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{{Infobox company
| name = SignalFire
| industry = Finance
| founded = 2013
| founder = Chris Farmer, Ilya Kirnos
| website = https://www.signalfire.com
| location_country = San Francisco
}}

'''SignalFire''' is a [[San Francisco]] based company founded in 2013 by Chris Farmer and Ilya Kirnos. SignalFire is a venture capital firm which uses machine learning to find investment opportunities.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nanalyze.com/2016/09/signalfire-machine-learning-algorithms-startups/|title=SignalFire Machine Learning Algorithms Pick 8 Hot Startups|date=2016-09-26|website=Nanalyze|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/signal-fire#section-overview|title=SignalFire|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

== Overview ==
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SignalFire is a venture capital firm focused on seed, small A and later-stage round funds. SignalFire's platform, Beacon, tracks more than half a trillion data points that are collected from 2 million data sources. This firm invests in unstructured data, including raw consumer transactions that allow Beacon to see where consumers are spending their time and money. SignalFire keeps a close tab on the growth of companies and sectors. SignalFire enlisted 50 other limited partners in the tech-ecosystem who have open access to the platform and in exchange served as on-demand advisors to its portfolio companies.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2018/10/15/this-upstart-is-using-a-bridgewater-style-data-approach-to-beat-traditional-vcs-to-key-hiresand-deals/|title=This Upstart Is Using A Bridgewater-Style Data Approach To Beat Traditional VCs To Key Hires—And Deals|last=Konrad|first=Alex|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/dd7fa798-bfcd-11e7-823b-ed31693349d3|title=Artificial intelligence is guiding venture capital to start-ups|last=Palmer|first=Maija|date=2017-12-12|website=Financial Times|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2018/08/02/stampli-raises-6-7-m-in-series-a-funding-to-streamline-invoice-management/|title=Stampli raises $6.7M in Series A funding to streamline invoice management|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.finsmes.com/2018/11/signalfire-to-raise-two-new-venture-capital-funds.html|title=SignalFire to Raise Two New Venture Capital Funds|last=FinSMEs|date=2018-11-29|website=FinSMEs|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2015/10/22/watch-out-vcs-chris-farmer-says-hes-about-to-massively-disrupt-the-industry/|title=Watch Out, VCs: Chris Farmer Plans To Massively Disrupt The Industry|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2015/10/22/watch-out-vcs-chris-farmer-says-hes-about-to-massively-disrupt-the-industry/|title=Watch Out, VCs: Chris Farmer Plans To Massively Disrupt The Industry|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref>

This startup software tracks 8 million startups across the world for sources from sales data to academic publications to financial filings. SignalFire supports startups with business development, customer acquisition, talent recruitment, education and community events and advice from entrepreneurs, product and engineering leaders in every vital discipline and industry.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
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== Funding/Investment ==
SignalFire closed $53 million in its first fund which it used to back eight companies. SignalFire raised $330 million across two subsequent funds for data-focused investing combined with traditional human-powered portfolio services. SignalFire has invested in startups like Frame.io, [[ClassDojo]], Jyve, PropelPLM, [[Zume Pizza]], SmartSpot, MileZero, Snitch. SignalFire led a funding round where Stampli, a startup, raised $6.7 million in Series A funding.<ref name=":4" /> SignalFire raised two new venture capital funds in 2019. According to two SEC regulatory documents, the two funds are SIGNALFIRE FUND III L.P, a small A fund, and SIGNALFIRE BREAKOUT FUND II, L.P, a later-stage fund. <ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.finsmes.com/2018/12/formant-raises-6m-in-seed-funding.html|title=Formant Raises $6M in Seed Funding|last=FinSMEs|date=2018-12-18|website=FinSMEs|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/signalfire-raises-330-million-for-data-centric-venture-capital-1494415804|title=SignalFire Raises $330 Million for Data-Centric Venture Capital|last=Geron|first=Tomio|website=WSJ|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/venture-capital-firms-use-big-data-to-seek-out-the-next-big-thing-1493086200|title=Venture-Capital Firms Use Big Data to Seek Out the Next Big Thing|last=Davis|first=Alexander|website=WSJ|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/signalfire-with-talent-focused-data-mining-targets-300m-fund-1474630201|title=SignalFire, with Talent-Focused Data Mining, Targets $300M Fund|last=Geron|first=Tomio|website=WSJ|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref>

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