invests long-term in founders who are agents of positive change in business and society. The firm prioritizes close relationships and founder autonomy, leveraging its team's decades of experience to support companies through their growth. The investment approach is built on principles that emphasize productive, lasting partnerships with founders.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 19, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from the firm's website
Ron Conway has been Silicon Valley's archetypal super angel since the 1990s, backing Google, PayPal, Facebook, Twitter, and Airbnb, first through Angel Investors LP and then through SV Angel. He is also a fixture in San Francisco civic life, organizing the tech industry around local politics and philanthropy. In April 2026 he disclosed a cancer diagnosis and stepped back from day-to-day work, with his sons Topher and Ronny leading the firm.
What they invest in
from 92 of 149 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×39AI & Machine Learning ×34SaaS ×24Fintech ×18Developer Tools ×15Data & Infrastructure ×10Cloud Computing ×9Consumer ×9
HQs:United States×55Estonia×1
Investments · showing 60 of 149
founders shown can be your intro pathhumans& is a frontier AI lab focused on building human-centric AI systems that prioritize people and their relationships, emphasizing innovations in reinforcement learning, memory, and user understanding to create AI that strengthens organizations and communities.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Eric Zelikman(Co-founder)
Databricks provides a unified platform for data management, analytics, and AI that enables organizations to build applications, agents, and derive insights from their data. The platform serves enterprises with serverless data warehousing, integrated Postgres functionality, and AI-powered agents.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Affirm is a financial services platform that enables customers to pay for purchases over time, offering both digital wallet integration and a branded card for online and in-store transactions.
E-commerceFintechRetail Tech
OpenAI develops large language models and AI services, including ChatGPT, which serve enterprises, developers, and consumers across various industries.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Sam AltmanElon MuskGreg BrockmanIlya Sutskever
Abridge provides an AI-powered intelligence platform that converts clinical conversations into documentation and actionable insights for healthcare teams. The platform serves clinicians, nurses, revenue cycle management staff, and payers by automating documentation and clinical workflow from before, during, and after patient visits.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Airbyte provides a data and action layer for AI agents, enabling them to connect once and access real-time read/write capabilities across multiple systems like CRMs, support desks, and code repositories through MCP, SDK, and CLI integrations.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Michel Tricot(Co-Founder & CEO)inJean Lafleur(Co-Founder & COO)in
Amplitude provides a product analytics and experimentation platform that helps companies understand user behavior, test features, and personalize customer experiences using AI-powered insights and real-time data.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
BetterUp is an enterprise platform that combines live coaching, AI-powered guidance, and performance intelligence to develop and evaluate workforce capability across all organizational levels.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS
Applied Intuition develops digital infrastructure and software platforms that enable autonomous vehicles, drones, robotics, and other moving machines to perceive, reason, and operate in the real world through end-to-end physical AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningRobotics
Armada provides modular edge computing infrastructure that deploys rapidly to support data processing and AI workloads across remote and operational environments, with full data sovereignty and local control at the site level.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeep Tech
Rippling provides a unified platform that consolidates HR, IT, and finance functions for businesses, enabling companies to manage payroll, employee benefits, equipment provisioning, and third-party application access from a single interface. The platform automates employee lifecycle processes across global organizations, from initial hire through offboarding.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSan Francisco, US
Asana is a work management platform that enables teams to organize, track, and collaborate on projects and tasks within a shared workspace. The platform integrates AI capabilities through AI Teammates and agents to automate workflows while maintaining shared context and governance across human and artificial team members.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Cosmos is a unified AI agents platform that enables enterprise development teams to automate software development workflows at scale, improving engineering throughput and reducing time-to-merge through intelligent agent coordination and codebase understanding.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Benchling provides an AI-powered cloud platform for scientific research teams to design experiments, automate lab workflows, and manage structured data from biomolecules to cell lines. The platform integrates predictive models, lab automation, and data capture to help researchers in biotech and life sciences accelerate discovery cycles.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Sajith Wickramasekara(Founder/CEO)
Black Forest Labs develops visual intelligence AI models, particularly the FLUX family of image generation and understanding models, that can be deployed via API, as open-weight models for custom infrastructure, or through an enterprise offering. The models serve developers, creative professionals, and organizations building visual content applications across design, e-commerce, media, and other industries.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper Tools
Boom designs Overture, a supersonic airliner intended to fly at twice the speed of conventional commercial aircraft while operating on sustainable aviation fuel. The company serves commercial airlines and government clients, with aircraft orders from major carriers and collaboration with aerospace suppliers and defense contractors.
