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 Photo Software

Magical

Series A in 2022
Developer of a text expander software designed to perform repetitive tasks. The company's platform helps to format shortcuts with ease, tag them to find when required as well as does not collect or store keystrokes along with inserting snippets of text, such as words, emojis, phrases, or paragraphs only by typing in a custom abbreviation, enabling businesses to stay productive anywhere on the internet.

Pop

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Pop is a company that develops software aimed at simplifying the customization of photos and videos for both consumers and businesses. It operates two main applications, StickerPop and FilterPop, designed to assist artists in generating passive income. Additionally, Pop serves as a social platform tailored for a younger generation that did not have the opportunity to engage with Facebook, providing a space for creative expression and interaction.

POPARAZZI

Seed Round in 2018
Poparazzi is a photo-sharing application that enables users to create social profiles for their friends and share photos of them. Currently available only on iOS, the app aims to foster empathy and authentic connections among its users. By allowing individuals to take on the role of "paparazzi" for their friends, Poparazzi encourages a social experience where sharing moments becomes a means of bringing people closer together. The company's mission emphasizes spreading empathy and creating genuine interactions, positioning it as a unique platform in the realm of social media.

Pagedraw

Seed Round in 2018
Pagedraw develops software that helps designers in turning drawings and mock-ups of websites into working software codes. It input drawings and gives semantic and production ready codes as outputs. Pagedraw was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Mirror Emoji Keyboard

Seed Round in 2017
Mirror uses a single selfie to instantly create hundreds of emoji that look like you and your friends. You can then use these in all messengers.

SelfMade

Series A in 2017
SelfMade, Inc. is a New York-based technology company that specializes in image transformation and sharing, particularly tailored for social media. Established in 2015, it provides a members-only mobile application that employs artificial intelligence and proprietary technology to connect users with professional photo editors and social media strategists. This platform enables individuals and brands to enhance their online presence by offering personalized photo editing services and strategic social media support. Users can determine their brand aesthetic, develop growth strategies, and optimize posting schedules, making professional-grade marketing accessible to a broader audience. By democratizing access to high-quality image editing and social media management, SelfMade empowers its members to effectively express and grow their personal brands.

SelfMade

Seed Round in 2016
SelfMade, Inc. is a New York-based technology company that specializes in image transformation and sharing, particularly tailored for social media. Established in 2015, it provides a members-only mobile application that employs artificial intelligence and proprietary technology to connect users with professional photo editors and social media strategists. This platform enables individuals and brands to enhance their online presence by offering personalized photo editing services and strategic social media support. Users can determine their brand aesthetic, develop growth strategies, and optimize posting schedules, making professional-grade marketing accessible to a broader audience. By democratizing access to high-quality image editing and social media management, SelfMade empowers its members to effectively express and grow their personal brands.

Remix

Seed Round in 2014
Remix Software, Inc. provides a planning platform for public transit, designing streets, and managing new mobility. It provides transportation agencies with statistics on collisions, curb and street density, demographics, and ridership. Remix Software, Inc. was formerly known as TransitMix. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Sunrise

Seed Round in 2014
Sunrise is a free calendar app. Designed with love, Sunrise is a new experience that will make your life easier. Available on Android, iPhone, iPad & Web.

Aura Frames

Venture Round in 2013
Aura Frames is a company specializing in smart digital picture frames that allow users to display and share photographs of family and friends. Founded in 2012 and based in New York, the company offers a user-friendly app that enables instant photo sharing to its Wi-Fi-enabled frames, effectively bridging distances between loved ones. Aura Frames aims to enhance the experience of memory sharing by transforming how people interact with their photos, moving them off phones and into their daily lives. The company's innovative approach combines technology and design to create a platform that fosters connections through visual storytelling.

Ever

Seed Round in 2013
Ever AI, founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, California, develops a mobile application designed for storing and organizing digital photos. The company specializes in face recognition technology, offering self-hosted APIs and mobile SDKs that cater to various industries, including retail, payments, autonomous transportation, government and military, law enforcement, and identity management. Leveraging advancements in artificial intelligence and deep learning, Ever AI aims to enhance user experiences through its innovative solutions, which focus on accuracy, security, and convenience in face recognition applications.

