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SignalFire

Venture capitalActively deployingoperating company · company profile

San Francisco · Seed–Series C · 104 people tracked

Also known as for itself and as nominee for its affiliates · Proximal Ventures · SIGNALFIRE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC · Signalfire Ventures

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Investment thesis

SignalFire positions itself as a top seed fund built around a philosophy of committing its entire team behind a small set of companies it believes in. The firm assembles a multidisciplinary team of engineers, data scientists, founders, operators, and investors, and leans on its proprietary Beacon AI platform to track talent and market signals. It emphasizes frequent, high-touch support for portfolio companies, running structured programs and measuring outcomes through founder NPS, customer satisfaction scores, and OKRs. This data-and-feedback-driven approach is used to continually refine the products and services it provides to founders.

Source: firm website, verified Oct 13, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Series C
Check
$250K – $15M
HQ
San Francisco, CA, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2013
Last 12 months
25 investments
AUM
$4.5B
Tracked investments
225
Unicorns
15
IPOs
3
Acquisitions
12

Team · 104 people

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Ken Martin· Co-founder of GreenPark Sports
Kevin Taweel· Co-founder & Chairman of Asurion
Laura Farmer· Founder and President, Opus Strategy
Lucy Zhang· Founding Engineer at Facebook Messenger
Mike Krieger· Chief Product Officer at Anthropic. Former Co-founder & CTO of Instagram
Noosheen Hashemi· Founder & CEO of January AI
Peter Hazlehurst· Co-Founder & CEO of Synctera
Sahir Raoof· Co-founder, Proximal Ventures
Tom Peterson· CEO, Blackbird Health; co-founder & former COO, Evolent Health
Vijay Chattha· Founder & CEO of VSC
Vitaly Gordon· CEO & Co-founder, Faros AI
Alex Hooshmand· Co-founder ZaiNar & Bluekai

Alex Hooshmand is an entrepreneur and investor working at the intersection of technology, data and strategy. He co-founded ZaiNar, a Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) company targeting logistics, telecom and space applications, and previously co-founded BlueKai, a Data Management Platform and data exchange for marketers that Oracle acquired in 2014, after which he led product management teams for Oracle Marketing Cloud. He earlier led teams at DoubleClick and Right Media, holds an MBA from Wharton and a BS from Carnegie Mellon.

Ben Davenport· CTO & Co-founder of BitGo; former Co-founder of Belugain𝕏

Ben Davenport is CTO and co-founder of BitGo, which provides infrastructure for Bitcoin and other digital assets. He previously co-founded Beluga, acquired by Facebook and folded into Facebook Messenger, and worked as an engineer at Microsoft and Google. He is an active early-stage angel investor across more than 50 companies.

Bobby Lent· Managing Partner at Hillsven & Co-founder of Aribain𝕏

Bobby Lent cofounded Ariba. He currently serves as Managing Director at Hillsven, a $40M seed venture firm investing in internet, cloud, e-commerce, and mobile companies.

Chris Farmer· Partner & CEOin𝕏

Chris Farmer founded a quant-style VC that grants engineers, data scientists and portfolio support equal carry with investing partners, bootstrapped by advisory projects and building Beacon as a full-stack platform.

Deb Ray· Co-founder and Chief AI Officer, InferenceCloud.aiin

Deb Ray is co-founder and Chief AI Officer at InferenceCloud.ai. He was previously CTO of EndCue in Los Angeles, where he led an AI platform for analyzing and generating original content, and earlier founded and led technology for two adtech startups. He holds a PhD from Caltech and has worked as a researcher in deep learning and AI for over a decade.

Ellen Levy· Founder & Managing Director of Silicon Valley Connectin𝕏

Ellen Levy is the Founder and Managing Director of Silicon Valley Connect and manages a portfolio of around 50 angel investments. Her career includes roles in venture (Softbank, NeoCarta, DFJ), universities (Harvard, Stanford, ASU), large companies (PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Apple), and startups, including serving as head of Corporate Development and Strategy at LinkedIn. She holds a BA from the University of Michigan and an MA/PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Stanford University.

Evan Richardson· Founder & CEO of Form Health, Former SVP of Grand Roundsin

Evan Richardson works as an entrepreneur, investor, and advisor. He was part of the founding management team at Grand Rounds, serving as SVP of Medical Network and Corporate Development.

Frank Williams· Director, Board of Directors, former Co-founder and CEO of Evolent Health

Frank Williams is co-founder and a board director of Evolent Health (NYSE: EVH), which supports payers and providers in value-based care transformation; during his time there the company went public, surpassed $1B in annualized revenue, and served over 15 million patients. Earlier he was chairman and CEO of The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO), a health care research and technology firm that also completed an IPO and grew past $450M in annual revenue. He holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Jack Huffard· Co-founder, Tenable

Jack Huffard is a software executive with over two decades of leadership, go-to-market, and operational experience, having taken a company from founding through IPO. He co-founded cybersecurity company Tenable (NASDAQ: TENB) in 2002, serving as President and COO and later COO, and led its Series A, Series B, and 2018 public offering. Before Tenable he was Director of Corporate Development at Enterasys Networks and held roles at John Hancock and Marriott. He holds a BS from Washington and Lee University and an MBA from Babson College.

Jeff Butler· Founder, Privia Health

Jeff Butler is the founder of Privia Health (NASDAQ:PRVA), which he led as Chairman and CEO for over a decade before moving to its Board of Directors in 2017 and retiring from the board in November 2022, following the company's 2021 IPO. He previously co-founded and served as CEO of BroadReach Healthcare, helped launch the technology and consulting business at The Advisory Board Company, worked as a hospital COO/Interim CEO, and was on the founding team for the spin-off of LifePoint Health from HCA. He holds a Masters in Health Administration from The Medical College of Virginia and a Bachelor of Science from Florida State University, and invests through his fund, Elusive Ventures.

Jerry Yang· Founding Partner at AME Cloud Ventures

Jerry Yang is Founding Partner at AME Cloud Ventures, focusing on companies built around data, cloud, and hardware advances. He co-founded Yahoo! in 1995 and served on its board and executive team until 2012, helping develop Yahoo!'s relationships with Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba. He currently serves on the boards of Workday, Alibaba, and Lenovo.

Jim Benton· Former CEO Chorus.ai [Acquired by ZI], Former CEO Apollo.io, Co-founder ClearSlide
Chris Scoggins· Partnerin𝕏

Chris Scoggins has worked as an entrepreneur, executive, and investor in technology for about twenty-five years, concentrating on SaaS, data services, and applied AI. He most recently led global strategy, revenue, and partnerships at Oracle Data Cloud, joining Oracle in 2015 via its acquisition of Datalogix, where he had built and run the digital business. Earlier in his career he worked in venture capital and co-founded Internet Reports in 1997 (acquired in 2000); he holds an MBA from Stanford and a BS from Trinity University.

