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A veteran investor in Silicon valley, Conway had previously launched Start Fund in 2011 to focus on funding Y Combinator startups. Conway The former CEO of Perso... Read More Angel investor and philanthropist Ron Conway makes another appearance on the Midas List through his portfolio as founder and co-managing partner of SV Angel. Conway takes an early stage approach to investing that has seen him gain positions in many leading companies such as Airbnb, GitHub, Poshmark and Zenefits. Some call that method -- which includes a large number of deals at relatively lower ownership -- a "spray and pray" approach. A veteran investor in Silicon valley, Conway had previously launched Start Fund in 2011 to focus on funding Y Combinator startups. Conway The former CEO of Personal Training Systems (acquired by SmartForce/SkillSoft) also led Altos Computer Systems to an IPO in 1982. 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