Hey Inc.

Seed Round in 2013
Hey Inc. is a company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2012. It develops Heyday, an automatic journal application designed for mobile devices that helps users document their life experiences. The app allows individuals to effortlessly track the places they visit, the activities they engage in, and the people they interact with. Heyday automatically organizes photos into aesthetically pleasing collages, which can be customized with various layouts and filters. This functionality enables users to rediscover significant moments from their past by searching through their memories by time, place, and people. The primary mission of Heyday is to assist people in preserving the narrative of their lives in a private and visually appealing manner.

Swipe Labs

Seed Round in 2013
Swipe allows users to share private photos and videos that wouldn’t get posted on Facebook. It experiments with new social products to craft better mobile communication experiences for the users. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Frontback

Seed Round in 2013
Frontback is a camera application headquartered in San Francisco, California, that allows users to capture and share moments from dual perspectives. By utilizing both the front and back cameras of smartphones, the app enables users to take a photo of themselves and another of their surroundings simultaneously, merging the two into a single image. Users can enhance their photos with captions and location information, and share their creations instantly across various social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The application also features advanced gestures for easily switching between cameras and facilitates finding and following friends from users’ contacts and other social networks.

Memoir

Convertible Note in 2013
Memoir transforms your photos, the places you go, and your social media into memories that can be relived when they’re most interesting to you. As soon as you request them, the photos your friends choose to share with you become part of your Memoir seamlessly. You can find memories and photos by people, places, dates, context, and more - no tagging or organization required. Memoir discovers photos and memories wherever they were created - iPhone cameras, DSLR's, Instagram, Facebook, Foursquare - even on your computer. With Memoir, all of your photos and memories are backed up securely to the cloud.

Leo

Seed Round in 2013
Leo is the fastest and easiest way to share moments of your life with family and friends. Connect with your favorite people through short-lived photos, videos and texts, captured in the moment. Messages disappear a few seconds after viewing them.

Overlay Studio

Seed Round in 2013
Studio is a social design platform that allows users to browse and remix designs from other users. It provides an application that lets users browse, remix designs, add layers to photos that enable users to beautify their photographs.

KeepSafe

Seed Round in 2013
Keepsafe Software Inc. is a company that specializes in digital privacy solutions, providing applications designed to protect personal content on mobile devices. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, Keepsafe offers a suite of apps, including Keepsafe Photos, Keepsafe Documents, and AppLock, which allow users to secure and manage their private photos, videos, and documents. The software is available for both iOS and Android platforms and is designed to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data, enabling users to maintain ownership over their digital privacy while providing options for safe sharing. Keepsafe aims to simplify the management of personal information in the digital realm, making privacy as straightforward as it is in the physical world.

Koa.la

Series A in 2013
Koala develops a photo-sharing application which can be integrated into smartphone messenger. Koala was formerly known as Albumatic Inc. and changed its name to Koala in November 2013. It was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

KeepSafe

Series A in 2013
Keepsafe Software Inc. is a company that specializes in digital privacy solutions, providing applications designed to protect personal content on mobile devices. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, Keepsafe offers a suite of apps, including Keepsafe Photos, Keepsafe Documents, and AppLock, which allow users to secure and manage their private photos, videos, and documents. The software is available for both iOS and Android platforms and is designed to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data, enabling users to maintain ownership over their digital privacy while providing options for safe sharing. Keepsafe aims to simplify the management of personal information in the digital realm, making privacy as straightforward as it is in the physical world.

Snap

Series B in 2013
Snap Inc. is a multinational camera company that operates the popular photo messaging application, Snapchat. This platform enables users to communicate through short videos and images, known as Snaps, while offering various features such as personalized camera tools, group chats, and the ability to create and view stories. Snapchat's Discover section curates content from publishers and creators based on user interests. The Snap Map feature provides a live map displaying user locations, nearby friends, and popular stories. Additionally, the Memories function allows users to save and organize their Snaps in a searchable collection. In 2016, Snap launched Spectacles, video-sharing sunglasses that facilitate capturing content from a first-person perspective. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Snap Inc. was previously known as Snapchat, Inc.