Advanced ManufacturingSpace TechCentennial, US
Blake Scholl(Founder/CEO)in
Brex provides corporate cards, business accounts, and expense management software for startups and established companies. The platform combines card issuance, spending controls, and financial tools to help organizations manage their business finances across multiple countries and currencies.
FintechSan Francisco, US
Browser Use provides AI-powered browser automation infrastructure with anti-detection capabilities, CAPTCHA solving, and custom LLMs designed for web-based agent tasks at scale.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Cellanome is a biotech platform company that combines fluorescent live-cell imaging and single-cell transcriptomics to enable researchers to observe cellular dynamics, interactions, and state transitions over time across any cell type.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechMedical Devices
Omead Ostadan(CEO)
Chainalysis provides blockchain intelligence and transaction monitoring software for detecting and investigating illicit cryptocurrency activity. The platform serves cryptocurrency exchanges, financial institutions, law enforcement agencies, and regulators globally.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintechNew York City, US
Coinbase is a cryptocurrency exchange and financial platform that enables users to buy, sell, and manage digital assets including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies, while also offering advanced trading tools, staking rewards, and a stablecoin (USDC) for the broader crypto economy.
Crypto & Web3FintechLos Angeles, US
Brian Armstrong(Founder/CEO)in
Color delivers virtual oncologist-led cancer care from detection through survivorship, combining clinical expertise with technology to expand access to cancer care and improve patient outcomes.
Digital HealthHealthtech
Othman Laraki(CEO)
Course Hero provides AI-powered study assistance and educational resources for students, offering document analysis, tutoring services, and access to course materials from schools. The platform connects students with expert tutors and study materials to support academic learning across various disciplines.
AI & Machine LearningEdTech
Credit Karma is a financial management platform that provides users with personalized financial insights, credit monitoring, and personalized product recommendations to help them make informed financial decisions.
ConsumerFintechSan Francisco, US
Dapper Labs is a venture studio building consumer products centered on digital ownership, including NFT-based platforms like NBA Top Shot and CryptoKitties, and Flow, an open blockchain network used by millions of consumers and brands.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3
Roham Gharegozlou(Founder)Dieter Shirley(Founder)
Deel provides a unified platform combining payroll, HR administration, compliance, benefits, and equipment management for companies managing distributed workforces across multiple countries. The service operates through its own payroll infrastructure and supports various employment types in over 120 countries.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
DoorDash operates a restaurant delivery platform that connects customers with dining establishments across hundreds of cities in North America through a logistics network.
ConsumerFoodTechMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Tony Xu(Founder/CEO)inAndy Fang(Founder)inStanley Tang(Founder)in
Apollo.io provides a lead intelligence and sales engagement platform that helps sales teams research and contact prospects. The platform serves sales professionals at companies ranging from startups to large enterprises.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSan Francisco, US
Flatiron Health provides oncology-focused real-world data analytics and AI insights by aggregating and analyzing cancer patient information from millions of patients globally. The platform helps oncologists, researchers, and healthcare systems make evidence-based decisions for improved patient outcomes.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical DevicesNew York, US
Flexport is an AI-powered logistics platform that automates and optimizes supply chain operations from production to customer delivery through freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and fulfillment services.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Ryan Petersen(Founder/CEO)in
Formation Bio acquires clinical-stage drug candidates and develops them faster and more efficiently using proprietary technology and AI-driven platforms, focusing on reducing costs and timelines in the drug development lifecycle.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Slack is a messaging and collaboration platform that connects teams and integrates AI agents to coordinate work across multiple apps and conversations. It provides channels, video huddles, project management, automation workflows, and enterprise security for internal team coordination and external client communication.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Function Health is a preventive health membership that provides access to 160+ lab tests, advanced imaging, and doctor-reviewed insights to help members detect health changes early. The service is designed for individuals seeking comprehensive health monitoring outside the traditional insurance framework.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Mark Hyman, M.D.(CMO)
GOAT is an online marketplace for buying and selling sneakers, apparel, and collectibles from brands like Nike, adidas, and Air Jordan.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does SV Angel invest at?
- SV Angel invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does SV Angel focus on?
- SV Angel focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is SV Angel located?
- SV Angel is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamSV Angel’s Ron Conway: Silicon Valley’s Relationship Broker | Ep. 45 - YouTube
Uncapped with Jack Altman · Ron Conway
Watch CNBC's full interview with SV Angel's Ron Conway on investing in A.I. boom
Ron Conway
There's plenty of money out there for native AI companies, says SV Angel's Ron Conway - YouTube
CNBC Television · Ron Conway
SV Angel's Ron Conway: Here's what I look for when investing | Fortune - YouTube
Fortune Magazine · Ron Conway
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