SV Angel

SV Angel is a San Francisco-based seed fund founded by Ron Conway, specializing in early-stage investments primarily in the Internet software sector. Established in 1992, the firm distinguishes itself from traditional venture capital by adopting a portfolio approach, investing in a larger number of companies while refraining from taking board seats. This allows SV Angel to focus on providing extensive business development, financing, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic advice to its portfolio companies. Over the years, SV Angel has supported numerous high-profile startups, including Facebook, Google, and Airbnb. The firm continues to leverage its extensive network to facilitate growth and innovation within the companies it invests in, aiming to foster a thriving startup ecosystem across the United States.

Ron Conway

Founder and Managing Partner

Ronald Conway

Founder and Managing Partner

Topher Conway

Managing Partner

Sourav Gupta

Principal

Steven Lee

Partner

Robert Pollak

Partner

Beth Turner

Managing Partner - Seed

Past deals in API

Center

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Center is an API for NFT metadata. Center is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and was founded in 2021.

Alt

Series A in 2021
Alt Platform, Inc. is an online platform focused on the research, transaction, and security of alternative assets, particularly sports cards. Established in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company aims to enhance the transparency and liquidity of these assets, making it easier for individuals to buy, sell, and store them. Through its dedicated platform, Alt provides users with access to a growing market for alternative investments, catering to both collectors and investors seeking to diversify their portfolios.

AIDE

Seed Round in 2021
AIDE is a home medical care mobile application developed by Aide Partners Inc., headquartered in Quezon City, Philippines. Founded in 2016, the platform facilitates the connection between patients and medical professionals, allowing users to search, select, and book healthcare providers based on their specific specialties. By enhancing access to quality medical care within the comfort of patients' homes, AIDE aims to make healthcare services more convenient and affordable. The application serves as a valuable resource for both patients seeking competent medical assistance and professionals looking to offer their services.

CherryPie

Pre Seed Round in 2020
CherryPie creates API monetization without the need to build its own billing system. The company is based in San Francisco, California.

Alt

Seed Round in 2020
Alt Platform, Inc. is an online platform focused on the research, transaction, and security of alternative assets, particularly sports cards. Established in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company aims to enhance the transparency and liquidity of these assets, making it easier for individuals to buy, sell, and store them. Through its dedicated platform, Alt provides users with access to a growing market for alternative investments, catering to both collectors and investors seeking to diversify their portfolios.

Airkit

Series A in 2020
Airkit, Inc. is a digital customer-led automation platform based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2017. The company specializes in a low-code customer engagement platform that enables sales, service, and operations teams to create customized customer journeys. Its platform facilitates various customer interactions, including scheduling appointments, capturing information, accepting payments through multiple channels, and utilizing GPS for location-aware workflows. Through these features, Airkit empowers businesses to enhance customer satisfaction, drive revenue, and improve contact center productivity.

Agave

Venture Round in 2019
Agave is a free hiring platform that offers job postings, hosted career pages, customer relationship management tools and full API read and write access. Today's hiring software is slow, expensive, and painful. They are on a mission to make hiring software faster, better, and cost-effective.

Pearl

Seed Round in 2019
Pearl is an all-in-one platform for fan communities and monetization. It leverages exclusive content, paid interactions, and audio chatrooms to build community and recurring revenue.

Chainalysis

Series B in 2019
Chainalysis Inc. is a blockchain analysis company that specializes in anti-money laundering software tailored for cryptocurrency businesses. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the company offers a range of products aimed at enhancing compliance and mitigating risks associated with cryptocurrency transactions. Key offerings include REACTOR, an interactive investigation tool that identifies offenders and visualizes data, and an API that provides transaction-based risk scoring by analyzing the sources and destinations of funds. Additionally, Chainalysis provides activity monitoring reports and diligence tools to help financial institutions assess emerging threats and estimate criminal revenues. Its services cater to government agencies, banks, exchanges, insurance companies, and cryptocurrency businesses, facilitating safer interactions within the decentralized financial landscape. The company also has offices in Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Singapore.

ClearMD

Seed Round in 2018
Developer of custom formulas created to meet skin's unique needs. The company offers a custom blend of three ingredients to combat breakouts, hormonal acne, fine lines, and other skin conditions, enabling individuals to optimally maintain skin health and glow.

Rapid

Series A in 2018
RapidAPI is an API marketplace that aids developers to connect directly to thousands of public APIs. APIs are the language that software uses to communicate and connect. RapidAPI lets developers manage all API integrations from one place and gives a real-time performance metrics. The company believes that it can get exponentially better by sharing data and functionality with each other. RapidAPI was founded on 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Rapid

Seed Round in 2016
RapidAPI is an API marketplace that aids developers to connect directly to thousands of public APIs. APIs are the language that software uses to communicate and connect. RapidAPI lets developers manage all API integrations from one place and gives a real-time performance metrics. The company believes that it can get exponentially better by sharing data and functionality with each other. RapidAPI was founded on 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Rapid

Seed Round in 2016
RapidAPI is an API marketplace that aids developers to connect directly to thousands of public APIs. APIs are the language that software uses to communicate and connect. RapidAPI lets developers manage all API integrations from one place and gives a real-time performance metrics. The company believes that it can get exponentially better by sharing data and functionality with each other. RapidAPI was founded on 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Kimono Labs

Seed Round in 2016
Kimono is a way to turn websites into structured APIs from your browser in seconds. You don't need to write any code or install any software to extract data with Kimono. The easiest way to use Kimono is to add our bookmarklet to your browser's bookmark bar. Then go to the website you want to get data from and click the bookmarklet. Select the data you want and Kimono does the rest.

