SV Angel

SV Angel is a San Francisco-based angel investment group founded in 1992 that focuses on supporting entrepreneurs in the software-centric consumer and enterprise sectors across the United States. The organization assists founders at crucial stages of their business development by providing strategic advice, financing, and support for mergers and acquisitions. Unlike traditional venture capital firms that typically invest in a limited number of companies annually, SV Angel is known for its high volume of investments, often exceeding 100 companies each year. By leveraging its extensive network, SV Angel aims to help startups build sustainable and enduring companies.

Ashvin Bachireddy

Managing Partner

Topher Conway

Managing Partner

Robert Pollak

Partner

Past deals in PaaS

Paid

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Paid is a business platform for AI agents.

P0 Security

Seed Round in 2023
P0 is a universal cloud-access governance platform, that secures all identities - human and machine, without affecting developer workflows

Replit

Series B in 2023
Replit is a browser-based integrated development environment (IDE) designed to make coding accessible to a wide audience. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Replit supports over 50 programming languages, enabling users to build applications and websites directly from their browsers, regardless of the operating system or device used. The platform facilitates real-time collaboration, allowing multiple users to work together on projects, and provides features for deploying, saving, and sharing code seamlessly online. By offering an intuitive and powerful toolset, Replit aims to simplify the coding experience for both novice and experienced developers.

Payload

Seed Round in 2022
Payload is a headless content management system (CMS) founded in 2018 and headquartered in Michigan. The platform is built using TypeScript, Node, React, and MongoDB, providing developers with a robust tool for creating and managing content across various applications, including websites and native apps. Payload distinguishes itself with advanced data security features, allowing for access control at both the document and field levels. Its dynamic field types, such as Arrays and Blocks, along with specialized fields like Relationship and GeoJSON, facilitate flexible data modeling. The platform also offers comprehensive documentation services, design capabilities, and output customization, which enhance the development process by saving time and effort for engineers.

Xata.io

Seed Round in 2021
Xata is a fully-managed PostgreSQL database platform. Designed for businesses to build faster, ship reliably and scale infinitely.

Plato

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

Isovalent

Series A in 2020
Isovalent, Inc. specializes in developing software solutions for enterprises to connect, monitor, and secure workloads in cloud-native environments. The company's flagship product, Cilium, leverages eBPF to enhance networking, security, and observability for Kubernetes deployments across both cloud and on-premises infrastructures. Isovalent offers Cilium Enterprise, which focuses on security automation, compliance, and integration with legacy systems, along with open-source tools that facilitate network connectivity, threat detection, and security compliance monitoring. Founded by the creators of Cilium and eBPF, Isovalent serves a diverse clientele, including major organizations like Adobe, AWS, and Google. The company was established in 2016 and has its headquarters in Cupertino, California, with an additional office in Zurich, Switzerland.

Replit

Series A in 2020
Replit is a browser-based integrated development environment (IDE) designed to make coding accessible to a wide audience. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Replit supports over 50 programming languages, enabling users to build applications and websites directly from their browsers, regardless of the operating system or device used. The platform facilitates real-time collaboration, allowing multiple users to work together on projects, and provides features for deploying, saving, and sharing code seamlessly online. By offering an intuitive and powerful toolset, Replit aims to simplify the coding experience for both novice and experienced developers.

Ascend.io

Seed Round in 2015
Ascend.io, based in Palo Alto, California, offers an advanced platform designed to streamline big data analytics and engineering workflows. The platform integrates essential capabilities such as data ingestion, transformation, delivery, orchestration, and observability into a unified solution, enabling data teams to operate significantly faster. By leveraging declarative configurations and automation, Ascend.io manages cloud infrastructure, optimizes data pipelines, and reduces maintenance throughout the data lifecycle. This innovative approach supports business managers in initiating projects and making informed decisions by simplifying connections to various applications. Recognized as a 2021 Gartner Cool Vendor, Ascend.io is supported by prominent venture capital firms and notable advisors in the tech industry.

Nodejitsu

Seed Round in 2012
Nodejitsu is a cloud computing company that offers a platform as a service (PaaS) specifically designed for node.js applications. Founded in 2010 and located in New York, the company focuses on providing an accessible and automated cloud solution that supports data-intensive, real-time deployments. In addition to its PaaS offering, Nodejitsu features an application marketplace that facilitates the deployment and monetization of open-source node.js projects, thereby enhancing the overall user experience and fostering a community around its platform.

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 offers a platform as a service (PaaS) specifically designed for node.js applications. Founded in 2010 and located in New York, the company focuses on providing an accessible and automated cloud solution that supports data-intensive, real-time deployments. In addition to its PaaS offering, Nodejitsu features an application marketplace that facilitates the deployment and monetization of open-source node.js projects, thereby enhancing the overall user experience and fostering a community around its platform.

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, enabling developers to deploy and scale .NET applications seamlessly. Founded in 2010 and based in San Francisco, California, AppHarbor allows users to push code via Git or Mercurial, after which the platform builds the code and runs unit tests before deployment. This process eliminates the need for developers to manage server maintenance or configuration files, allowing them to concentrate on application development and innovation. The service caters to both personal blogs and high-traffic web applications, offering features such as version control and add-ons, along with support for users.

Heroku

Series A in 2008
Heroku is a cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) that facilitates modern application deployment, management, and scaling. Built on container technology, Heroku allows developers to focus on their core products by alleviating the need for server maintenance, hardware management, and infrastructure concerns. The platform supports multi-language applications and provides tools for developers to deploy, scale, and manage their applications effectively. Additionally, it enables users to share, collaborate, and manipulate code seamlessly, promoting a streamlined development process.
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