SV Angel

SV Angel - Venture capital and investment firm

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Updated: Dec 5, 2025 ·

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SV Angel - Venture capital and investment firm

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Feb 3, 2026	Phylo	$13.5M Seed	Andreessen Horowitz, Anthology Fund	Conviction, Valkyrie, Zetta Venture Partners
Oct 1, 2025	Flai	$5.0M Seed	—	305 Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Banana Capital, Mark Kahn, Double Prime LLP, First Round Capital, FTX Ventures, MS&AD Ventures, Passion Capital, Precursor Ventures, S28 Capital, Y Combinator, Michael Pennington, Saxon Baum
Oct 1, 2025	Dialogue AI	$6.0M Seed	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Sep 1, 2025	Huxe	$5.0M Seed	—	Adverb Ventures, Alchemy Ventures, Foundation Capital, Green Bay Ventures, Greylock, SignalFire, WndrCo LLC, Drew Houston, Mark Pincus, Shishir Mehrotra
Sep 1, 2025	The Interaction Company of California	$15.0M Seed	—	10100, 8VC, Adverb Ventures, Alchemy Ventures, Anti fund, BoxGroup, Contrary Capital, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Fuel Capital, General Atlantic, General Catalyst, Giant Ventures, Green Bay Ventures, Greylock, Khosla Ventures, LGF, Lux Capital, Menlo Ventures, Paradigm, Pareto Holdings, Pioneer Fund, Predictive VC, Sequoia Capital, SignalFire, Signia Venture Partners, Soma Capital, Stellar Capital, Susquehanna Capital, The House Fund, Thrive Capital, Venture Highway, WndrCo LLC, Y Combinator, Bradley Horowitz, Chafic Kazoun, Cory Levy, Drew Houston, Dylan Field, Guillermo Rauch, John Collison, Ken Howery, Kulveer Taggar, Lisa Dolan, Mark Pincus, Patrick Collison, Saki Georgiadis, Scott Belsky, Shishir Mehrotra, Teddy Citrin
Sep 1, 2025	Fluidize	$500K Seed	—	CRV, Founder Collective, Neu Venture Capital, The Finger Group, Y Combinator, Roger Ehrenberg
Sep 1, 2025	Maximor AI	$9.0M Seed	—	Adverb Ventures, Alchemy Ventures, Foundation Capital, Green Bay Ventures, Greylock, SignalFire, WndrCo LLC, Drew Houston, Dylan Field, Mark Pincus, Shishir Mehrotra
Sep 1, 2025	Inversion	$27.0M Seed	—	6th Man Ventures, Adjacent, Day One Ventures, DST Global, Embedded Ventures, Emergence Capital, Aniq Kassam, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Global Founders Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Iterative, Kohala Ventures, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Matrix, Otherwise Fund, Paradigm, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, Theory Forge Ventures, Tribe Capital, Y Combinator, Andrew Steinwold, Azeem Azhar, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Tossell, Kulveer Taggar, Kyle Vogt, Mathilde Collin, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Siqi Chen, Thijn Lamers
Sep 1, 2025	Alex AI	$17.0M Series A	—	1984 Ventures, 305 Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Banana Capital, Mark Kahn, First Round Capital, FTX Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, MS&AD Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Soma Capital, Verified Capital, Y Combinator, Arash Ferdowsi, Paul Graham, Saxon Baum
Aug 1, 2025	Keychain	$30.0M Series B	—	Afore Capital, BoxGroup, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Stellar Capital, Dharmesh Shah, Gokul Rajaram
Aug 1, 2025	Casap	$25.0M Series A	—	Abstract Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Ardent Venture Partners, Cameron Ventures, Emergence Capital, Shift Left Ventures, Y Combinator, Haroon Mokhtarzada
Jul 1, 2025	ZeroEntropy	$4.0M Seed	—	Day One Ventures, DST Global, Emergence Capital, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Global Founders Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Initialized Capital, Matrix, Otherwise Fund, Pioneer Fund, Runa Capital, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, Theory Forge Ventures, XFactor Ventures, Y Combinator, Aayush Phumbhra, Azeem Azhar, Ben Tossell, Chris Smoak, Klaus von Sayn-Wittgenstein, Krishna Mehra, Kulveer Taggar, Mathilde Collin, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Siqi Chen, Thijn Lamers
Jul 1, 2025	Manifold Labs	$11.0M Series A	—	Greylock, Innovation Endeavors, Sherpalo Ventures, Sound Ventures, South Park Commons, Amjad Masad, Anne Wojcicki, Deborah Liu, DJ Patil, Drew Houston, Fidji Simo, Howie Liu, Marc Benioff, Shishir Mehrotra
