Investments
165Portfolio Exits
11Funds
15Partners & Customers
1Service Providers
1About SignalFire
SignalFire uses an investment platform that leverages large-scale technology infrastructure, institutional capital, and its network of product, engineering, and strategic advisors to support entrepreneurs in building breakout companies. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in San Franciso, California.

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Latest SignalFire News
Feb 15, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SignalFire, a tech-enabled early-stage venture capital firm harnessing data and artificial intelligence at scale to identify investments and support for the next generation of startups, has closed over $900 million in fresh capital that brings the firm to over $1.8 billion in assets under management. SignalFire is also announcing the launch of its Executive-in-Residence (XIR) program, which pairs deeply experienced tech industry leaders from the firm’s Advisor Ne
SignalFire Investments
165 Investments
SignalFire has made 165 investments. Their latest investment was in Spec as part of their Seed VC - III on January 1, 2023.

SignalFire Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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1/25/2023 | Seed VC - III | Spec | $5.4M | No | 1 | |
12/15/2022 | Seed VC | Override | $3.5M | Yes | 8 | |
12/6/2022 | Series A | Bitwave | $15M | Yes | Alumni Ventures, Arca, Blockchain Capital, Hack VC, Pulsar Trading Capital, SignalFire, Undisclosed Investors, and Valor Equity Partners | 10 |
12/1/2022 | Series A | |||||
11/15/2022 | Series B |
Date | 1/25/2023 | 12/15/2022 | 12/6/2022 | 12/1/2022 | 11/15/2022 |
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Round | Seed VC - III | Seed VC | Series A | Series A | Series B |
Company | Spec | Override | Bitwave | ||
Amount | $5.4M | $3.5M | $15M | ||
New? | No | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Alumni Ventures, Arca, Blockchain Capital, Hack VC, Pulsar Trading Capital, SignalFire, Undisclosed Investors, and Valor Equity Partners | ||||
Sources | 1 | 8 | 10 |
SignalFire Portfolio Exits
11 Portfolio Exits
SignalFire has 11 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Accept.inc on June 16, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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6/16/2022 | Acquired | 2 | |||
6/8/2022 | Acquired | 1 | |||
2/9/2022 | Acquired | 5 | |||
SignalFire Fund History
15 Fund Histories
SignalFire has 15 funds, including SignalFire Breakout Fund II.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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12/16/2019 | SignalFire Breakout Fund II | Late-Stage Venture Capital | Closed | $299.1M | 2 |
12/16/2019 | SignalFire Fund III | Early-Stage Venture Capital | Closed | $199.4M | 2 |
12/9/2019 | SignalFire Growth Fund | $300M | 1 | ||
12/9/2019 | SignalFire Seed Fund | ||||
12/20/2016 | SignalFire Breakout Fund |
Closing Date | 12/16/2019 | 12/16/2019 | 12/9/2019 | 12/9/2019 | 12/20/2016 |
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Fund | SignalFire Breakout Fund II | SignalFire Fund III | SignalFire Growth Fund | SignalFire Seed Fund | SignalFire Breakout Fund |
Fund Type | Late-Stage Venture Capital | Early-Stage Venture Capital | |||
Status | Closed | Closed | |||
Amount | $299.1M | $199.4M | $300M | ||
Sources | 2 | 2 | 1 |
SignalFire Partners & Customers
1 Partners and customers
SignalFire has 1 strategic partners and customers. SignalFire recently partnered with Machfu on October 10, 2020.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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10/26/2020 | Licensee | United States | The integration of the SignalFire wireless network and the Machfu IIoT Gateway yields tremendous benefits for customers including : | 2 |
Date | 10/26/2020 |
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Type | Licensee |
Business Partner | |
Country | United States |
News Snippet | The integration of the SignalFire wireless network and the Machfu IIoT Gateway yields tremendous benefits for customers including : |
Sources | 2 |
SignalFire Service Providers
1 Service Provider
SignalFire has 1 service provider relationship
Service Provider | Associated Rounds | Provider Type | Service Type |
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Service Provider | |
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Provider Type | Counsel |
Service Type |
Partnership data by VentureSource
SignalFire Team
6 Team Members
SignalFire has 6 team members, including current Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Christopher W. Farmer.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Christopher W. Farmer | Founder, Chief Executive Officer | Current | |
Name | Christopher W. Farmer | ||||
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Work History | |||||
Title | Founder, Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Status | Current |
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