Ellen Blix· Partner & Head of Investor Relationsin

Ellen Blix joined SignalFire in 2020 to lead investor relations, overseeing limited partner strategy and communications. She was previously a Managing Director at Commonfund Capital and spent six years as a Vice President and investment strategist at BlackRock, with earlier roles as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers and Wasserstein Perella & Co. She holds an S.B. in Biology from MIT and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

Jim Stoneham· Board Partnerin𝕏

Jim Stoneham is an Operating Partner at SignalFire focused on go-to-market strategy, where he works with portfolio companies on sales and marketing. He was previously founder and CEO of Opsmatic, CEO of Payvment, and CMO of both New Relic and Stripe. His work centers on data-driven go-to-market programs, customer growth, and product-led growth.

Jonathan Lim· Partnerin

Jon Lim is a Partner at SignalFire, which he joined in 2020, focusing on early-stage venture investments. He previously helped build KKR's Next Generation Technology Fund as one of its earliest US team members, and worked as a software investor at TCV and an investment banker at Jefferies. He graduated with honors from USC with a double major in Accounting and Finance.

Veronica Mercado· Partner & COOin
Yuriy Groysman· Partner, Data Sciencein

Yuriy Groysman is a Partner in Data Science at SignalFire, a venture capital firm. He develops the firm's machine learning models and contributes to a data platform used to identify and evaluate startups across sectors and stages. His background includes experimental particle physics and machine learning.

Tony Pezzullo· Partnerin

Tony Pezzullo is a Partner at SignalFire, a venture capital firm with over $3 billion in assets under management. Based in New York City, he leads investments ranging from Seed through Series B.

Wayne Hu· Partnerin𝕏

Wayne Hu is a General Partner at SignalFire, an early-stage investment firm. He previously worked at Google and YouTube, as well as at Kleiner Perkins. His investment focus includes early-stage entrepreneurs operating in established markets.

Mike Mangini· Partnerin𝕏
Taylor Barada· Venture Partnerin𝕏

Taylor Barada is a Venture Partner at SignalFire with background as a general manager in corporate and business development, strategy, and product marketing. His experience spans deal leadership, operations, and advisory work across new product strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and go-to-market planning. His investment interests include consumer healthcare, social commerce, online media, mobile applications, and SaaS.

Josh Steinfeld· Principal Product Strategist, Carta Total Compensation
Julia Popowitz· Active Angel Investor & Advisor
Keith Pradhan· VP, Head of Monetization Strategy & Operations at LinkedIn
Mark Jacobson· GM, Executive Search Vertical at Findem
Mark Roe· Former VP Operations & Engineering at SolarCity
Marta Bulaich· VP of Enterprise Strategy at VSC
Michael Curtiss· Senior Staff Engineer at Waymo
Michael Stoppelman· Former SVP of Engineering at Yelp
Michelle Lee· Former VP of Amazon ML Lab, former CEO of US Patent & Trademark Office
Namrata Ram· VP of Revenue Strategy & Ops at Together AI. Former VP of Revenue Strategy & Ops at Notion
Nick Lewis· Head of Global GTM Recruiting, Anthropic
Ray Hein· Former CEO & CSO at PropelPLM
Raymie Stata· Tech Advisor at Airbnb
RJ Pittman· Chairman & CEO of Matterport; Former CPO of eBay
Shishir Mehrotra· CEO of Grammarly. Former VP of Product & Engineering at YouTube
Steve Baker· Google Fellow. Former VP of Engineering at Google
Steven A. Farmer· former Chief Strategy Officer for Coverage at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Stuart Watson· Head of Revenue Operations, Resolve AI
Tim Weingarten· Product at Anthropic
Zod Nazem· Former CTO of Yahoo. Former VP of Web & Media Servers at Oracle
Aayush Sharma· Senior Associatein

Aayush Sharma is a Senior Associate at SignalFire, focusing on venture and growth-stage software investments. He was previously a growth equity investor at JMI Equity in San Diego, working on late-stage and pre-IPO software opportunities, and began his career at the Boston Consulting Group. He holds a B.B.A. in Finance from UT Austin, where he founded a student-led consulting organization.

Andrew Reid· Director, GTM Recruitingin

Andrew Reid joined SignalFire in 2023 to support the portfolio with talent acquisition across Go-to-Market functions. He previously built and led the Talent function as Head of Talent at Lead Edge Capital, a growth equity firm, and earlier worked at retained executive search firms Artisanal Talent and SPMB in the San Francisco Bay Area, placing executives for enterprise and consumer clients. He holds a B.A. in Geography/Environmental Studies from UCLA with a minor in Geospatial Information Systems & Technology.

Asher Bantock· Head of Researchin

Asher Bantock joined SignalFire in 2023, where he produces data analyses that inform the firm's investment strategy and builds internal tools and systems supporting decision-making. He previously worked as a Staff Data Scientist at Block's Cash App covering banking product analytics, and held data science roles at Medium, Facebook Messenger, and SoundCloud. He holds a BA in Economics from UC Berkeley.

Bill MacCartney· Former VP ML at Coherein

Bill MacCartney is CTO in Residence at SignalFire. He previously served as VP of Machine Learning at Cohere, where he led a team of 50+ scientists and engineers on large language models, and held roles including Director of Proactive Intelligence at Apple, Consulting Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, Managing Director at BlackRock, and Senior Research Scientist at Google.

Brad Hoover· former CEO of Grammarlyin

Brad Hoover previously served as CEO of Grammarly, where he worked on product strategy, team building, business development, and operations. Before that, he was an investor at General Catalyst Partners, focusing on consumer internet, SaaS, and mobile companies, and worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and Arthur Andersen. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University.

Cali Tran· CEO of Cision; CEO of Brandwatchin

Cali Tran is CEO of Cision, an earned media and PR software company, and CEO of Brandwatch, a consumer intelligence and social media management company. He previously served as CEO of Valassis Digital, a business unit within Harland Clarke Holding Company. He holds an AB in History from Bowdoin College and an MBA from Harvard.

Carrie Wheeler· CEO of Opendoor

Carrie Wheeler is the CFO of Opendoor and previously served on the company's board. Before Opendoor, she spent over two decades at TPG Global, where she was a partner leading the firm's consumer and retail investments. She has served on the boards of companies including Neiman Marcus, Petco Animal Supplies, Dollar Tree, and APi Group.

Diane Tang· Google Fellowin

Diane Tang is a Google Fellow who works on analytics and data science across Google, having joined the company in 2003 with earlier roles on the AdsQuality team and in life sciences and health. Her work has covered logging, large-scale data analysis and infrastructure, experiment methodology, and ads systems. She holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Harvard (1995) and a master's and PhD in Computer Science from Stanford (2001), along with multiple patents and publications.

Ding Zhou· Head of Content Engineering at Snap, Inc.in𝕏

Ding Zhou is a software engineer and data scientist focused on building and optimizing intelligent systems. He currently serves as Head of Ads Engineering at Pinterest, and previously held engineering roles at Facebook, Square, and DoorDash. He earned a Ph.D. from Penn State and a bachelor's degree from Fudan University, both in computer science.

Doug Merritt· CEO of Aviatrix, Former CEO of Splunkin

Doug Merritt is President and CEO of Splunk, a role he has held since 2015, after joining the company as Senior Vice President of Field Operations in 2014. His earlier career includes senior roles at Cisco Systems, CEO of Baynote, executive positions at SAP, and General Manager of the Human Capital Management Product Division at PeopleSoft; he also co-founded and led cloud company Icarian. He holds a B.S. from the University of the Pacific.

