verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message sv angel type angel investment firm headquarters san francisco us key people ron conway founder co managing partner topher conway co managing partner website svangel.com sv angel is a san francisco based angel investment firm which helps startup companies with business development financing m & a and other strategic advice . 1 it provides capital investments to early stage companies focused on the internet e commerce and information technology markets . 2 in 2011 the company added more than 80 new companies to its portfolio which then included 290 active investments . 3 in early 2011 the company launched the start fund a joint venture with dst to direct investments to companies participating in y combinator . in may 2015 managing partner david lee departed the fund with topher and ron conway now serving as managing partners . 4 team edit the team is composed of founder and co managing partner ron conway 5 and investors topher conway brian pokorny kevin carter robert pollak abram dawson mike liu and paul la londe . controversy edit conway was the single largest campaign contributor to edwin m. lee in his successful campaign for mayor of san francisco in november 2011 ; conway raised 600 000 for lee through independent expenditure committees . since then questions have been raised about whether lee has taken actions to benefit companies in which conway s group has investments . 6 references edit official website . sv angel crunchbase profile . primack dan november 20 2011 . exclusive sv angel s investment portfolio . fortune . retrieved 24 june 2013 . david lee leaves sv angel carey pete april 17 2010 . sv 150 companies nearly double profits . san jose mercury news . retrieved 24 june 2013 . smith matt march 31 2012 . as mayor cultivates new business treatment of backer is questioned . the new york times bay citizen . retrieved 24 june 2013 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sv angel & oldid 743700171 categories angel investorscompanies based in san franciscohidden categories articles needing additional references from june 2013all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 19 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view