Venture Capitalists Ron Conway And Sean Parker Battle For Charity

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Sean Parker (Founders Fund, Facebook, Plaxo, Napster) and angel investor Ron Conway are doing a little smack talking over who’ll raise the most money for charity. Conway is raising for the UCSF Foundation , and Parker is fighting Malaria through Malaria No More . So far Parker is in the lead, with more than $15,000 raised (he’s tying it to his 30th birthday party tonight). Conway, who started later, has nearly $7,500 . They’re both using Causes on Facebook , one of Parker’s companies


Originally posted on TechCrunch

 
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