Ed Simcox· Previously VP of Solutions at Mayo Clinicin
Ellen Salisbury· Managing Director of Start Smart Labs; Former VP BizOps at Altiscale & VP Eng at Yahooin𝕏

Ellen Salisbury is Managing Director of Start Smart Labs, an incubator focused on startups building data-intensive applications on Hadoop. She previously served as Vice President of Business Operations at Altiscale and as Vice President of Engineering at Yahoo!. She earned a BA in Humanities from the University of Minnesota and an MBA from Loyola University of Chicago.

Emma Hanley· Operations Leadin

Emma Hanley joined SignalFire's Product Operations team in 2025 to scale the firm's programs and resources. She previously worked in Go-to-Market strategy at Lumafield, served as Director of Business Initiatives at AppFolio, and worked at Amazon on Whole Foods delivery; she began her career as a specialist in Impressionist and Modern art at Christie's. She holds an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.A. in History of Art from UC Berkeley.

Gana Rajasegaran· Director, Technical Talentin

Gana Rajasegaran joined SignalFire in 2026 as Director of Technical Talent, working with portfolio companies on technical talent acquisition across Engineering, ML/AI, Design, and Product. He previously spent about four and a half years at Atlassian as a Lead Technical Recruiter, building engineering and machine learning teams across the US, India, Europe, and Australia, and earlier helped grow Lyft's autonomous vehicle division in Palo Alto. Earlier in his career he recruited for startups in biotechnology, medical devices, SaMD, and digital health with US search firms.

Ginny Curley· Talent Operations Managerin

Ginny Curley rejoined SignalFire in May 2021, where she supports the Talent Team and manages recruiting efforts, systems, and programs for portfolio companies. Before returning, she worked at True Search supporting the Head of the Consumer Practice, where she assisted with CXO searches across a range of sectors.

Greg Badros· CEO of Gluroo, Former VP Eng @ Facebookin

Greg Badros grew up in Salisbury, Maryland and earned B.Sc. degrees in mathematics and computer science from Duke University before completing a Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Washington in 2000. He spent his career as an engineering leader at major technology companies, serving as Chief Technical Architect at Go2Net and InfoSpace, leading AdSense and consumer Apps teams (Gmail, Calendar, Reader) at Google, and serving as VP of Engineering and Products at Facebook, where he worked on Ads, Graph Search, Data Science, and more. In 2013 he founded advisory firm Prepared Mind Innovations and began angel investing, and in 2020 he founded Gluroo Imaginations to help families manage diabetes, later launching GotCGM and FlashSnack. He has been an active angel investor since 2011.

Heliya Sohrabi· Controllerin

Heliya Sohrabi joined SignalFire in spring 2021 to handle accounting and financial operations. She previously worked as a Senior Audit Associate at KPMG's San Francisco office, specializing in financial reporting for venture capital funds, and participated in KPMG's leadership program before working with Bay Area registered investment advisors. She is a licensed CPA in California and holds a B.A. in Economics and Accounting from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Ilya Kirnos· Partner & CTOin𝕏

Ilya Kirnos co-founded SignalFire and serves as its CTO. He previously spent 2004-2012 as a software engineer at Google, holding technical leadership roles including Technical Lead for Gmail Ads and AdWords Performance and Scalability, and founding Google Prediction Markets. He later led backend platform development at CardSpring, a payment company acquired by Twitter, and earlier worked at Bell Labs and Oracle. He holds a B.S.E. in Computer Science with a minor in Applied Mathematics from Princeton University.

Jarod Reyes· Head of Developer Communityin

Jarod Reyes joined SignalFire in 2024 as Head of Developer Community. Over roughly 15 years he has built developer communities and marketing teams at companies including Twilio, Auth0, and PlanetScale, working at the intersection of engineering and marketing. His work focuses on serving and growing developer communities.

Jasmine Tong· Operations Managerin

Jasmine Tong joined SignalFire in 2018, providing administrative support to the executive team, managing internal event planning, and running the firm's gift programs. Before SignalFire, she spent six years in administrative and operational roles at the Associated Students at San Francisco State University (2011–2017), where she relaunched the student banking program and supported over 150 student groups, and later worked in business development, marketing, and administration at Brown Reynolds Watford Architects. She holds a B.S. in International Business from San Francisco State University.

Jeanne Dewitt Grosser· COO, Vercelin

Jeanne Dewitt Grosser is COO of Vercel. She previously spent several years at Stripe, most recently as Chief Business Officer overseeing financial partner relationships, technology partnerships, and business development, and earlier as Head of Revenue & Growth for the Americas, where she helped build the sales organization and go-to-market strategy. Before Stripe she was Chief Revenue Officer at Dialpad and led SMB and Mid-Market Sales for Google Workspace across the Americas and APAC. She holds a BA from Duke University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Jesse Savage· Former Head of Product at Google Analytics
Jordan Clark· Senior Associate, Investor Relations

Jordan Clark joined SignalFire in 2025 on the investor relations team, focusing on limited partner strategy and communications. He previously spent four years in investor relations and product management at Ares Management in New York City and Los Angeles, and earlier worked at Morgan Stanley in private wealth management and at the youth sports broadcasting startup BallerTV. He holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Lauren Nguyen· Head of Marketingin
Liana Renati· Office Coordinator
Libby Hadzima Perkins· General Counsel
Mario Espindola· Senior Director, Talentin

Mario Espindola is Senior Director, Talent and Operations at SignalFire, where he develops recruiting and talent acquisition strategies and collaborates with stakeholders on retention, people operations, and total rewards. His career spans organizations ranging from startups to large public companies.

Max Friedman· Principal Software Engineerin
Michael Abramson· Associate General Counselin

Michael Abramson is Associate General Counsel at SignalFire, a venture capital firm. He is licensed to practice law in California and focuses his work on the venture capital and startup space.

Michelle Gandhi· Managing Director, Investor Relations
Mimi Do· Manager, Eventsin
Mitchell Yee· Head of Events
Nik Shkrob· Principal Software Engineerin

Nik Shkrob is a Software Engineer at SignalFire, focusing on distributed systems and large scale performance optimization. He has experience in service-oriented architecture and backend systems engineering, and works with Scala, Java, Ruby, and Python.

Nir Polak· Board Partner
Rachelle Sisco· Assistant Controllerin
Ryan Wexler· Principalin
Sadasia McCutchen· Head of Ecosystem
Spencer Ackermann· CFO & CCOin
Tawni Cranz· Operating Partnerin

Tawni Cranz is an Operating Partner at SignalFire, where she advises founders, CEOs, and leadership teams on company strategy, talent, organizational design, and scaling, with a recent focus on building AI-native startups. She spent a decade at Netflix helping build its global streaming business, co-authored its culture deck, and wrote its unlimited parental leave policy, and has also worked with leaders at Waymo, Cruise, Bausch & Lomb, and FedEx Kinko's. She serves as a board director and advisor, is the founder of Nazario Ranch Vineyards, and is a graduate of the Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Tina Wang· Senior Data Engineer
Trips Reddy· Head of Content
Varun Ramakrishnan· Principalin

Varun Ramakrishnan is a Principal on the investment team at SignalFire, where he focuses on seed to Series B investments in AI companies. He has a background in computer science and robotics.

