Overview

Number of Portfolio Companies 95
Number of Exits 
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  • Primary Job Title Founder & Co-Managing Partner
  • Primary Organization 
    SVA
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
  • Number of Exits 

Ronald Conway has been an active angel investor for over 15 years. He was the Founder and Managing Partner of the Angel Investors LP funds (1998-2005) whose investments included: Google, Ask Jeeves, Paypal, Good Technology, Opsware, and Brightmail.

Ronald was previously with National Semiconductor Corporation in marketing positions from

1973-1979, and Altos Computer Systems as a co-founder, President and CEO from 1979-1990. He eventually took Altos public in 1982 and served as CEO of Personal Training Systems (PTS) from 1991-1995. PTS went on to be acquired by SmartForce/SkillSoft.

Ronald has served/serves on Boards/Advisory Boards including: Twitter, Digg, Brightmail, Ask Jeeves, Rupture (acquired by EA), Associated Content (acquired by Yahoo!), Facebook, RockYou, ScanScout, Zappos, Trulia, StumbleUpon, Plaxo (acquired by Comcast), Photobucket (acquired by Fox), and Anchor Intelligence (co-founder).

Ronald was recently named #6 in Forbes Magazine Midas list of top deal-makers in 2008 and is actively involved in numerous philanthropic endeavors. Ronald is Vice Chairman of the UCSF Medical Foundation in SF, Board Member of The Tiger Woods Foundation, and SF Homeless Connect, and on the Benefit Committee of Ronald McDonald House, College Track, and the Blacked Eyed Peas-PeaPod Academy Foundation.

Ronald is also featured in Gary Rivlin's book _The Godfather of Silicon Valley: Ronald Conway and the Fall of the Dot-coms, described as 'the man who has placed more bets on Internet start-ups than anyone else in Silicon Valley.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments 103
Ronald Conway has made 103 investments. Their latest investment was Series B - Kumo.AI on Sep 27, 2022, when Kumo.AI raised
$18M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Sep 27, 2022
Kumo.AI
Series B - Kumo.AI
$18M
May 6, 2022
Tomorrow Farms
Seed Round - Tomorrow Farms
$8.5M
Apr 7, 2022
Kumo.AI
Series A - Kumo.AI
$18.5M
Feb 2, 2022
Synapticure
Seed Round - Synapticure
$6M
Jan 19, 2022
Ambient.ai
Venture Round - Ambient.ai
$52M
Oct 9, 2021
Blip Energy
Yes
Pre Seed Round - Blip Energy
$850K
Feb 20, 2019
Armorblox
Series A - Armorblox
$16.5M
Feb 1, 2018
Joby Aviation
Series B - Joby Aviation
$100M
Dec 19, 2017
One Concern
Series A - One Concern
$22.6M
May 1, 2015
Overlay
Angel Round - Overlay
$1.5M

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments 67
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Dec 17, 2020
Walnut
SVA
Seed Round - Walnut
$3.5M
Aug 4, 2020
ANA Therapeutics
SVA
Seed Round - ANA Therapeutics
$5M
Jan 28, 2019
Hims & Hers
SVA
Series C - Hims & Hers
$100M
Nov 2, 2017
Hims & Hers
SVA
Series A - Hims & Hers
$7M
Jul 31, 2017
Reddit
SVA
No
Series C - Reddit
$200M
Nov 30, 2016
Grokker
SVA
No
Series B - Grokker
$7M
Dec 7, 2015
Gigster
SVA
No
Series A - Gigster
$10M
Nov 4, 2015
Watsi
SVA
No
Series A - Watsi
$3.5M
Jul 14, 2015
Rescale
SVA
Venture Round - Rescale
$6.4M
May 8, 2015
Pinterest
SVA
Yes
Series G - Pinterest
$186M

Exits

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Ronald Conway has exits. Their most notable exits are Yardbarker MediaX (formerly Twitter), and Wish.
  • Yardbarker Media Yardbarker Media Yardbarker is a digital media property focused on the publishing of sports and entertainment news and information.
  • X (formerly Twitter) X is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read microblogs.
  • Wish Wish is an e-commerce shopping app, putting a digital shopping mall of affordable goods directly in the pockets of consumers worldwide.
  • WePay WePay is an online payment service company that provides secure and comprehensive APIs designed for ISVs and SaaS providers.
  • Weebly Weebly is a consumer service that lets people create a website, blog or online store.
  • Vook Vook was a self-publishing service for authors.
  • Vizu Corporation Vizu Corporation is an enterprise technology platform allowing advertisers to target audiences through the purchase funnel.
  • TrialPay TrialPay is an offer-based payments platform enabling customers to pay for one item by trying or buying something else.
  • Svpply Svpply is a social shopping site that enables users to register and start keeping track of products that they like.
  • StumbleUpon StumbleUpon is a discovery engine that finds and recommends personalized web content to its users.

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs 5
Number of Past Jobs 5
Ronald Conway has 5 current jobs including Founder at Smart Tech Foundation, Founder & Co-Managing Partner at SVA, and CEO at Personal Training Systems. Additionally, Ronald Conway has had 5 past jobs including Founder & Managing Partner at Angel Investors LP.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Angel Investors LP
Founder & Managing Partner19982005
Mindbody Business
CEO19911995
Altos Computer Systems
President and CEO19791990
National Semiconductor
Marketing Positions19731979
Anchor Intelligence
Founder

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 23
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 9
Ronald Conway holds 23 board and advisor roles including Business Advisor at Supermoon Capital, Member of the Board of Advisory at Nixtrader, and Chairman of the Board of Directors at sf.citi.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Topsy Labs
Member of the Board of AdvisorySep 2009
X (formerly Twitter)
Member of the Board of Directors
Photobucket
Member of the Board of Directors
RockYou
Member of the Board of Directors
Vitrue
Member of the Board of Advisor
Plaxo
Member of the Board of Directors
Rupture
Member of the Board of Directors
Meta
Member of the Board of Directors
StumbleUpon
Member of the Board of Directors

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Education

Ronald Conway studied at San Jose State University.

Events

Recent News and Activity

Number of News Articles 2,044
Funding RoundSep 27, 2022
Kumo.AI raised $18,000,000 / Series B from A.Capital Ventures and 8 other investors
Funding RoundMay 6, 2022
Tomorrow Farms raised $8,500,000 / Seed from Lowercarbon Capital and 8 other investors
Funding RoundApr 7, 2022
Kumo.AI raised $18,500,000 / Series A from A.Capital Ventures and 11 other investors
Funding RoundFeb 2, 2022
Synapticure raised $6,000,000 / Seed from Adam Koppel and 13 other investors
Funding RoundJan 19, 2022
Ambient.ai raised $52,000,000 / Series Unknown from Ali Rowghani and 5 other investors
Funding RoundOct 9, 2021
Blip Energy raised $850,000 / Pre Seed from Chris Wu and 4 other investors
NewsSep 29, 2019
California Lines : Latest News headlines, Breaking News, exclusives and opinion — FABA 2019: Einstein Studios Named "Startup of the Year" in San Francisco