Ron Conway
InvestorFounder and Managing Partner at SV Angel · Advisor, Founder of SV Angel at Liquid Ventures · Advisor at A.Capital Ventures · Founder, SV Angel at Higher Ground Labs
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Writes $25K – $100K checks · typically $50K
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About
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.
Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published
- r•••@svangel.comreveal75% confident
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Conway founded the Smart Tech Challenges Foundation, a nonprofit promoting firearms safety through technology, and donated $1 million to fund its Firearms Challenge. In 2012 Conway founded the San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology and Innovation (sf.citi), a civic organization advocating for the technology community. Conway co-founded the UCLA Venture Capital Fund to provide investments benefiting the University of California, Los Angeles.
- Education
- Studied at San Jose State University (BA, political science)
- Boards
- Conway serves as Vice Chairman of the UCSF Medical Foundation in San Francisco. Conway is on the advisory board of Sandy Hook Promise, a gun-violence prevention nonprofit. Conway serves on the Benefit Committee of the Tiger Woods Foundation. Conway resigned from the Salesforce Foundation board in 2025.
- Charities
- Conway joined The Giving Pledge in 2021, pledging to contribute a majority of his wealth to philanthropic causes.
- Communities
- Conway served as co-chair of the COVID-19 Technology Task Force, an industry coalition founded in March 2020.
From Ron's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Skills & more
From Ron's professional profile.
Investments
Board seats
Associated ContentBackflipPlaxoViTrue
Investor
Ask JeevesFacebookGoogleLoudcloudMarimba SystemsNapsterNingOdeoPayPalRed HerringRock YouTwitterYammerYelpZappos
Per curated public sources.
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Ron ConwaySV Angel’s Ron Conway: Silicon Valley’s Relationship Broker | Ep. 45
Uncapped with Jack Altman
There's plenty of money out there for native AI companies, says SV Angel's Ron Conway
CNBC Television
Watch CNBC's full interview with SV Angel's Ron Conway on investing in A.I. boom
cnbc.com
Learnings of Being an OG Angel Investor: Ron Conway and Topher Conway | Upfront Summit 2022
Upfront Ventures
SV Angel's Ron Conway: Here's what I look for when investing | Fortune
Fortune Magazine
Ron Conway at Startup School SV 2014
Y Combinator
3 more appearances
Colleagues at SV Angel
Network9
Investors connected to Ron in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ron Conway?
- 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.
- Where does Ron Conway work?
- Ron Conway is Founder and Managing Partner at SV Angel.
- What check size does Ron Conway write?
- Ron Conway typically writes checks of $25K – $100K.
- What boards does Ron Conway sit on?
- Ron Conway holds tracked board seats at Associated Content, Backflip, Plaxo, ViTrue.
- What companies has Ron Conway invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Ask Jeeves, Facebook, Google, Loudcloud, Marimba Systems, Napster, Ning, Odeo, PayPal, Red Herring, Rock You, Twitter, and 3 more.
- Where did Ron Conway go to school?
- Ron Conway studied at Harvard University.
- What podcasts and interviews feature Ron Conway?
- Tracked appearances include "SV Angel’s Ron Conway: Silicon Valley’s Relationship Broker | Ep. 45", "There's plenty of money out there for native AI companies, says SV Angel's Ron Conway", "Watch CNBC's full interview with SV Angel's Ron Conway on investing in A.I. boom", and 6 more.
Paths to reach Ron
People who overlapped with Ron at the same organization — a shared school or employer with one of them is a warm way in.
Together at A.Capital VenturesRon: Advisor
Together at Liquid VenturesRon: Advisor, Founder of SV Angel
Together at SV AngelRon: Founder and Managing Partner
Together at Higher Ground LabsRon: Founder, SV Angel
Same school
Also attended Harvard University1,961
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