Zachary Hoffman· Machine Learning Engineer
Bradford Jones· Principalin𝕏
Elaine Zelby· Venture Partnerin𝕏

Elaine Zelby is co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer at Tofu, an agentic demand generation platform for B2B marketing teams. Previously, she worked as an early-stage investor at SignalFire and held go-to-market and marketing leadership roles at early and growth-stage startups. Zelby publishes a weekly newsletter called 3 Things and hosts the (un)sexy podcast.

Josh Constine· Venture Partnerin𝕏

Josh Constine is a Venture Partner for Consumer at SignalFire. Previously, he spent eight years as Editor-At-Large at TechCrunch, where he published over 3,000 posts covering product design, social networks, blockchain, and early-stage companies. He holds a Master's degree in cybersociology from Stanford and has moderated over 190 talks across 18 countries with technology leaders and public figures.

Yuanling Yuan· Partnerin𝕏

Yuanling Yuan is a Partner at SignalFire, where he leads Series A-B stage investments with a focus on vertical AI. He works with entrepreneurs across the firm's portfolio companies.

Sooah Cho· Partnerin𝕏
Andy Wu
Sivateja Tangirala
Tony Pezzulo

Founder mafia

14 people who came through SignalFire went on to found or lead other companies.

+ 2 more

What they invest in

from 188 of 225 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×105SaaS ×93Enterprise Software ×67Healthtech ×39Developer Tools ×31Data & Infrastructure ×30Fintech ×30Digital Health ×24

HQs:United States×134United Kingdom×4Canada×3Germany×2Australia×1India×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 115 portfolio companies
15%
solo founders
17 of 115 mapped founding teams
43%
repeat founders
of 184 founders with career history
~3.5 yrs
old at investment
median across 56 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×172 founders×403 founders×254+ founders×33

Where their founders studiedfrom 167 founders with education data

Stanford University ×15Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×9University of California, Berkeley ×8Columbia University ×6Harvard University ×6University of Cambridge ×6University of Waterloo ×6Brown University ×5

What their founders studiedfrom 164 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×75Engineering ×46Business & Management ×19Economics ×17Mathematics & Statistics ×11Humanities ×9Finance & Accounting ×7Physics ×5

Where their founders worked beforefrom 184 founders with career history

Google ×18Microsoft ×14IBM ×7LinkedIn ×6Stanford University ×6Stripe ×6McKinsey & Company ×5Goldman Sachs ×4

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×18

20 founders hold a PhD · 22 hold an MBA (of 180 with degree data) · backed the same founder in 2+ companies: 3 founders

Investments · 225 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 192025 · 242024 · 102023 · 152022 · 142021 · 212020 · 102019 · 52018 · 12017 · 32015 · 22014 · 2126 dated

Boundless Bioboundlessbio.comin𝕏NASDAQ: BOLDSeries A · Sep 2019 · $46M

Boundless Bio develops precision oncology medicines targeting ecDNA-amplified cancers, specifically creating a new category of ecDNA-directed therapies for patients with oncogenic alterations.

BiotechMedical DevicesLa Jolla, US

Zachary D. Hornby(Executive Officer, Director)inRobert Doebele(Chief Medical Officer)inChristian Hassig(Chief Scientific Officer)Jessica Oien(Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary)in

BoardBenjamin Cravatt, Ph.D.(Director)Kristina Burow(Director)in

Co-investorsARCH Venture PartnersNextech InvestRA CapitalWellington ManagementAlexandriaCity Hill Ventures+3 more

Erascaerasca.comin𝕏NASDAQ: ERASSeries A · Dec 2018 · $42M

Erasca is a clinical-stage oncology company developing therapies targeting RAS- and MAPK pathway-driven cancers using a modality-agnostic approach including small molecules, large molecules, and protein degraders.

BiotechDeep TechDigital HealthMedical DevicesSan Diego, US

Jonathan E. Lim, M.D.(Chairman, CEO and Co-founder)Gary Yeung, CFA(Chief Business Officer)in

BoardAlexander W. Casdin(Director)Pratik S. Multani, M.D.(Director)Valerie Harding-Start(Director)James A. Bristol, Ph.D.(Director)

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzARCH Venture PartnersColt VenturesEvolution VC PartnersFrazier Life SciencesLifeSci Venture Partners+1 more

Maze Therapeuticsmazetx.comin𝕏NASDAQ: MAZEOct 2019

Maze Therapeutics develops precision medicines for common diseases with high unmet need, using its Compass platform based on human genetics and variant functionalization.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechSouth San Francisco, US

Charles Homcy(Director)Jason Coloma(Chief Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzARCH Venture PartnersForesite CapitalFrazier Life SciencesGV (Google Ventures)Hercules Capital, Inc.+9 more

Docugamidocugami.cominSeed · Feb 2020 · $10M✓ verified

Docugami provides an agentic document AI platform that converts unstructured business documents into structured knowledge graphs of actionable data to automate enterprise workflows.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSKirkland, US

Jean Paoli(Founder)inAndrew Begun(Founder)inMike Palmer(Co-Founder)inRobert Muglia(Director)

Board seatIlya Kirnos· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Fenwick & WestHillspring InvestmentSamsung NextMenlo Ventures

PayZenpayzen.comin𝕏Series A · Dec 2022 · $15M✓ verified

PayZen provides AI-powered, interest-free patient financing that lets patients pay medical bills over time through personalized payment plans, with pre-built EHR integrations and automated servicing for providers.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthFintechHealthtechSan Francisco, US

Tobias Mezger(Founder)inIsaac Cohen(Executive Officer, Director)Ariel Rosenthal(Founder)inItzik Cohen(Founder)inAntonio Martino(Executive Officer)in

BoardLee Shapiro(Director)in

Board seatChris Scoggins· per SEC Form D

Co-investors7wire VenturesCorewell Health VenturesHaymaker VenturesLink VenturesLorimer VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)+4 more

Double Blind Biodoubleblindbio.coDec 2025✓ verified

Double Blind Bio builds AI agents that automate administrative workflows within clinical trial sites and sponsor operations, enabling faster and more efficient execution of clinical studies.

AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US

David Hughes(Executive Officer, Director)Shruti Tibrewala(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsPeterson VenturesDefine VenturesStartX

Greybeamgreybeam.aiin✓ verified

Greybeam builds a compute layer that optimizes query costs for data warehouses, reducing expensive cloud database usage by routing queries away from data warehouses when more efficient alternatives exist.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSaaS

Kyle Cheung(Founder)in

Co-investorsFounder CollectiveComposed Ventures LPMaterialized View Capital

Lagogetlago.comin𝕏Seed · Mar 2024✓ verified

Lago is an open-source billing platform that enables companies to build and manage their billing infrastructure with transparency and control.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Anh-Tho Chuong(CEO)inRaffi Sarkissian(Founder)inAnh-Tho CHUONG(Founder)inRaffi SARKISSIAN(Founder)inCyril HAGEGECharly Poly(Front-end Architect \u0026 Tech lead Coach (Freelance))in

Co-investorsY CombinatorFirestreak VenturesFirstMark CapitalKima VenturesNew WaveRomain Huet+1 more

Neuralmachineneuralmachine.com✓ verified

Neural Machine develops technology to connect humans and machines, aiming to create a new form of "human computing" that extends the human mind.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardware

Co-investorsHF0Evolution VC PartnersSHOR

Sirosiro.aiin✓ verified

Siro provides conversation intelligence for field sales teams, converting customer interactions into scalable insights to improve coaching, learning, and performance in in-person sales roles.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech

Jake Cronin(Founder)inCameron Powell(Founder)

Co-investors01 AdvisorsCRV (Charles River Ventures)FikaIndex VenturesSoma CapitalThe MBA Fund

Teracterac.comin𝕏✓ verified

Terac operates an "expert labor MCP" — an API and marketplace that lets AI systems and companies source, screen, interview, verify, and pay verified human experts on demand, using a panel of experts and an AI moderator that runs structured voice interviews.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkMarketplacesSan Francisco, US

Zac(Co-founder)Jack(Co-founder)

Co-investorsAudaciousSV AngelZ-FellowsAntigravity CapitalNew Era Ventures ApS

Anchoreanchore.comin𝕏Jan 2020

Anchore provides an SBOM-powered platform for software supply chain security, automatically generating and managing Software Bill of Materials and running vulnerability, secret, and malware scans across container images, filesystems, and source repositories.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSanta Barbara, US

Saïd Ziouani(Founder)inDaniel Nurmi(Founder)in

BoardDouglas Carlisle(Director)Andreas von Blottnitz(Director)in

Board seatIlya Kirnos· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsEntrada VenturesMenlo Ventures

Argyleargyle.comin𝕏Series B · Jan 2022 · $30M

Argyle provides a verification platform that automates the collection and verification of income, employment, and asset data using consumer-permissioned, real-time data from payroll, banking, and document sources.

Data & InfrastructureFintechNew York, US

Samuel Fishman(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Shmulik Fishman(Founder)inDaniel Yanisse(Director)inChristopher Hansen(Executive Officer, Director)Audrius Zujus(Founder)

Board seatIlya Kirnos· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBain Capital VenturesF-Prime CapitalGaingelsMana VenturesRackhouse Venture Management LpStonewater Ventures+3 more

Blend Innovationsbyblend.comJul 2026SEC filingmedium confidence

Blend is a compounding pharmacy partner that fills and ships prescriptions for medical clinics, telehealth companies, and independent practices, with dashboards and an API for tracking orders, alerts on stuck prescriptions, and automated invoicing.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSColumbus, US

Daniel Scott DiStefano(Executive Officer, Director)T. Scott Law(Director)Ryan Mogan Hambley(Executive Officer, Director)Benjamin William Holber(Director)Wayne Hu(Director)

Board seatWayne Hu· per SEC Form D · $12M raise · filed Aug 2026

Budibasebudibase.comin𝕏Aug 2022 · $7M

Budibase is an open-source platform for building internal tools, AI agents, and automated workflows that connect to a company's databases, spreadsheets, LLMs, APIs, and business systems.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSBelfast

Michael Shanks(Executive Officer, Director)inMartin McKeaveney(Founder)inJoseph Johnston(Executive Officer, Director)Joe Johnston(Founder)Mike Shanks(Founder)

Board seatOana Olteanu· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAngular VenturesTechstart VenturesTq Ventures Llc

Conveyorconveyor.cominMay 2025 · $20M

Conveyor automates customer security reviews, using a RAG-based AI engine to answer security questionnaires and handle SOC 2 requests.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US

Chas Ballew(Founder)inFrank Macreery(Director)

BoardFarinacci Chris(Director)Matthew Kinsella(Director)inDaniel Karp(Director)in

Board seatTony Pezzullo· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesCervinOregon Venture FundCERVIN VENTURESMaverick Ventures

Farsightfarsight-ai.comin𝕏Series A · Jun 2025 · $16M

Farsight AI provides AI-driven workflows that generate client-ready financial deliverables such as pitch decks, financial models, and investment memos tailored to a firm's own voice and historical work.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechCambridge, US

Kunal Tangri(Founder)inSamir Dutta(Founder)inNoah Faro(Founder)in

BoardDavid Blundin(Director)in

Board seatWayne Hu· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsGaingelsLink VenturesRRE VenturesXPV

JustPointjustpoint.cominJan 2025

JustPoint aggregates health and safety data from proprietary sources and government agencies and applies AI to detect data gaps and surface health risks that may be incomplete or delayed in disclosure.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureHealthtechBoulder, US

Victor Bornstein, PhD(Founder)inOleksandr Zakharchuk(Founder)Victor Bornstein(Founder)

Board seatWayne Hu· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAcross Capital PartnersAmino CapitalBeresford VenturesBeyond CapitalCharge VCDeep Acre+12 more

OSSO VRossovr.comin𝕏Jul 2020

Osso develops virtual reality training scenarios for nurses, nurse leaders and healthcare system administrators, offering self-guided learning, skill assessment, and collaborative training on one platform.

Digital HealthEdTechHealthtechMillbrae, US

Justin Barad(Founder)inHeather Gervais(CEO)inHarvard-trained pediatric(Founder)Matt Newport(Founder)

Board seatWayne Hu· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsInformed Ventures Advisors, LlcKaiser Permanente VenturesOak HC/FTPresence CapitalScrum VenturesAnorak Ventures+1 more

Patlyticspatlytics.aiin𝕏Series B · Apr 2026 · $41M

Patlytics is an AI-powered patent platform that supports the full patent workflow, including invention disclosure drafting, infringement detection, claim charting, patent-to-product mapping, portfolio classification, and invalidity analysis.

AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaSNew York, US

Paul Lee(Founder)inArthur Jen(Founder)inFei-Yang Jen(Executive Officer, Director)Arthur Jen Paul Lee(Founder)

BoardMatthew Cowan(Director)in

Board seatWayne Hu· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundGaingelsGradient VenturesNext47Position Ventures+6 more

Recorarecora.comDec 2021 · $20M

Recora builds technology for heart and lung health management and care navigation, designed to help people pursue preventive health goals and live longer, fuller lives.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechNew York, US

Abhi Chandra(Founder)inEd Wu(Founder)Vivek Vishwanath(Founder)inEd Wu, MD(Founder)inAbhishek Chandra(Founder)

Board seatTaylor Barada· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsGreat Oaks Venture CapitalMGV.VCPear VCValor Equity Partners

TestBoxtestbox.comin𝕏Seed · Jul 2025 · $10M

TestBox is a buying and selling operating system designed to optimize the software purchasing experience for customers.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSales TechBoulder, US

Peter Holland(Director)inSamuel Senior(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardElicia McDonald(Director)

Board seatElaine Zelby· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAirTree VenturesFelicis VenturesGTMfund

Accept.inc (formerly BoardRE)accept.incSeedAcquired

Accept.inc acts as an intermediary cash buyer in residential real estate transactions, purchasing homes on behalf of buyers who will obtain mortgages later, allowing sellers and agents to close sales quickly while buyers secure properties at market rates without conventional financing delays.