ReadMe

Seed Round in 2015
ReadMe.io Co. specializes in providing documentation services that enable companies to create and manage developer portals. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, the company offers a range of features, including custom JavaScript and HTML solutions, user management, two-factor authentication, and documentation migration. Its platform allows users to develop comprehensive documentation, combining tutorials, topical guides, and API exploration to foster productive developer communities. Additionally, ReadMe provides tools for document collaboration, markdown-based editing, and versioning, ensuring that documentation remains current and accessible. The community-oriented features of the platform are designed to enhance user engagement and drive the adoption of products and services.

LiftIgniter

Seed Round in 2015
LiftIgniter is the personalization API. We are a machine learning personalization layer that powers intelligent, real-time, dynamic learning interactions on all customer touchpoints. Each user action has an intelligent reaction. LiftIgniter was part of the Winter 2014 YCombinator class and is based in San Francisco, California.

Amino

Seed Round in 2014
Amino Apps is a mobile community platform that connects individuals through shared interests and passions. Established in 2011, the platform facilitates a network of communities where users can explore, discover, and engage deeply with various topics. Through features such as chat, blogs, and polls, Amino enables users to unite with like-minded individuals from around the world, fostering interaction and collaboration within these interest-based groups.

Layer

Seed Round in 2013
Layer, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that develops an open communications platform designed to enhance customer interactions through rich messaging, voice, and video capabilities. Founded in 2011, Layer provides a variety of developer tools, including Atlas, a customizable UI kit for messaging; SDKs for iOS and Android; and APIs that facilitate the integration of chat and communication services into web and mobile applications. The platform enables businesses to synchronize customer conversations across multiple channels, including mobile, web, and voice, thereby improving customer relationships throughout their lifecycle. Layer emphasizes great engineering and design, aiming to deliver a seamless and engaging experience for both developers and end-users.

Layer

Seed Round in 2013
Layer, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that develops an open communications platform designed to enhance customer interactions through rich messaging, voice, and video capabilities. Founded in 2011, Layer provides a variety of developer tools, including Atlas, a customizable UI kit for messaging; SDKs for iOS and Android; and APIs that facilitate the integration of chat and communication services into web and mobile applications. The platform enables businesses to synchronize customer conversations across multiple channels, including mobile, web, and voice, thereby improving customer relationships throughout their lifecycle. Layer emphasizes great engineering and design, aiming to deliver a seamless and engaging experience for both developers and end-users.

Ark

Seed Round in 2012
Ark.com, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that offers a search engine service focused on helping users find people. Founded in 2010, the platform enables individuals to reconnect with old classmates, establish new business contacts, and locate friends through various search filters, including location, employer, schools, and interests. By streamlining the process of discovering information about emails, contacts, and social networks, Ark provides users with a convenient and efficient way to access a wealth of information about individuals.

Apollo GraphQL

Seed Round in 2011
Driving the momentum behind GraphQL, its Data Graph Platform helps developers, startups, and enterprises get the most out of GraphQL. Apollo builds open source tools and commercial services used by thousands of developers in production and has cultivated a strong community around GraphQL. With the Apollo Data Graph Platform, customers like Expedia, Airbnb, Audi, SurveyMonkey, and others rapidly implement GraphQL, consistent with industry best practices, providing their customers with the high-quality, personalized digital experiences they expect—on all of their devices. Based in San Francisco, Apollo is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, Webb Investment Network, and Trinity Ventures.

Game Closure

Seed Round in 2011
The Game Closure SDK is an HTML-based multiplayer game development environment. Its customers can use familiar Web APIs to create production quality games.The company's mobile application helps game studios to develop and publish games across the iOS and Android ecosystems, enabling users to play games on various devices.

ShuttleCloud

Seed Round in 2011
ShuttleCloud Corp. operates a robust API platform designed for the migration of email, contacts, and other user data. Founded in 2010 and based in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in Madrid, Spain, ShuttleCloud enables companies to facilitate the import of user data from over 200 Internet service providers. The platform is particularly scalable, handling the migration of more than 3 million contacts and 30 million emails daily, thereby enhancing user growth and engagement through streamlined data transfer services. ShuttleCloud has established partnerships with major companies, including Google, Yahoo, Comcast, and Time Warner Cable, to provide comprehensive migration solutions. The company has garnered support from notable investors and was incubated at Techstars.

Wavii

Seed Round in 2010
Wavii is an online platform that utilizes proprietary Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology to automatically generate status updates about various topics, including celebrities, companies, and politicians. By analyzing and condensing information from articles, tweets, and blogs available on the internet, Wavii effectively de-duplicates stories and highlights significant events such as political victories, breakups, acquisitions, and product releases. Users can follow topics of interest in a manner similar to following friends on social media, with updates delivered via the web or a smartphone application. This innovative approach allows users to stay informed about the subjects that matter most to them.

Mashery

Seed Round in 2007
Mashery is the world's leading provider of API technology and services. We have helped over 175 top brands—including USA TODAY, Comcast, Hoover's, Klout, Associated Press, Rdio, and Travelocity—take advantage of APIs to build new revenue channels, speed time-to-market, and spur innovation. Mashery's unique, holistic approach to API management encompasses working with clients to craft profitable platform strategies, ensuring fast, reliable API access, and facilitating relationships with our network of developers. Since Mashery was founded in 2006, we have built a global API delivery network that supports 60,000 active apps built by over 200,000 developers. In May 2013, we officially became a part of Intel Corporation.
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