SV Angel

---
aid: sv-angel
name: SV Angel
description: >-
  SV Angel is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Ron
  Conway, one of Silicon Valley's most prolific angel investors. The firm runs two
  vehicles: an early-stage Seed Fund that writes roughly $200k checks into pre-seed
  and seed rounds, and a later-stage Growth Fund that invests at Series B and beyond.
  SV Angel is a founder-first, high-conviction investor that deliberately does not
  lead rounds, takes no board seats, and writes smaller checks as part of a larger
  syndicate so it can act as a neutral "routing layer" and advocate for founders. It
  is famous for its "Inflection Point Approach" — showing up at critical moments
  around fundraising, M&A, and business development. The firm invests almost entirely
  in US-based, software-driven companies across consumer and enterprise, and its
  portfolio has produced dozens of unicorns and landmark outcomes including Google,
  Airbnb, Coinbase, Stripe, Slack, Instacart, DoorDash, Reddit, Pinterest, GitHub,
  Databricks, Anthropic, and OpenAI.
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Angel
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://svangel.com/favicon.ico
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Angel
  - Seed
  - Growth
  - Developer Tools
  - Fintech
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Enterprise
  - San Francisco
  - United States
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://svangel.com/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://svangel.com/portfolio
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/sv-angel-portfolio.yml
  - type: Team
    url: https://svangel.com/about/team
  - type: Team
    url: team/sv-angel-team.yml
  - type: InvestmentThesis
    url: https://svangel.com/about/approach
  - type: Blog
    url: https://medium.com/@svangel
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sv-angel
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/svangel
  - type: Crunchbase
    url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/sv-angel
  - type: Jobs
    url: https://jobs.svangel.com/
  - type: Features
    data:
      - 'Stage: Seed (Seed Fund) and Growth (Series B and later)'
      - 'Typical check: ~$200k (Seed Fund)'
      - 'Lead investor: No — does not lead rounds, smaller check within a syndicate'
      - 'Board seats: No — chooses not to take board seats'
      - 'Sectors: software, consumer, enterprise, AI, fintech, developer tools, healthcare, crypto'
      - 'Geography: primarily US-based, invests outside Silicon Valley'
      - 'Founded: 2009'
      - 'HQ: San Francisco, CA'
      - 'Founder: Ron Conway'
    sources:
      - https://svangel.com/faq
      - https://svangel.com/about
    updated: '2026-07-17'
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: info@apievangelist.com
    url: https://apievangelist.com
  - FN: APIs.json
    url: http://apisjson.org
  - FN: SV Angel
    url: https://svangel.com