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
	Kno Inc	Developed a digital learning environment for students to read textbooks, take notes, and share materials with friends and teachers	United States	23 Dec 2009	Series A
	Kyte (decentraltv Corp)	Mobile video platform.	United States	1 Jul 2007	Series A
	Lionside			1 Nov 2010	Series A
	LOLapps	Developer of Facebook applications and games	United States	1 Sep 2008	Series A
	Loomia Inc	Social recommendations solutions for online content businesses	United States	1 Jun 2005	Seed
	Luminate Inc	Web-based company that makes images interactive.	United States	24 Mar 2009	Series A
	Magnetic Media Online Inc		United States	16 Jun 2010	Series A
	Mill River Labs (TradeVibes)			1 Jan 2008	Seed
	Mint.com (Mint)	Free online personal finance company.	United States	2 Nov 2006	Seed
	Monitor110			1 Nov 2006	Series C
	Motally Inc		United States	1 Jun 2009	Series A
	Odeo			1 Aug 2005	Series A
	Offermatic Inc		United States	9 Mar 2011	Series A
	Ooyala Inc	Online video technology, analytics and monetization company.	United States	1 Jun 2007	Series A
	OpenSky	OpenSky is a leading e-commerce platform curated by celebrities and experts.	United States	1 May 2009	Series A
	Optimizely Inc	Developer of online A/B testing solutions	United States	18 Nov 2010	Seed
	PBworks Inc (PBwiki Inc)			1 Feb 2007	Series B
	PBworks Inc (PBwiki Inc)			1 Sep 2006	Series A
	Pinterest Inc	Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.	United States	7 May 2011	Series A
	Platial Inc		United States	1 Feb 2007	Series A
	Platial Inc		United States	1 Oct 2005	Seed
	Pownce			1 Jan 2008	Seed
	PurePlay	Real-money online subscription poker	United States	1 May 2008	Series C
	PureVideo Networks Inc			1 Jan 2005	Seed
	Radar Networks	Enriching content for a new dimension of the Web.	United States	1 Apr 2006	Series A