Jul 1, 2025	Julius AI	$10.0M Seed	—	Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Axiom Partners, Bee Partners, Blue Bear Capital, C2 Investment, Contrary Capital, CRV, Index Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lowercarbon Capital, Next Play Ventures, Operator Collective, Sequoia Capital, South Park Commons, Stash Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, UP.Partners, Webb Investment Network, Y Combinator, Akshay Kothari, Alexandre Prot, Amjad Masad, Arash Ferdowsi, Balaji Srinivasan, Bradley Horowitz, Claire Hughes Johnson, Deborah Liu, DJ Patil, Don Dodge, Drew Houston, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Eoghan McCabe, Fidji Simo, Gloria Baeuerlein, Gokul Rajaram, Guillaume Princen, Guillermo Rauch, Hanno Renner, Howie Liu, Jean Charles Samuelian, Job Van Der Voort, Jonathan Wasserstrum, Kevin Lin, Koen Bok, Kyle Vogt, Marc Benioff, Mike Volpe, Pawan Deshpande, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman, Sam Palmisano, Shishir Mehrotra, Tobias Lutke, Tom Blomfield
Jul 1, 2025	Replit	$250.0M Series C	—	Afore Capital, Alumni Ventures, Amino Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bond, Bora&Sons, BoxOne Ventures, Craft Ventures, Founders Fund, Gaingels, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Harpoon, Hitachi Ventures, McCarthy Capital, Aaron Jacobson, Polychain Capital, Softbank Group, Streamlined Ventures, Mike Kerns, The Hit Forge, Trajectory Ventures, UpHonest Capital, VU Venture Partners, Walden Catalyst Ventures, Y Combinator, Audrey Gelman, Conor Bronsdon, Emmett Shear, Hari Lakshmanan, Jeff Bezos, Joshua Webster, Kenji Niwa, Madhu Chamarty, Mark Pincus, Mattia Astori, Matt Mazzeo, Paul Graham, Richard Branson, Sam Altman, Sathvik Bilakanti, Sue Xu, Vinay Hiremath
Jul 1, 2025	PlayerZero	$5.0M Seed	—	645 Ventures, 8VC, Abstract Ventures, Bennett Siegel, Kevin Hartz, Adverb Ventures, Alchemy Ventures, Alt Capital, Ben Taft's Genius Ventures, Citi Ventures, Craft Ventures, DFJ, DST Global, Expa, Felicis Ventures, First Round Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Foundation Capital, Foundry Group, Fuel Capital, Green Bay Ventures, Greylock, High Alpha, Intel Capital, LGF, Liquid 2 Ventures, Maniv Mobility, Matrix, Maverick Capital, Nyca Partners, Radical Ventures, Scribble Ventures, Seven Seven Six, SignalFire, South Park Commons, Thayer Ventures, Thrive Capital, Toyota Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Uncork Capital, Underscore VC, Weekend Fund, WndrCo LLC, Y Combinator, Amjad Masad, Austin Ogilvie, Chris Bennett, Daniel Kan, Deborah Liu, DJ Patil, Drew Houston, Dylan Field, Eric Futoran, Evan Moore, Fidji Simo, Guillaume Luccisano, Guillermo Rauch, Howie Liu, Jacob Kerzner, Jason Kay, Justin Mateen, Kevin Lin, Marc Benioff, Mark Pincus, Mike Abbott, Mike Liu, Mike Vernal, Nate Matherson, Nitay Joffe, Prescott Watson, Quinn Slack, Shishir Mehrotra, Stewart Butterfield, Tobias Lutke, Yan-David Erlich
Jun 1, 2025	Harmony (tryharmony.ai)	$2.0M Seed	—	Alt Capital, Browder Capital, Day One Ventures, DST Global, Emergence Capital, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Founders Fund, Friends & Family Capital, FTX Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Matrix, Meritech Capital Partners, Mischief Venture Capital, Otherwise Fund, Redpoint Ventures, Saga, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, TCV, The Hit Forge, Theory Forge Ventures, Y Combinator, Azeem Azhar, Ben Tossell, Christina Cacioppo, Dharmesh Shah, Dylan Field, Fidji Simo, Immad Akhund, Jason Lemkin, Jonathan Neman, Joshua Reeves, Julian Shapiro, Justin Mateen, Kulveer Taggar, Mathilde Collin, Max Mullen, Parker Conrad, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Scott Belsky, Sean Rad, Siqi Chen, Thijn Lamers
Jun 1, 2025	Deeto	$13.0M Series A	—	Accel, Harpoon, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Scheinman Angel Fund, Sorenson Ventures, Thomvest Ventures, UpWest
