SV Angel

Founded in 2009, SV Angel is a San Francisco-based angel investment firm and service organization that backs early-stage startups, particularly in software and technology, by providing business development support, financing, strategic guidance on mergers and acquisitions, and other resources. It leverages a broad network to assist founders at critical inflection points, helping with market strategy, partnerships, and access to capital to build durable companies across the United States.

Ashvin Bachireddy

Managing Partner

Topher Conway

Managing Partner

Ronald Conway Sr.

Managing Partner

Ron Conway

Managing Partner

Sourav Gupta

Principal

Beth Turner

General Partner

Past deals in Compliance

Charta

Seed Round in 2025
Charta Health is a technology company specializing in medical billing optimization. It employs artificial intelligence to scrutinize patient charts before claims are submitted, ensuring all potential revenue opportunities are captured, claim denials are minimized, and billing standards are consistently met. The platform offers real-time analytics, audits, and autonomous chart reviews, empowering healthcare professionals to enhance administrative efficiency and patient care.

SESO

Series B in 2024
SESO Inc. is an online platform that specializes in agricultural labor recruitment, focusing on connecting U.S. farms with qualified seasonal workers through the H-2A visa program. Established in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, SESO addresses the significant labor shortage in U.S. agriculture, which results in an annual loss of $15 billion. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services, including the recruitment, qualification, and training of workers, as well as workforce management software designed to help agricultural employers navigate complex local and federal compliance requirements. By streamlining the hiring process and enhancing workforce quality, SESO aims to provide agricultural employers with a cost-effective solution while offering meaningful and safe employment opportunities to workers.

nsave

Seed Round in 2024
Nsave is a fintech startup that specializes in digital banking services, focusing on providing a secure platform for saving in various currencies, including USD, EUR, and GBP. The company aims to enhance financial inclusion by offering services that do not impose account restrictions, allowing customers to access global safe accounts for their funds. With a commitment to financial security, Nsave ensures that users can manage their savings with confidence and ease.

nsave

Seed Round in 2022
Nsave is a fintech startup that specializes in digital banking services, focusing on providing a secure platform for saving in various currencies, including USD, EUR, and GBP. The company aims to enhance financial inclusion by offering services that do not impose account restrictions, allowing customers to access global safe accounts for their funds. With a commitment to financial security, Nsave ensures that users can manage their savings with confidence and ease.

Comprehensive

Seed Round in 2022
Comprehensive is a developer of an all-in-one employee compensation platform designed to assist organizations in making informed pay decisions. The platform integrates seamlessly with human resources tools, eliminating the need for spreadsheets traditionally used to manage employee compensation. By providing a centralized portal, Comprehensive enables companies to access vital information, data, and analytics, facilitating efficient, transparent, and equitable compensation decisions. This streamlined approach allows businesses to enhance their compensation strategies while reducing administrative burdens.

Everlance

Series A in 2021
Everlance is a business expense management platform founded in 2015, serving over 2 million users. It simplifies mileage tracking, expense management, compliance, reporting, and reimbursement for businesses and independent workers. Everlance offers flexible program management options such as Fixed & Variable Rate (FAVR) and Cents Per Mile (CPM) reimbursements, along with risk management tools. Recognized as a Leader in Mileage Tracking by G2, the platform is renowned for its ease of use and customer service, boasting a #1 rating in the App Store.

Drata

Seed Round in 2021
Drata is a Trust Management Platform based in San Diego, California, founded in 2020 by Adam Markowitz, Daniel Marashlian, and Troy Markowitz. The company specializes in security compliance automation, assisting organizations in achieving and maintaining compliance with various standards such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, CCPA, CMMC, and NIST CSF. Drata's platform offers continuous, automated monitoring and evidence collection, significantly reducing the time and costs associated with annual audits. By providing actionable insights, reports, alerts, and seamless SaaS integrations, Drata enables enterprises to build trust with their users and partners while facilitating secure business growth.

Unit21

Series A in 2020
Unit21 Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2018 that develops a no-code platform designed to streamline risk and compliance operations for businesses. The platform features an application programming interface and a dashboard that enable users to detect and manage money laundering, fraud, and other sophisticated risks across various industries. In addition to risk detection, Unit21's solutions encompass case management, transaction monitoring, identity verification, operations management, as well as analytics and reporting capabilities. The company emphasizes security, employing best practices to safeguard its systems against potential threats.

