Longtime enterprise capitalist Ron Conway mentioned Friday that he was “lately recognized with a uncommon type of most cancers.”
In a put up on X, Conway wrote that he “might be stepping again from a few of my traditional actions,” however he’ll “proceed to help” founders backed by his agency SV Angel: “With a extra centered and balanced schedule, I can prioritize therapies whereas serving to SV Angel founders at inflection factors like we all the time do!”
Conway additionally mentioned SV Angel might be “unchanged,” as his son Topher Conway “has made all of our funding choices for the higher a part of the final decade.” And he famous that one other son, Ronny Conway, joined as a managing associate in 2024.
“They carry expertise from practically each main know-how cycle in Silicon Valley and at the moment are centered on partnering with founders constructing the way forward for AI,” Conway mentioned.
He added that he’s not revealing “the precise kind of most cancers” in his prognosis, as a result of he doesn’t need “hypothesis” concerning the prognosis, however he mentioned he stays “optimistic.”
“I’m lucky to have the perfect/wonderful workforce of UCSF docs in San Francisco, and as you already know, I by no means again down from a struggle,” Conway mentioned.