Jun 1, 2025	Glean	$150.0M Series F	—	Kevin Hartz, Addition, Amplify Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Banana Capital, Battery Ventures, BITKRAFT Ventures, CapitalG, Cedar Capital Group, Coatue, Convective Capital, Coughdrop Capital, CRV, Daft Capital, Day One Ventures, DST Global, Emergence Capital, Felicis Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Flex Capital, Founders Fund, Friends & Family Capital, General Catalyst, Global Founders Capital, Goat Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Greylock, Dave Munichiello, Infinite Niches, In-Q-Tel, Insight Partners, Invariantes Fund, IVP, Jetstream, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Matrix, MS&AD Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Pareto Holdings, Pioneer Fund, QBE Ventures, Ride Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Sand Hill Angels, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Singular, Snowflake Ventures, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, Telescope Partners, The Hit Forge, Theory Forge Ventures, Thirty Five Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Tribe Capital, Wellington Management, Y Combinator, YOBE Ventures, Andre Iguodala, Azeem Azhar, Ben Tossell, Bradley Horowitz, Brandon Philips, Jonathan Swanson, Joshua Reeves, Joshua Webster, Kulveer Taggar, Mathilde Collin, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Ryan Shea, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky, Siqi Chen, Suhail Doshi, Thijn Lamers
May 1, 2025	Ravio	$12.0M Series A	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Bora&Sons, Founder Collective, Founders Fund, Gaingels, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Jett Fein, Hitachi Ventures, Softbank Group, Spark Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Tenaya Capital, Trajectory Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Walden Catalyst Ventures, Y Combinator, Paul Graham, Richard Branson, Sam Altman
May 1, 2025	Granola	$43.0M Series B	—	20VC, 8VC, Accel, AirAngels, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Vijaya Gadde, C2 Investment, Coinbase Ventures, Curated, Day One Ventures, DST Global, Emergence Capital, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Global Founders Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Haun Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, iNovia Capital, Khosla Ventures, LGF, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Logos Labs, Madrona Ventures, Matrix, NEO, Hans Tung, Notion Capital, Otherwise Fund, Paradigm, Pareto Holdings, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, Theory Forge Ventures, Thrive Capital, Tribe Capital, Tusk Venture Partners, Valar Ventures, Y Combinator, Akshay Kothari, Azeem Azhar, Ben Silbermann, Ben Tossell, Christian Reber, Dharmesh Shah, Elad Gil, Evan Williams, Georges Harik, James Hong, John Collison, Kulveer Taggar, Marc Benioff, Mario Götze, Mathilde Collin, Max Mullen, Nico Rosberg, Patrick Collison, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Ron Pragides, Ryan Sarver, Ryan Tedder, Scott Belsky, Siqi Chen, Stewart Butterfield, Thijn Lamers, Guillermo Rauch
May 1, 2025	EnduroSat	$49.0M Series B	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Bora&Sons, Founders Fund, Gaingels, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Hitachi Ventures, Humba Ventures, Softbank Group, Streamlined Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Walden Catalyst Ventures, Y Combinator, Adrian Aoun, Jeff Bezos, Paul Graham, Richard Branson, Sam Altman
May 1, 2025	David	$75.0M Series A	—	Day One Ventures, DST Global, Emergence Capital, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Global Founders Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Matrix, Otherwise Fund, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, Theory Forge Ventures, Y Combinator, Azeem Azhar, Ben Tossell, Kulveer Taggar, Mathilde Collin, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Siqi Chen, Thijn Lamers
May 1, 2025	sensmore	$7.0M Venture Round	—	20VC, Acequia Capital, AngelList Syndicator, Antler, Cherry Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, Felix Capital, Flex Capital, Frontline Ventures, KRM Interests LLC, Point Nine Capital, Prototype Capital, Seedcamp, Super Ventures, True Ventures, Y Combinator, Charlie Cheever, Charlie Songhurst, Chris Murphy, Darius Contractor, Hanno Renner, Jan Deepen, Jan Erik Solem, Jason Lemkin, Jeremy Yap, Julius Köhler, Kevin Stumpf, Luc Vincent, Mario Götze, Michael Wax, Oliver Cameron, Pete Koomen, Philipp Herkelmann, Ron Pragides, Shane Neman, Stefan Jeschonnek
May 1, 2025	Theom	$20.0M Series A	—	A Capital, Cisco Investments, General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, M12, Next47, Polaris Partners, Ridge Ventures, Wing Venture Capital, Apoorva Ruparel, DJ Patil, Gerhard Eschelbeck, Kunal Shah, Oliver Friedrichs