Signal Advisors

Seed Round in 2020
Signal Advisors, established in 2018 and headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, is an insurance marketing organization that operates a tech-enabled platform for independent financial advisors. The company specializes in the distribution of life insurance and annuity products, streamlining processes such as licensing, contracting, new business submission, case design, marketing analytics, and compliance. Notably, Signal Advisors facilitates swift commission payments, within one day of application submission, at no additional cost to agents. By combining industry expertise, technology, and efficient processes, the company aims to empower financial advisors to grow and scale their businesses effectively.

SESO

Seed Round in 2020
SESO Inc. is an online platform that specializes in agricultural labor recruitment, focusing on connecting U.S. farms with qualified seasonal workers through the H-2A visa program. Established in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, SESO addresses the significant labor shortage in U.S. agriculture, which results in an annual loss of $15 billion. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services, including the recruitment, qualification, and training of workers, as well as workforce management software designed to help agricultural employers navigate complex local and federal compliance requirements. By streamlining the hiring process and enhancing workforce quality, SESO aims to provide agricultural employers with a cost-effective solution while offering meaningful and safe employment opportunities to workers.

Careswitch

Seed Round in 2019
Careswitch streamlines home care operations through its software platform. It automates tasks such as care planning, scheduling, documentation, payroll, billing, and invoicing. The platform also facilitates caregiver-family communication and ensures compliance.

Cocoon

Seed Round in 2019
Cocoon is a leave management software company based in the Mission District of San Francisco. Established in 2020 by former employees of Stripe and Square, Cocoon aims to simplify the complexities associated with employee leave. The company partners with organizations such as Carta, Khan Academy, and Benchling to assist their employees during significant life events, including childbirth, caregiving, and personal health matters. By automating the processes related to compliance, claims, and payroll, Cocoon alleviates the confusion and stress often associated with managing leave, allowing human resources teams to focus on employee well-being. The company operates from a small studio space that reflects its commitment to designing exceptional digital experiences for small groups.

Signal Advisors

Seed Round in 2019
Signal Advisors, established in 2018 and headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, is an insurance marketing organization that operates a tech-enabled platform for independent financial advisors. The company specializes in the distribution of life insurance and annuity products, streamlining processes such as licensing, contracting, new business submission, case design, marketing analytics, and compliance. Notably, Signal Advisors facilitates swift commission payments, within one day of application submission, at no additional cost to agents. By combining industry expertise, technology, and efficient processes, the company aims to empower financial advisors to grow and scale their businesses effectively.

Chainalysis

Series B in 2019
Chainalysis designs and develops anti-money laundering software for cryptocurrency businesses and financial institutions. Its platform offers REACTOR, an interactive investigation tool that identifies offenders, visualizes data, and shares results; Kryptos, a risk assessment tool for understanding cryptocurrency activity and investment opportunities; and an API that provides transaction-based risk scoring with source and destination of funds. The company also provides activity monitoring reports, due diligence tools, and cyber threat intelligence derived from the deep web to help analysts estimate criminal revenues and identify emerging threats. Additional offerings include real-time API access and web-based investigation software for due diligence and customer verification, as well as tools to identify cyber criminals and attribute cyber threats. Chainalysis serves government agencies, banks, exchanges, insurance firms, and other cryptocurrency businesses. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, it maintains offices in Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Singapore.

Kandji

Seed Round in 2019
Kandji, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that specializes in providing customizable security and compliance solutions for Apple devices, including Mac computers, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Kandji streamlines the management of these devices for IT teams by offering features such as one-click compliance templates and over 150 pre-built automation, apps, and workflows. The platform is designed to simplify the enforcement of macOS security parameters and enables real-time monitoring and auto-remediation of potential issues. Kandji is committed to enhancing the user experience through continuous innovation and customer-focused solutions, helping businesses maintain secure and compliant environments.

Anchorage Digital

Series A in 2019
Anchorage Digital is a regulated crypto platform that provides institutions with integrated custody, trading, staking, governance, and regulatory-compliance infrastructure for digital asset programs. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, it serves institutional clients globally with a secure, compliant framework and services designed to simplify oversight and asset management.

Karuna Health

Seed Round in 2018
Karuna Health, Inc. is a healthcare technology company that specializes in developing a patient engagement and task management platform designed to improve communication between healthcare providers and patients. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Karuna's platform automates essential patient care management tasks, enabling health guides to assist patients with appointment reminders, health status updates, and communication with care managers. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools that facilitate scheduling, transportation organization, and the secure exchange of information, all while ensuring compliance with HIPAA regulations. By integrating workflow and automation, Karuna Health aims to enhance the patient experience and streamline interactions among patients, their families, and healthcare teams.

Harbor

Series A in 2018
Harbor is reengineering private securities with blockchain technology to help usher in a new wave of tokenized securities backed by real-world assets, such as real estate, company equity, investment funds, and fine art. The Harbor platform, powered by its compliance protocol, is the first to ensure tokenized securities comply with existing securities laws on every trade, everywhere across the globe.

