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Ron Conway

Founder of SV Angel, Sv Angel

Search every verified Ron Conway interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Ron Conway, founder and managing partner of SV Angel, appeared on a podcast on March 25, 2026, where he discussed his approach to investing and his role in the tech ecosystem. He described his willingness to help founders he encounters, recounting an instance where Zoom founder Eric Yuan approached him in a parking lot for advice early in his career. Conway also noted that his three sons have entered the investing business, with each leaving jobs in Los Angeles to work alongside him in the same office. During the podcast, Conway criticized a proposed state wealth tax, describing it as "one of the most onerous pieces of legislation" that would impose a 5% tax on assets and tax founders based on voting control rather than economic ownership. He also discussed his involvement during the Silicon Valley Bank crisis, stating that he became "very firm with Washington" by Sunday morning because the government was not acting, and that guaranteeing deposits was necessary to prevent a worldwide financial crisis.

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“During the SVB crisis the government wasn't doing anything — all they needed to do was guarantee the deposits; by Sunday morning I got very firm with Washington (the FDIC and members of Congress) because if we didn't solve it there would have been a worldwide financial crisis.”

“This proposed state wealth tax is one of the most onerous pieces of legislation — it's a 5% tax on every asset you have, they would appraise your art and your car, and worst of all it taxes founders based on top voting control numbers (Larry and Sergey, Zuckerberg) rather than economic ownership; we cannot let this get on the ballot.”

“I immediately knew that if a search engine searched by page rank with the goal of relevance and it was an algorithm that was scientific, it would definitely be ahead of the rest of the market.”

“We had already strategically infiltrated the Stanford engineering department and we asked all the Stanford professors would you like to invest in SV Angel and, if you invest in SV Angel, hopefully you'll get great returns but in return for that we want you to tell us when you have an interesting PhD student that you should introduce us to.”

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