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Leadership Team

Key people at SV Angel.

Leadership Team

Key people at SV Angel.

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

SV Angel is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage investments primarily in AI, software, IT, and other technology sectors. Its mission centers on investing long-term in founders to enable them to be agents of positive change beyond just business success. The firm emphasizes a founder-first philosophy, providing not only capital but also hands-on support and leveraging its extensive network to help startups overcome challenges and scale effectively. SV Angel has backed some of the most transformative companies in tech history, including Facebook, Twitter, Airbnb, Pinterest, and Snapchat, significantly impacting the startup ecosystem by fostering innovation and community growth[1][2].

Origin Story

Founded in 2009 by Ron Conway and David Lee, SV Angel evolved from Conway’s earlier personal investing style and Baseline Ventures. Initially focused on seed funding with a $10 million first fund, the firm quickly became known for its hyper-engaged, founder-focused approach. Over time, leadership shifted more towards David Lee, who took operational control around 2010. The firm has since expanded its strategy, including raising a $269 million growth equity fund in 2022, marking a shift from purely seed investments to later-stage funding as well. SV Angel’s evolution reflects its adaptability and commitment to supporting startups at various growth stages[1][3].

Core Differentiators

Founder-Centric Model: SV Angel prioritizes founder autonomy and provides support tailored to their needs, including business development, key hires, and crisis management.
Network Strength: The firm leverages a vast network of industry experts, founders, and investors to open doors and reduce friction for portfolio companies.
Track Record: Early investments in iconic companies like Facebook and Airbnb demonstrate a strong ability to identify and nurture high-potential startups.
Operating Support: Beyond capital, SV Angel actively assists founders during critical inflection points, offering hands-on help and strategic advice.
Community Building: SV Angel fosters an inclusive ecosystem that encourages knowledge sharing and collective growth among founders and investors[2][4].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

SV Angel rides the wave of rapid technological innovation, particularly in AI and software, sectors that are reshaping industries globally. The timing of its investments aligns with accelerating digital transformation and the increasing importance of early-stage capital in nurturing breakthrough technologies. By acting as a “routing layer” in the tech ecosystem, SV Angel reduces barriers for startups, amplifies founder impact, and promotes ethical standards in technology development. Its influence extends beyond funding, shaping a more equitable and just tech community through initiatives supporting racial justice, healthcare access, and income inequality reduction[3].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, SV Angel is poised to deepen its impact by continuing to back visionary founders and expanding its involvement in growth-stage investments. Trends such as AI advancement, decentralized technologies, and socially responsible investing will likely shape its portfolio and strategy. As the pace of innovation accelerates, SV Angel’s commitment to founder support and ecosystem building positions it to remain a key player in fostering transformative companies that drive both economic and social progress[3][4]. The firm’s evolution from seed investor to growth equity participant signals a broader ambition to influence the tech landscape at multiple stages, ensuring its relevance and leadership for decades to come.

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Founder-Centric Model: SV Angel prioritizes founder autonomy and provides support tailored to their needs, including business development, key hires, and crisis management.
Network Strength: The firm leverages a vast network of industry experts, founders, and investors to open doors and reduce friction for portfolio companies.
Track Record: Early investments in iconic companies like Facebook and Airbnb demonstrate a strong ability to identify and nurture high-potential startups.
Operating Support: Beyond capital, SV Angel actively assists founders during critical inflection points, offering hands-on help and strategic advice.
Community Building: SV Angel fosters an inclusive ecosystem that encourages knowledge sharing and collective growth among founders and investors[2][4].