Anchorage Digital

Seed Round in 2017
Anchorage Digital is a regulated crypto platform that provides institutions with integrated custody, trading, staking, governance, and regulatory-compliance infrastructure for digital asset programs. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, it serves institutional clients globally with a secure, compliant framework and services designed to simplify oversight and asset management.

Carta

Series C in 2017
Carta is a software company that operates a SEC-registered transfer agent and equity management platform for private companies. The platform helps private firms manage cap tables, corporate governance, 409A valuations, and compliance, issue stock electronically, and share equity information among shareholders, employees, auditors, and counsel. It digitizes stock certificates, stock options, warrants, and derivatives to provide a real-time view of ownership and enables employees to track vesting and exercise rights. Carta serves venture-backed startups, pre-IPO companies, and other private enterprises in the United States and internationally. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company maintains additional offices in the United States, Brazil, and Canada.

Rippling

Seed Round in 2017
Rippling provides an integrated platform that combines HR, IT, payroll, and spend management to streamline the entire employee lifecycle. It automates onboarding, offboarding, payroll processing, benefits administration, and tax forms, and centralizes employee data and access management (devices, software, and email accounts) to reduce administrative work. The platform supports compliance monitoring, real-time financial visibility, and dynamic spend policies, enabling seamless IT provisioning, access control, and unified management. By removing manual tasks and enabling faster onboarding, Rippling helps companies save time, cut costs, and focus on growth.

Guideline

Seed Round in 2015
Guideline is a retirement plan technology company that automates the administration and compliance of employer-sponsored 401(k) plans. It provides an online platform that covers plan design and setup, enrollment and education, administration and recordkeeping, compliance and reporting, and investment management, integrating participants' financial information to offer ongoing recommendations. The platform handles payroll integration and streamlined workflow for small and growing businesses, with transparent pricing based on a flat fee per participant rather than asset-based charges. Founded in 2015, Guideline is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an additional office in Portland, Maine.

Silversheet

Seed Round in 2015
Silversheet is a healthcare administration software platform designed to improve the collaboration and connection between medical facilities and practitioners. It focuses on streamlining the complex process of physician credentialing by reducing the cumbersome paperwork and administrative burden faced by healthcare facilities. With Silversheet's innovative tools, healthcare administrators can add new physicians quickly, verify their credentials automatically, and invite them to join their facilities seamlessly. This not only simplifies the credential renewal process for physicians but also empowers them to maintain their qualifications and ensures that medical facilities remain compliant with regulations. By transforming how healthcare professionals manage their careers and how facilities handle workforce management, Silversheet enhances overall efficiency in the healthcare industry.

Zen99

Seed Round in 2014
Zen99 is an all-in-one dashboard to manage your 1099 work. We help with tracking finances, estimating/minimizing taxes, and getting insurance - things every contractor is required by law to do, but struggles to figure out due to complex regulations. Why contractors? They’re about to be over 40% of the workforce, and are growing at twice the rate of traditional employees. Our platform serves contractors both in service industries (rideshare drivers, web development and creative services, athletic trainers, etc) and in asset-based industries (Airbnb hosts, Ebay sellers, etc). Ultimately, we make it easier to manage being a contractor, and allow people greater control over their economic freedom.

Checkr

Series A in 2014
Checkr is a technology company that builds platforms for the background check industry. It provides screening services such as social security number trace, criminal record checks, driving records, verifications, drug tests, and credit checks, along with continuous monitoring and security infrastructure. The company offers an API and Checkr Connect IDV to integrate identity verification with background checks, enabling faster and more transparent hiring decisions. It serves multiple sectors, including financial services, retail and hospitality, healthcare, higher education, on-demand economy platforms, manufacturing, software and technology, and contact centers and peer-to-peer marketplaces. Founded in 2014, Checkr is headquartered in San Francisco.

Zenefits

Series B in 2014
Zenefits is an all-in-one digital HR platform tailored for small and medium businesses. It serves as a single source of truth for managing modern workforces, offering integrated applications like HR, Benefits, Time, Payroll, and Compliance. Zenefits empowers employees, facilitates change management, and ensures compliance.

Sookasa

Series A in 2014
Sookasa Inc., established in 2011 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, specializes in cloud security solutions. The company offers its services to various cloud integration partners such as Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft Office 365, serving clients primarily in education, finance, healthcare, and legal industries. Sookasa's platform provides features like audit trails, data loss prevention scanning, and transparent encryption, enabling businesses to enforce security policies and protect sensitive data stored in the cloud. As of March 17, 2016, Sookasa operates as a subsidiary of Barracuda Networks Inc., focusing on ensuring secure and compliant usage of popular cloud services within enterprises.