FiftyThree

Series A in 2013
FiftyThree, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in developing applications for capturing and enhancing ideas. Founded in 2011, the company is known for its flagship product, Paper, which transforms an iPad into a versatile sketchpad, notebook, and journal, enabling users to create and organize their thoughts visually. Additionally, FiftyThree offers Pencil, a stylus designed for use with iPads and iPhones, enhancing the drawing and writing experience. The company also provides collaborative tools aimed at helping teams gather, organize, and share ideas effectively, thereby fostering creativity and productivity. As of 2018, FiftyThree operates as a subsidiary of WeTransfer BV.

imgix

Series A in 2013
imgix is a provider of on-demand image processing for websites and mobile apps. imgix’s API gives developers the power to perform image transformations at scale -- from simple crops and compression down to complex things like changing color profiles and adding watermarks -- in real-time before an image is served. This means images load faster and look better on every screen while saving bandwidth and storage space. imgix is venture-backed, with about $10 million in investment, and was launched through the famed Y Combinator accelerator program. Its customers include Dropbox, Reddit, Lyft, Kickstarter, Coursera, Bonobos, The Guardian, Brit + Co., Bustle, and many others.

Koa.la

Series A in 2013
Koala develops a photo-sharing application which can be integrated into smartphone messenger. Koala was formerly known as Albumatic Inc. and changed its name to Koala in November 2013. It was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Snap

Series A in 2013
Snap Inc. is a multinational camera company that operates the popular photo messaging application, Snapchat. This platform enables users to communicate through short videos and images, known as Snaps, while offering various features such as personalized camera tools, group chats, and the ability to create and view stories. Snapchat's Discover section curates content from publishers and creators based on user interests. The Snap Map feature provides a live map displaying user locations, nearby friends, and popular stories. Additionally, the Memories function allows users to save and organize their Snaps in a searchable collection. In 2016, Snap launched Spectacles, video-sharing sunglasses that facilitate capturing content from a first-person perspective. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Snap Inc. was previously known as Snapchat, Inc.

Picturelife

Series A in 2012
The Picturelife team is a group of accomplished software engineers and designers that came together to solve a frustrating problem that everyone has: keeping our pictures safe and secure. It takes a fraction of a second to capture a memory that's meant to last forever, but just an instant to lose it to a thief, data corruption, or natural disaster. That’s why we built Picturelife. We’ve been working hard to make Picturelife the service we always wanted. We want our pictures safely backed because we're afraid of losing them. We value our privacy so we built Picturelife to be private and secure by default. And we're always on the go, so we made Picturelife accessible from any computer or device with an Internet connection.

Frontback

Seed Round in 2012
Frontback is a camera application headquartered in San Francisco, California, that allows users to capture and share moments from dual perspectives. By utilizing both the front and back cameras of smartphones, the app enables users to take a photo of themselves and another of their surroundings simultaneously, merging the two into a single image. Users can enhance their photos with captions and location information, and share their creations instantly across various social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The application also features advanced gestures for easily switching between cameras and facilitates finding and following friends from users’ contacts and other social networks.

FiftyThree

Seed Round in 2012
FiftyThree, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in developing applications for capturing and enhancing ideas. Founded in 2011, the company is known for its flagship product, Paper, which transforms an iPad into a versatile sketchpad, notebook, and journal, enabling users to create and organize their thoughts visually. Additionally, FiftyThree offers Pencil, a stylus designed for use with iPads and iPhones, enhancing the drawing and writing experience. The company also provides collaborative tools aimed at helping teams gather, organize, and share ideas effectively, thereby fostering creativity and productivity. As of 2018, FiftyThree operates as a subsidiary of WeTransfer BV.

