Longtime enterprise capitalist Ron Conway mentioned Friday that he was “just lately recognized with a uncommon type of most cancers.”
In a post on X, Conway wrote that he “shall be stepping again from a few of my ordinary actions,” however he’ll “proceed to help” founders backed by his agency SV Angel: “With a extra targeted 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 shall 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 bring about expertise from almost each main expertise cycle in Silicon Valley and are actually targeted on partnering with founders constructing the way forward for AI,” Conway mentioned.
He added that he’s not revealing “the particular 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 very best/superb crew of UCSF docs in San Francisco, and as you realize, I by no means again down from a combat,” Conway mentioned.