FintechDenver, US

Thom Adams(Founder)Nick Friedman(Founder)inAdam Pollack(Founder)inNate GruendemannDylan Blanchard(Senior Front End Dev)Ian Perrex(CTO)

Co-investorsCapital B Private HoldingsY CombinatorAsymmetry VenturesBCo VentureCapitoriaDN Capital+4 more

Aestheticaesthetic.comin𝕏

Aesthetic uses AI to generate images based on a user's personal visual style, producing results in seconds.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US

Nate Smith(CEO)inMatthew Trost(Software Engineer)inAndrew Look(CPO)inJohn Milinovich(CEO)Sumon Sadhu(CRO)inJames Lawrence Turner(Senior Software Engineer)

Co-investorsSoma CapitalY CombinatorA.Capital VenturesFoundation CapitalHaystackTwenty Two Ventures+1 more

Affinitiaffiniti.financeMay 2025 · $17M

Affiniti is a financial technology company offering a platform that combines banking, payments, credit cards, expense management, bill pay, and accounting automation for small and mid-sized American businesses.

FintechSaaS

Sahil Phadnis(Founder)in

Co-investorsEvolution VenturesLightShed VenturesRiverPark VenturesSpice CapitalContrarian Thinking CapitalDay One Ventures+4 more

Affinitiaffiniti.com

Affiniti is a financial technology company offering a platform for banking, payments, credit cards, expense management, bill pay, and accounting automation aimed at small and mid-sized American business owners.

FintechSaaS

Aaron Bai(Founder)Sahil Phadnis(Founder)

Co-investorsSoma CapitalCadenzaDay One VenturesGilgamesh Ventures

Alchemyalchemy.comin𝕏

Alchemy is a platform layer that enables developers to build applications on blockchain networks.

Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech

Nikil Viswanathan(Founder)inJoe Lau(Founder)Chong Shen(Founder)inJoseph Lau(Founder)Khanjan Desai(Founder)in

Co-investorsPantera CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Founders FundGoodwater CapitalK5 GlobalSouth Park Commons+29 more

Alchemyalchemy.run𝕏Apr 2021 · $80M

Alchemy is an infrastructure-as-code tool that lets developers define their entire cloud setup as a TypeScript program, with commands to plan, deploy, and destroy resources across providers like Cloudflare and AWS.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Co-investorsCrucible CapitalAdditionAndreessen HorowitzCoatue ManagementCoinbase VenturesCommunitas Capital Partners+5 more

Alchemy Cloud Inc.alchemy.cloudin𝕏Apr 2021 · $80M

Alchemy provides a Product Development Platform including electronic lab notebooks, laboratory information management systems, and artificial intelligence tools that help chemists and material scientists accelerate research, product development, and quality control.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeep TechSaaSSilicon Valley, US

Sasha Novakovich(Co-Founder & CEO)inDusko Vesin(Co-Founder & CTO ELN & LIMS)inNikola Milinkovic(Co-Founder & CTO AI & DOE)inAndrew McLoughlin(Director)

Co-investorsUncork Capital515 VenturesBowery CapitalSouth Central VenturesValuestream VenturesAddition+5 more

All.Healthall.health

all.health offers an Integrated Continuous Management (ICM) platform combining a clinical-grade wearable with an FDA-recognized system that collects 24/7 vitals and biometrics, screens for disease risk, and links patients to their care teams.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech

Co-investorsMindset VentureMorpheus VenturesDolby Family VenturesReinvent Capital

Allocate Holdingsallocate.coinMay 2022 · $15.3M

Allocate provides infrastructure software for private markets, enabling wealth advisors and asset managers to efficiently handle subscriptions, capital flows, and portfolio operations.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSPalo Alto, US

Samir Kaji(Founder)inHana Yang(Founder)in

BoardCarter Reum(Director)

Co-investorsAnthemis VentureAtacama VenturesCommunity Access FundFikaFJ LabsFour Acres Capital+16 more

Anjunaanjuna.ioin𝕏Seed · Jun 2021

Anjuna develops software for secure data sharing and confidential computing in cloud and AI environments.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Ayal Yogev(CEO)inSteve WeisYan Michalevsky(CTO)in

BoardPeter Barrett(Director)inLonne Jaffe(Director)in

Co-investorsInsight PartnersM VenturesSINEWAVE VENTURESAlpha Intelligence CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Dorm Room+12 more

Anomaloanomalo.comin𝕏Series B · Jan 2024 · $33M

Anomalo provides AI-based data quality monitoring that detects anomalies and data issues in large data warehouses and lakehouses.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Elliot Shmukler(Founder)inJeremy Stanley(Founder)in

PartnerChris Scoggins· led

Co-investorsFirst Round CapitalFoundation CapitalMaterialized View CapitalNextView VenturesNorwest Venture PartnersSmith Point Capital+5 more

Anyteamanyteam.comin𝕏Seed · Oct 2025 · $10M

AnyTeam builds AI-powered sales assistant software that handles research, preparation, follow-up, and administrative tasks for B2B enterprise sales teams, freeing reps to focus on relationship-building and closing deals.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechRedwood City, US

Jeff Yoshimura(Founder)inAjay Arora(Founder)in

Co-investorsCrosslink CapitalBlumberg CapitalFoundersX VenturesGradient VenturesY Combinator

Apostropheapostrophe.com

Ben Holber(Founder)inChris Minnich(Founder)Ryan Hambley(Founder)

Co-investorsBetter Ventures Central LlcNelstone VenturesTechstars

Assembledassembled.comin𝕏Jan 2026 · $3.1M

Assembled provides workforce management software with a forecasting tool that predicts support volume and staffing needs across channels, queues, and sites for in-house, outsourced, and AI-automated customer support teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US

John Wang(Founder)inBrian Sze(Founder)inRyan Wang(Founder)in

Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Basis Set VenturesEarl Grey CapitalEmergence Capital PartnersStripe

Assembledassembled.sg

Assembled is a Singapore-based market research firm that conducts focus groups, in-depth interviews, mystery shopping, product testing, and surveys using a proprietary 100,000-member respondent panel.

ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareSingapore, SG

Brian Sze(Founder)Evan Reas(Founder)inFelicia Hu(Managing Director)inJohn Wang(Founder)inRyan Wang(Founder)Shubham Mittal(Founder)in

Co-investorsBasis Set VenturesEarl Grey CapitalEmergence Capital PartnersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Y Combinator

Auraaura.comin𝕏

Aura provides AI-powered digital security and protection services for families and individuals across all ages.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerCybersecurityDigital HealthWellness & FitnessBoston, US

Hari Ravichandran(Founder)inBrian DeCenzo(President & Chief Financial Officer)inThomas Clayton(President & Chief Operating Officer)Adam Medros(Chief Product Officer)inSarah Cherng(Chief AI Officer)Kristin Lewis(Chief Product Officer (prior to May 2026 CPO reorganization; promoted from SVP Product, May 2022))in

Co-investorsAccelGeneral CatalystGranite HillMachina VenturesPartech VenturesTen Eleven+7 more

Auxiliusauxilius.coin𝕏

Auxilius provides software and expert services to manage clinical R&D operations and financial processes for biotech companies.

BiotechEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechSaaS

Adam Weisman(CEO and Co-founder)inErin Warner Guill(Founder)in

Co-investorsBain Capital VenturesHealthTrend CapitalRenegade PartnersValspring CapitalXYZ Venture Capital

Bicycle Healthbicyclehealth.cominMay 2020 · $5M

Bicycle Health provides treatment and support for opioid use disorder (OUD).

Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthRedwood City, US

Ankit Gupta(Founder)inRuss PhillipsinChris Norrisin

BoardEvan Richardson(Director)inKelly Clark(Chief Clinical Advisor)

Co-investorsCity LightCobalt VenturesFrist Cressey VenturesGaingelsHustle FundNext Play Ventures+1 more

Billables AIbillables.aiin

Billables AI provides automated timekeeping software that uses AI to track billable activity while professionals work, generating time entries with associated clients, matters, and narrative descriptions.

AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Arvind Sujeeth(Founder)inNancy Jeng(Founder)in

Co-investorsAvenue Growth PartnersDarkmode Venturesf7 VenturesWing

Bitwavebitwave.xyzDec 2022 · $15M

A leading enterprise solution for crypto tax, accounting and compliance.

Amy Kalnoki(Founder)in

Co-investorsHack VCBlockchain Capital

Blank Bioblank.bioin𝕏Seed

Blank Bio develops RNA foundation models for precision oncology, helping pharmaceutical companies identify the right patients for clinical trials and predict disease progression using bulk RNA-seq data.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechSan Francisco, US

Jonny Hsu(CEO)inPhilip Fradkin(Founder)inIan Shi(CTO)inJonathan Hsu(Founder)Ruian Shi(Founder)

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesIA Seed VenturesInvestorXLeonis CapitalMaiora Rebel VenturesRebel Fund+12 more

Blue Voicebluevoice.ioin

Blue Voice provides a closed-loop AI assistant for police departments that lets officers instantly search laws, policies, maps, and department documents, get quoted answers without hallucination, complete fillable forms, manage policies, and redact sensitive documents.

AI & Machine LearningGovTechSaaSBoston, US

Amit Patankar(Founder)in

Co-investorsGovtech Ventures

Bubblebubble.ioin𝕏

Bubble is an AI-powered no-code development platform that lets users build full-stack web and native mobile applications through AI prompting and a visual editor, with built-in database, authentication, hosting, and scaling.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Emmanuel Straschnov(Founder)inJosh Haas(Founder)inShai Eisenman(Founder)

Co-investorsBoxGroupDig Ventures Management LimitedFoothill VenturesKima VenturesNewView CapitalColor Capital+3 more

Bubblejoinbubble.com

Bubble is an on-demand childcare service in the UK that connects parents with local, vetted babysitters and nannies through its app, prioritizing carers already trusted within parents' social circles.

ConsumerHealthtechHR TechMarketplaces

Co-investorsForm VenturesAda Ventures

Centaurcentaur.aiin𝕏Series B · Oct 2024 · $16M

Centaur.ai uses performance-based AI and collective intelligence methods to improve medical decision-making in skin lesion assessment for cancer detection.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesBoston, US

Erik Duhaime(Founder)inTom Gellatly(Founder)inZach Rausnitz(Founder)inRajya Atluri(Growth Marketer)Kira Prentice(Product Manager)John Calcio(Director of Sales)

Co-investors186 VenturesAccelAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundGrant Park VenturesMatrix+9 more

Centaurcentaur.io

Centaur extracts and verifies social trading signals shared publicly on X and Telegram, turning them into timestamped, tracked positions with computed metrics such as win rate and ROI.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

Co-investorsTq Ventures LlcMatrix

ClassDojoclassdojo.comin𝕏Feb 2019 · $35M

ClassDojo is a global community platform connecting over 50 million teachers and families to share learning moments through photos, videos, and messages.

EdTechSaaSSocialSan Francisco, US

Sam Chaudhary(CEO)inLiam Don(CTO)inFouad Matin(Software Engineer)inJP Ren(Head of Design)inTim Brady(Board Member)Dmitry Stavisky(Head of International)in

PartnerChris Farmer· led

Co-investorsFelicis VenturesFive SigmaFlucas VenturesGeneral CatalystGSV VenturesImagine K12+13 more

Clubhouseclubhouse.com𝕏

Clubhouse is a social audio platform where users can join live voice conversations and discussions.

Social

Rohan Seth(Founder)inPaul Davison(Founder)

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzColor CapitalDream MachineDreamers VCGraph VenturesJames Beshara Fund+15 more

Clutchclutch.cain𝕏Jan 2025 · $20M

Clutch is an online platform for buying and selling used cars in Canada, offering pricing, inspection, e-contracting, financing, and delivery through software built in-house.

E-commerceMarketplacesMobility & Transportation

Stephen Seibel(Founder & President)inDan Park(Chief Executive Officer)inAnshul Ruparell(Chief Financial Officer)inRichard Ball(Chief Production Officer)

Co-investorsCanaan PartnersAltos VenturesFeldsmith CapitalFJ LabsLightspeed Venture PartnersPanache Ventures+11 more

Clutch Securityclutch.securityin

Clutch Security offers an identity security platform focused on non-human identities, AI agents, and secrets across cloud, SaaS, on-prem, and code environments.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Ofir Har-Chen(Founder)inSagi Haas(Founder)Sagi Hass(Founder)Tal Kimhi(Founder)

Co-investorsThe Westly GroupLightspeed Venture PartnersMerlin VenturesMizMaa Ventures

Codametrixcodametrix.cominSeries A · Feb 2023 · $55M

CodaMetrix operates an AI-based contextual coding automation platform that converts clinical data and chargeable activities into billable, clinical, and demographic medical codes for hospitals and health systems.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechBoston, US

Hamid Tabatabaie(President and CEO)inMark Pottle(Executive Officer)inJim Whelan(Mr. Whelan is the Chief Revenue Officer of the Issuer.)inKevin Schmitt(Mr. Schmitt is the Chief Engineering Officer of the Issuer.)inJay Aslam(Founder)Tara Bradley(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsCU Healthcare Innovation FundFrist Cressey VenturesMartin VenturesTRANSFORMATION CAPITALMass General Brigham Ventures

Color Healthcolor.comin𝕏

Color Health operates a nationwide virtual cancer clinic delivering oncologist-led care, screening, and treatment management for employer, union, health plan, and public sector populations.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US

Othman Laraki(Founder)inElad Gil(Founder)Nish Bhat(Founder)Taylor Sittler(Founder)

Co-investors8VCAliya Capital PartnersComcast VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)Dria VenturesForesite Capital+14 more

CopilotKitcopilotkit.aiin𝕏

CopilotKit provides an open-source framework and protocol (AG-UI) for developers to build and embed AI agents with rich, interactive user interfaces directly into applications, including web, Slack, and Teams.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSIssaquah, US

Atai Barkai(Founder)inUli Barkai(Founder)in

Co-investors97212 VenturesAbstraction CapitalDeep Acrefresh.fundGlilot Capital PartnersGurtin Ventures+3 more