Kicksend

Seed Round in 2011
Kicksend is a photo printing and sharing platform that offers a web, mobile, and desktop application for users to easily send photographs and purchase prints. The service is designed to simplify the photo printing process and includes features such as social tools, multiple payment options, and one-click purchasing, as well as a virtual currency system for transactions. Kicksend has established partnerships with major retailers, including Walmart, Walgreens, Target, CVS, and Duane Reade, enabling users to conveniently pick up their printed photos at local locations.

imgix

Seed Round in 2011
imgix is a provider of on-demand image processing for websites and mobile apps. imgix’s API gives developers the power to perform image transformations at scale -- from simple crops and compression down to complex things like changing color profiles and adding watermarks -- in real-time before an image is served. This means images load faster and look better on every screen while saving bandwidth and storage space. imgix is venture-backed, with about $10 million in investment, and was launched through the famed Y Combinator accelerator program. Its customers include Dropbox, Reddit, Lyft, Kickstarter, Coursera, Bonobos, The Guardian, Brit + Co., Bustle, and many others.

1000memories

Series A in 2011
1000memories is an online platform that enables users to organize, share, and discover old photographs and cherished memories. It serves as a digital shoebox for users to preserve their personal history, while also offering features to create family trees. Additionally, 1000memories provides a space for friends and family to create memorial pages for loved ones who have passed away, facilitating a way to honor and remember those individuals. Through its services, the platform fosters connections among users and enhances their ability to celebrate and reflect on their shared histories.

Lightbox

Seed Round in 2011
Lightbox is a company that develops consumer mobile applications, primarily for the Android platform. Its flagship product, Lightbox Photos, enhances the user experience by replacing the standard Android camera app. This application allows users to sync photos from their devices with various social networks while also offering cloud hosting services for their images on Lightbox.com. The team behind Lightbox was previously acquired by Facebook, which highlights the company's expertise and potential in the mobile app market.

Memoir

Seed Round in 2011
Memoir transforms your photos, the places you go, and your social media into memories that can be relived when they’re most interesting to you. As soon as you request them, the photos your friends choose to share with you become part of your Memoir seamlessly. You can find memories and photos by people, places, dates, context, and more - no tagging or organization required. Memoir discovers photos and memories wherever they were created - iPhone cameras, DSLR's, Instagram, Facebook, Foursquare - even on your computer. With Memoir, all of your photos and memories are backed up securely to the cloud.

Path

Seed Round in 2010
Path is a mobile photo-sharing and messaging service designed to facilitate personal social networking among users and their closest contacts, limited to 150 connections. The platform emphasizes simplicity, quality, and privacy, aiming to enhance the way individuals share their life's moments with friends and family. Path offers features that enable users to capture and share experiences in a secure environment, underlining the importance of close relationships. The service has evolved with a focus on creating meaningful connections, reflecting the belief that mobile technology can transform social interactions.

fotopedia

Series A in 2009
Fotopedia is a developer of travel applications that feature photography from their online community Fotopedia brings you the ultimate application suite for travel and discovery. Their applications, specifically designed for the iPhone and the iPad, are available worldwide in 9 languages. Featuring stunning photography from professional photographers and the Fotopedia community, their beautiful apps provide first-class luxury for your digital travels. With 15 apps, 17M users and 200M page views per month, we offer brands an effective, beautiful and easy way to reach their audience in more than 200 countries and territories all at once. Their latest application, Fotopedia Reporter, let's you discover and explore the world with photography stories. Get it on the [App Store](http://bit.ly/FPReporter)

Photobucket

Venture Round in 2006
Photobucket is a prominent photo and video sharing service that allows users to upload, edit, and share their images and videos. With over 100 million registered members, the platform sees the upload of more than four million media files daily from various sources, including the web, smartphones, and digital cameras. Photobucket provides a secure environment for users by actively moderating content to ensure safety while facilitating easy sharing across popular social networks, instant messaging applications, and email. The company, which was formerly known as Ontela, Inc., acquired Photobucket, Inc. from Fox Interactive Media and rebranded itself to focus on enhancing user experience in browsing, sharing, and editing media. Photobucket is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with a regional office in San Francisco, California.
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