UpCounsel

Seed Round in 2013
UpCounsel operates an online marketplace that connects businesses with lawyers in the United States based on user preferences. It enables clients to access legal services across areas including agreements, business formation, patents, trademarks, immigration, general counsel, labor and employment, and securities and finance. The platform serves startups, executives, HR teams, and legal departments, helping them find suitable counsel and collaborate on documents. The company provides features such as document collaboration tools, billing and invoicing, and opportunities for lawyers to market their services, facilitating efficient connections, secure transactions, and streamlined engagement. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, UpCounsel positions itself as a platform to simplify hiring legal help and managing legal work.

Sookasa

Seed Round in 2012
Sookasa Inc., established in 2011 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, specializes in cloud security solutions. The company offers its services to various cloud integration partners such as Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft Office 365, serving clients primarily in education, finance, healthcare, and legal industries. Sookasa's platform provides features like audit trails, data loss prevention scanning, and transparent encryption, enabling businesses to enforce security policies and protect sensitive data stored in the cloud. As of March 17, 2016, Sookasa operates as a subsidiary of Barracuda Networks Inc., focusing on ensuring secure and compliant usage of popular cloud services within enterprises.

Hearsay Systems

Series A in 2011
Hearsay Systems, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in digital communication solutions for the financial services industry. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in cities such as New York and London, the company develops a client engagement platform aimed at assisting financial advisors in enhancing their business relationships. Hearsay's offerings include Hearsay Social, which automates social selling; Hearsay Sites for local website management; Hearsay Relate for SMS supervision; and the Hearsay Platform that connects various advisor engagement tools. The platform processes and prioritizes data from multiple digital channels, providing actionable insights that guide advisors in client interactions. Hearsay Systems serves a diverse range of sectors, including asset management, insurance, and wealth management, and also offers training, support, and compliance advisory services to its clients.

Lockpath

Seed Round in 2010
LockPath, Inc. is a provider of software solutions focused on corporate governance, risk management, regulatory compliance, and information security. The company offers the Keylight platform, an integrated suite of applications designed to manage various aspects of compliance and risk, including IT and operational risk management, vendor oversight, audit management, and business continuity planning. Keylight features a Dynamic Content Framework that enables customization, as well as tools for incident reporting, performance analytics, and streamlined workflows. The platform is designed to cater to organizations of all sizes, from small and midsize businesses to Fortune 10 enterprises, across diverse industries. LockPath emphasizes ease of use with a multilingual interface and provides various editions tailored for smaller enterprises. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, LockPath operates as a subsidiary of NAVEX Global, Inc.

WePay

Series A in 2009
WePay, Inc. is a payment provider established in 2008, headquartered in Redwood City, California, with an additional office in Providence, Rhode Island. The company specializes in integrated payment solutions tailored for online platforms, including Software-as-a-Service businesses and crowdfunding sites. WePay's offerings encompass instant merchant onboarding, payment processing, payouts, and risk and compliance management, ensuring a seamless experience for both payers and payees. Its platform supports various mobile payment options, including Apple Pay and Android Pay, while also providing essential services such as fraud management and customer support integration at no extra cost. As a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co., WePay focuses on facilitating secure financial transactions between users within online marketplaces and cloud software applications.

Expensify

Seed Round in 2009
Expensify provides a cloud-based expense management platform for businesses of all sizes. Its patented SmartScan technology automates receipt tracking and expense creation. Users can import expenses from credit cards and emails, submit reports via email, and reimburse online using QuickBooks or Direct Deposit.

Code Green Networks

Series C in 2005
Code Green Networks, Inc. specializes in data loss prevention (DLP) and content security solutions for enterprises, focusing on the protection and management of sensitive digital information. The company's flagship product, TrueDLP, enables organizations to discover, monitor, control, and secure sensitive data across various environments, including networks, endpoint devices, and cloud storage. TrueDLP encompasses several components, such as Network DLP, Endpoint DLP, Discovery DLP, and Cloud DLP, which collectively address security challenges like cloud storage protection, cybersecurity, and regulatory compliance. Additionally, Code Green Networks offers Content Inspection Appliances and CI Agent for content monitoring and data loss protection, along with policy-based email encryption and content discovery services to enhance visibility and control over sensitive information. The company's solutions are utilized across multiple industries, including healthcare, financial services, government, and retail, both in the United States and internationally. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Code Green Networks operates as a subsidiary of Digital Guardian, Inc. since 2015.
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