SVA

SV Angel is a San Francisco-based seed fund founded in 2009, specializing in early-stage investments primarily within the Internet software sector. The firm adopts a portfolio approach to seed investing, distinguishing itself from traditional venture capital firms by not taking board seats and investing in a larger number of companies, often exceeding 100 annually. SV Angel leverages an extensive network to assist startups with business development, financing, mergers and acquisitions, and other strategic advice. This approach, pioneered by founder Ron Conway over 20 years ago, has enabled SV Angel to invest in and advise numerous successful companies, including notable names like Facebook, Google, and Airbnb. The firm continues to focus on providing support to technology-focused consumer and enterprise sectors across the United States.

Ashvin Bachireddy

Managing Partner

Ron Conway

Co-Managing Partner

Topher Conway

Managing Partner

Steven Lee

Partner

Brian Pokorny

Advisor

Peter Tseng

Investor

Beth Turner

Managing Partner - Seed

Past deals in ASIC

Reask

Seed Round in 2022
Reask is a science and technology company that focuses on natural hazard modeling. Reask offers real-time, post-event, and longer-term AI solutions for global weather-related catastrophes by Global Risk mapping and probabilistic trend forecasting of catastrophe risk analytics.

DELV

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a crypto-asset trading platform designed to provide liquidity on yield and principal tokens. The company's platform helps to buy and sell yield and principal tokens which do not require any minimum amount and its protocols work together to help create and usher in the new financial system, enabling users to grow their savings at a fixed rate and thereby gain capital efficiency.

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.

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.

Caspar.AI

Venture Round in 2020
Caspar is a rapidly growing, global company headquartered in Silicon Valley and offices in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Amsterdam and Tokyo. Caspar delivers a fully integrated smart home system powered by privacy preserving AI. With Caspar.AI home, operators of senior housing increase staff efficiency & prolong senior independence.

BLADE

Seed Round in 2019
BLADE Holdings, Inc. owns and operates a cryptocurrency derivative exchange. The company allows trading of cryptocuurency on perpetual basis. BLADE Holdings, Inc. is based in Seychelles.

quadric.io

Series A in 2019
quadric.io is an end-to-end architecture optimized for real-time edge computing. It aims to empower developers in every industry with superpowers to create tomorrow’s technology, today. The company also designed to meet the powerful needs of next-level autonomous products, like self-driving cars and robots. quadric.io was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA, USA.

ThunderCore

Series A in 2019
ThunderCore is a fast, high performance EVM-compatible public blockchain with fully decentralized trust that brings scale to decentralized applications - with higher throughput, faster confirmation times, and lower costs. Based on years of groundbreaking research by Professors Shi and Pass of Cornell University, ThunderCore uses a breakthrough consensus protocol that overcomes the fundamental limitations of Nakamoto consensus. The result maintains fully decentralized trust while significantly improving performance.​

Anchorage

Series A in 2019
Anchorage is the first crypto-native Qualified Custodian for institutional investors, offering a comprehensive platform complete with trading, staking, and governance. Co-founded by security engineers from Square and Docker, Anchorage has raised $57 million in funding from such leading investors as Visa and Andreessen Horowitz, and counts as clients many of crypto’s largest and best-known funds, including Blockchain Capital, BlockTower, Polychain, and Paradigm. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

RADAR

Series A in 2018
RADAR, established in 2017 and located in Fort Collins, Colorado, specializes in developing advanced analysis software and next-generation cryptocurrency exchange technology. The company utilizes blockchain and the 0x protocol to facilitate the trading of Ethereum-based tokens directly from Web3 or hardware wallets. This innovative approach enhances trading efficiency and security for users in the cryptocurrency market.

ThunderCore

Initial Coin Offering in 2018
ThunderCore is a fast, high performance EVM-compatible public blockchain with fully decentralized trust that brings scale to decentralized applications - with higher throughput, faster confirmation times, and lower costs. Based on years of groundbreaking research by Professors Shi and Pass of Cornell University, ThunderCore uses a breakthrough consensus protocol that overcomes the fundamental limitations of Nakamoto consensus. The result maintains fully decentralized trust while significantly improving performance.​

ThunderCore

Seed Round in 2018
ThunderCore is a fast, high performance EVM-compatible public blockchain with fully decentralized trust that brings scale to decentralized applications - with higher throughput, faster confirmation times, and lower costs. Based on years of groundbreaking research by Professors Shi and Pass of Cornell University, ThunderCore uses a breakthrough consensus protocol that overcomes the fundamental limitations of Nakamoto consensus. The result maintains fully decentralized trust while significantly improving performance.​

RADAR

Seed Round in 2017
RADAR, established in 2017 and located in Fort Collins, Colorado, specializes in developing advanced analysis software and next-generation cryptocurrency exchange technology. The company utilizes blockchain and the 0x protocol to facilitate the trading of Ethereum-based tokens directly from Web3 or hardware wallets. This innovative approach enhances trading efficiency and security for users in the cryptocurrency market.

