SV Angel

Founded in San Francisco in 2009, SV Angel is an investment firm that supports early-stage entrepreneurs. They invest in founders building lasting companies and provide strategic advice, including business development, financing, M&A, across software-focused consumer and enterprise sectors.

Topher Conway

Partner

Ronald Conway Sr.

Managing Partner

Ron Conway

Managing Partner

Sourav Gupta

Principal

Steven Lee

Partner

Brian Pokorny

Advisor

Robert Pollak

Partner

Beth Turner

General Partner

Past deals in PaaS

Paid

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Paid is a business platform that empowers AI agents to generate revenue and scale their operations. Its drop-in revenue engine automates critical processes such as pricing, subscriptions, billing, and renewals, allowing AI agents to focus on core competencies and accelerate growth.

Payload CMS

Seed Round in 2022
Payload CMS is a self-hosted, headless TypeScript content management system launched in 2018. It uses Node.js, React, and MongoDB, offering robust field types, dynamic fields like Arrays and Blocks, and purpose-built fields such as Relationship and GeoJSON for flexible data modeling. The platform secures data with access control functions at the document or field level.

Plato

Seed Round in 2021
The most powerful platform for building internal tools without coding

Isovalent

Series A in 2020
Isovalent develops open-source software and enterprise solutions for cloud-native networking, security, and observability. Its flagship product, Cilium, enables enterprises to connect, monitor, and secure workloads in modern environments. Isovalent serves leading global organizations and has offices in Cupertino, CA and Zurich, Switzerland.

Ascend.io

Seed Round in 2015
Ascend.io is a Palo Alto, California-based company that has developed an advanced platform for managing and automating big data pipelines. The platform integrates essential data engineering capabilities, including data ingestion, transformation, delivery, orchestration, and observability, allowing data teams to operate significantly faster. By employing declarative configurations and automation, Ascend.io optimizes cloud infrastructure management and streamlines the entire data lifecycle, reducing maintenance efforts. This innovative approach enables business managers to initiate projects, connect applications, and make informed decisions with ease. Recognized as a 2021 Gartner Cool Vendor, Ascend.io is supported by prominent venture capital firms and a notable group of industry advisors.

Nylas

Series A in 2015
Nylas Inc., established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, develops a communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) that facilitates seamless connectivity between applications and email, calendar, and contact services. The company's flagship product, Nylas, enables businesses worldwide to automate manual tasks, create personalized experiences, and gain insights from communication data. It offers bi-directional sync with major providers like Gmail, Outlook.com, Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, and IMAP, supporting embedded calendar features and recurring events. Nylas operates additional locations in New York and Denver.

PipelineDB

Seed Round in 2014
PipelineDB, Inc. is a company that specializes in real-time analytics databases designed to process streaming data. Established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, PipelineDB offers an open-source extension to PostgreSQL, enabling continuous SQL queries on time-series data. This innovative platform allows users to submit queries in advance, with results updated incrementally as new data streams in. By facilitating real-time reporting applications, PipelineDB helps clients streamline their data management processes, allowing them to prioritize high-performance time-series data aggregation without the necessity of recording data. As of May 1, 2019, PipelineDB operates as a subsidiary of Confluent, Inc.

Nylas

Seed Round in 2013
Nylas Inc., established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, develops a communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) that facilitates seamless connectivity between applications and email, calendar, and contact services. The company's flagship product, Nylas, enables businesses worldwide to automate manual tasks, create personalized experiences, and gain insights from communication data. It offers bi-directional sync with major providers like Gmail, Outlook.com, Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, and IMAP, supporting embedded calendar features and recurring events. Nylas operates additional locations in New York and Denver.

Compose

Series A in 2012
Compose, Inc., established in 2009 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, operates a managed platform for developers to deploy, host, and scale databases. It specializes in Elasticsearch and MongoDB hosting, offering features such as auto-scaling, monitoring tools, replica sets, regular backups, and priority support. The company, formerly known as MongoHQ, rebranded as Compose in 2014 and is now a subsidiary of IBM.

Nodejitsu

Seed Round in 2012
Nodejitsu is a cloud computing company that specializes in providing a Node.js platform as a service (PaaS). Founded in 2010 and based in New York, it facilitates the development of private clouds tailored for data-intensive, real-time applications. The company focuses on user-friendliness and automation, enabling developers to streamline their deployment processes. Additionally, Nodejitsu features an application marketplace that allows for the easy deployment and monetization of open-source Node.js projects, further enhancing its platform's utility for users.

Trigger.io

Seed Round in 2012
Trigger.io is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in cross-platform mobile development. Their primary product is a framework designed to help web developers create native mobile apps efficiently. The platform focuses on using HTML5 and regularly updates to reduce data consumption, making it easier for developers to build applications quickly.

Compose

Seed Round in 2011
Compose, Inc., established in 2009 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, operates a managed platform for developers to deploy, host, and scale databases. It specializes in Elasticsearch and MongoDB hosting, offering features such as auto-scaling, monitoring tools, replica sets, regular backups, and priority support. The company, formerly known as MongoHQ, rebranded as Compose in 2014 and is now a subsidiary of IBM.

Cabana

Seed Round in 2011
Cabana offers a browser-based mobile app development platform.

Nodejitsu

Seed Round in 2011
Nodejitsu is a cloud computing company that specializes in providing a Node.js platform as a service (PaaS). Founded in 2010 and based in New York, it facilitates the development of private clouds tailored for data-intensive, real-time applications. The company focuses on user-friendliness and automation, enabling developers to streamline their deployment processes. Additionally, Nodejitsu features an application marketplace that allows for the easy deployment and monetization of open-source Node.js projects, further enhancing its platform's utility for users.

dotCloud

Series A in 2011
DotCloud is a 2nd-generation platform-as-a-service, and is the commercial entity behind Docker.io. Docker is an open source engine that makes it possible to pack, ship, and run any application as a lightweight container.

AppHarbor

Seed Round in 2011
AppHarbor Inc. operates a cloud-based platform that provides a hosted .NET platform-as-a-service for deploying and scaling .NET applications. Founded in 2010 and based in San Francisco, California, AppHarbor enables developers to push code using Git or Mercurial, after which the platform builds the code, runs unit tests, and deploys it to a scalable cloud environment. This streamlined process allows developers to concentrate on creating applications rather than managing server configurations, deployment issues, or scaling challenges. AppHarbor serves both individual developers and businesses, offering support and add-ons that enhance the development experience.

Heroku

Series A in 2008
Heroku is a cloud Platform as a Service built on container technology that enables developers to deploy, manage, and scale applications without handling servers or underlying infrastructure. The platform supports multiple programming languages and focuses on modern app deployment and collaboration, allowing teams to concentrate on code and feature development rather than server maintenance.
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