Mr Ron Conway
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KANDO id: 85165

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.

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marketing (1)  
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YCW07 (1)  
software (1)  
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Actual initial investment stage
Seed (5)
Venture (2)

Selected investments

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Profile Country Date Funding
Chloe + Isabel Inc Innovative social commerce jewelry company that empowers and connects women through their own social selling experience. Seed
Chomp Inc Series A
ClassDojo Communication app that connects teachers, students, and parents. Seed Initial investment
Clearspring Technologies Inc Widget syndication and tracking and monetization service. N/A
ContextLogic Inc Seed
DanceJam Seed
Datahug Seed
Digg Inc User-driven social content. Series A
DotCloud Inc Seed
Edgeio Seed
EQAL Inc Series A
Eventbrite Inc Online event management and ticketing services Debt
Experience Project Inc A comfortable and supportive place for individuals to share and connect with others around the things that matter to them most Series A
Factery Venture
FitOrbit Inc (Global Fitness Media) One-to-one personal fitness and weight loss training to the Internet Series A
Flipboard Inc Digital social magazine aggregating web links from your social circle, i.e. Twitter & Facebook, & displays the content in magazine form on an iPad. N/A
Fluther Aquarium LLC Seed
Friend.ly Series A
Gigster Series A
Gowalla Inc Provider of a location-based social networking platform Series B
imeem Online music service company that gives fans instant access to almost any song they want, for free. Seed
Inadco Inc Series A
Kaboodle Inc Series A
Kickball Labs Inc Seed
Knewton Inc Online educational technology company, provides graduate management admission test and LSAT prep courses through live video online classrooms. Series A