Anchorage

Seed Round in 2017
Anchorage is the first crypto-native Qualified Custodian for institutional investors, offering a comprehensive platform complete with trading, staking, and governance. Co-founded by security engineers from Square and Docker, Anchorage has raised $57 million in funding from such leading investors as Visa and Andreessen Horowitz, and counts as clients many of crypto’s largest and best-known funds, including Blockchain Capital, BlockTower, Polychain, and Paradigm. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Anchorage

Seed Round in 2017
Anchorage is the first crypto-native Qualified Custodian for institutional investors, offering a comprehensive platform complete with trading, staking, and governance. Co-founded by security engineers from Square and Docker, Anchorage has raised $57 million in funding from such leading investors as Visa and Andreessen Horowitz, and counts as clients many of crypto’s largest and best-known funds, including Blockchain Capital, BlockTower, Polychain, and Paradigm. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

X1

Seed Round in 2017
X1 Card is the smartest credit card ever made. Built with 17g of stainless steel and laser etching technology, X1 Card reimagines the credit card from the ground up. It harnesses the power of technology to offer smart credit limits, an unparalleled rewards program, and automated features that will transform the way you shop and spend. X1 Card is partnered with Visa Signature, allowing cardholders to use it at more than 46 million merchants around the world. The company is cofounded by Twitter alums Deepak Rao and Siddharth Batra and backed by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and founding COO David Sacks, Harrison Metal founder Michael Dearing, former Twitter COO Adam Bain, Libra co-creator & Instagram’s former head of product Kevin Weil and more.

Carta

Series C in 2017
Carta is a transfer agent for private companies that enables seed-stage to pre-IPO companies to manage equity electronically with the participation of their shareholders, employees, auditors, and legal counsel. It digitizes paper stock certificates along with stock options, warrants, and derivatives to create a real-time image of who owns what at a startup. Carta receives funding from a group of investors, including Draper VC, Expansion VC, k9 Ventures, Elefund, Subtraction Capital, Scott Banister, XG Ventures, Kima Ventures, Andy Palmer, and Structure Capital. It was founded by Manu Kumar and Henry Ward in 2012 as eShares, Carta is based in Mountain View, California.

quadric.io

Seed Round in 2017
quadric.io is an end-to-end architecture optimized for real-time edge computing. It aims to empower developers in every industry with superpowers to create tomorrow’s technology, today. The company also designed to meet the powerful needs of next-level autonomous products, like self-driving cars and robots. quadric.io was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA, USA.

Caspar.AI

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Caspar is a rapidly growing, global company headquartered in Silicon Valley and offices in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Amsterdam and Tokyo. Caspar delivers a fully integrated smart home system powered by privacy preserving AI. With Caspar.AI home, operators of senior housing increase staff efficiency & prolong senior independence.

LedgerX

Series A in 2014
LedgerX LLC operates an online institutional derivatives exchange platform specifically for digital currencies. Founded in 2013 and based in Vail, Colorado, the company has sought registration with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to function as a swap execution facility and derivatives clearing organization. Formerly known as NYBX INC, LedgerX is focused on providing a regulated environment for trading digital currency futures and options. The platform features physical settlement of contracts, block trading, and algorithmic trading, enabling both individual traders and institutions to transact in cryptocurrencies efficiently. As a subsidiary of NYBX LLC, LedgerX is positioned to enhance the trading landscape for digital assets.

Casetext

Seed Round in 2013
Casetext, Inc. is an automated legal research company that specializes in developing artificial intelligence-based tools for lawyers and legal firms. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers its flagship product, CARA, an AI-powered research assistant that enhances legal research efficiency. CARA analyzes uploaded documents, conducts algorithmic queries across a comprehensive legal database, and identifies relevant case law, allowing legal professionals to find pertinent authorities more quickly. Casetext's technology is widely adopted by a range of legal practitioners, from large Am Law 100 firms to solo practitioners, and is designed to improve the accuracy and speed of legal research by focusing on the context of inquiries. The company was established by a team of former litigators, data scientists, and AI engineers dedicated to transforming the legal research landscape.