Ron Conway’s Confidential Investment Guide: The Tech Megatrends

Angel investors SV Angel, led by Ron Conway invests so early in startups that he looks mostly at the team and current tech trends when making investment decisions.

Last year he was focusing on real time and location startups. This year, according to a confidential report to SV Angel investors that made its way into our hands, he’s looking at a whole slew of trends.

How a startup plays into these trends is taken into consideration when SV Angel ponders an investment. The trends include:

• Social
• Real Time
• Location Based Services
• The Urban Entrepreneur
• Mobile
• Flash Sales
• Behavior & Transactions