Cordant’scordant.aiinJul 2026 · $8M

Cordant connects to a company's existing processing, banking, ledger, and compliance infrastructure to compare what happened against what should have happened, surfacing the cause and supporting evidence when something breaks.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Lior Levit(Founder)inEric Rosenthal(CEO)

Co-investorsOak HC/FTFJ LabsMotive PartnersPaxosQuona CapitalSelah Ventures

Cravecrave.ioin

Crave provides one-click cloud infrastructure and containerized "Devspaces" — unified remote dev environments that let engineering teams onboard, build, debug, and run CI consistently.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaSSanta Clara, US

Alvin C.(Founder)inYuvraaj Kelkar(Founder)in

Co-investorsK9 Ventures

Credible Datacredibledata.comin𝕏Jul 2026 · $10M

Credible Data provides a cloud-based infrastructure platform with integrated artificial intelligence tools that enable customers to build applications for processing and analyzing data.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareBoulder, US

Kyle Nesbit(Founder)in

Co-investorsGradient VenturesK5 GlobalSV Angel

Dig Securitydig.security

Acquired by Palo Alto Networks

Dan Benjamin(Founder)inDan Benjamin Gad Akuka(Founder)Gad Akuka(Founder)Ido Azran(Founder)

Co-investorsFelicis VenturesSelah VenturesAccompliceAvilaAzolla VenturesBaukunst+2 more

DirectShiftsdirectshifts.comin𝕏Seed

DirectShifts operates a platform connecting shift workers with employment opportunities.

B2B MarketplacesFuture of WorkHealthtechHR TechSaaSNew York City, US

Sai Thumuluru(Founder)inVamshi krishna Gunukula(Chief Operating Officer)inSai Kumar Thumuluru, PhD, MBA(Founder)inShrinath Aithal(Director of Engineering)inAnita Pramoda(Founder)

Co-investorsY CombinatorUpHonest CapitalEmles Venture PartnersMedStartr VenturesPioneerSoma Capital+6 more

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Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

LeaseABLE725Affiniti FinanceCentaur LabsClipMineEarnUpESGGlosslabHoneyjarKantivKurbo by WWRippling

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Exits · 15

3 IPOs · 12 acquisitions · showing 6

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Fund performance · per public LP disclosures · 4

as of Jun 2025
FundVintageCommittedNet IRRTVPIDPI
SignalFire Early Fund IV, L.P.LPs: California Public Employees' Retirement System2025——0.99x0.00x
SignalFire Seed Fund V, L.P.LPs: California Public Employees' Retirement System2024——0.85x0.00x
SignalFire XIR Venture Fund II, L.P.LPs: California Public Employees' Retirement System2024——0.85x0.00x
SignalFire Sage Fund, L.P.LPs: California Public Employees' Retirement System2023——1.07x0.00x

Source: public limited-partner disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS). Net IRR / TVPI / DPI as reported by the limited partner; a fund's early-year IRR is an interim estimate (J-curve).

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has SignalFire made?
SignalFire has 225 tracked investments, 15 of which have exited, including 43 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does SignalFire invest at?
SignalFire invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C stages.
What is SignalFire's typical check size?
SignalFire typically writes checks of $250K – $15M.
What sectors does SignalFire focus on?
SignalFire focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Sector Agnostic.
Where is SignalFire located?
SignalFire is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
Does SignalFire lead rounds?
Yes, SignalFire leads investment rounds.
Who does SignalFire co-invest with?
SignalFire most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, Gaingels, among 528 tracked co-investors.

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Co-investors · 175

Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.

$500K – $50M
Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures (AV) is a venture capital firm that co-invests alongside lead VCs in startups, backing founders with capital and access to a large investor and operator community.

$100K – $10M
General Catalyst

General Catalyst is a global venture capital and investment firm backing founders across stages and industries, with a notable focus on AI, healthcare transformation, defense, and space.

$30M
Menlo Ventures

Menlo Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm backing transformative technology companies, with a strong current emphasis on artificial intelligence across enterprise, healthcare, and consumer markets.

$1M – $20M
Soma Capital

Soma Capital is a venture capital firm that backs founders building category-defining technology companies, emphasizing close, early relationships with ambitious entrepreneurs.

$100K – $300K
FJ Labs

FJ Labs is an early-stage investment firm specializing in marketplaces and network-effect businesses, taking an angel-style co-investment approach alongside institutional venture funds worldwide.

$100K – $3M
BoxGroup

BoxGroup is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in startups at their earliest stages.

$250K – $1M
Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors from early stages through growth.

$50K – $100M
Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.

$500K – $100M
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a venture capital firm that invests in and provides long-term support to founders building new companies.

$200K – $40M
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that backs founders from Seed through Series F and beyond, emphasizing deep, immersive partnerships with the companies it invests in.

$1M – $5M
Insight Partners

Insight Partners is an investment firm focused on accelerating revenue and profit growth in software companies, providing capital and operational support through its Insight Onsite team.

$120M – $350M
▶163 more co-investors

Coatue ManagementSV AngelNorwest Venture PartnersFounders FundBain Capital VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)Correlation VenturesGV (Google Ventures)Index VenturesIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Gradient VenturesFirstMark CapitalSlow VenturesDig Ventures Management LimitedBloomberg BetaMantis CapitalTRANSFORMATION CAPITALWndrCoSequoia CapitalUnion Square Ventures (USV)Susa VenturesGreycroftKapor CapitalHack VCNyca PartnersBMW i VenturesUncork CapitalSound VenturesAtomicoSapphire VenturesMadrona Venture GroupBond Capital ManagementSouth Park CommonsRidge VenturesThrive CapitalDCM VenturesKortschak Investments L.P.Inspired CapitalMoxxie VenturesWebb Investment NetworkARCH Venture PartnersNFXTorch CapitalTusk Venture PartnersClocktower VenturesFoothill VenturesPage One VenturesHillsvenACME CapitalNextView VenturesFreestyle CapitalPICUS CAPITALCrosslink CapitalBase10 PartnersM13Intel CapitalBlockchain CapitalThreshold VenturesUnusual VenturesLeft Lane CapitalTCVViola VenturesCoelius CapitalHeavybitPreston-Werner VenturesBasis Set Ventures137 VenturesLightspeed India PartnersIris CapitalCloud Apps Capital PartnersGreylock PartnersLong Journey VenturesSpark CapitalSciFi VCResolute VenturesUlu VenturesF-Prime CapitalNext4701 AdvisorsDN CapitalChemistryThe Chernin Group (TCG Crypto)AIX VenturesBallistic Ventures8-Bit CapitalAugust CapitalDnx VenturesAcequia Capital (AceCap)Mouro CapitalSpider CapitalAnorak VenturesAnthemis VentureReach CapitalRecursive VenturesVast VenturesRA CapitalConstruct CapitalEvolution Equity PartnersMassMutual Venturessuper{set}Act One VenturesSchematic VenturesANIMO VenturesSommet ABFortress Investment Group7wire VenturesCapnamicHuman VenturesArtist CapitalNextech InvestIA Capital GroupLondon Venture PartnersFenway Summer VenturesQuesta CapitalRain CapitalMatrix Capital ManagementKli CapitalBenchmarkUnknown VenturesKrakenGoat CapitalOffline VenturesPhysical IntelligenceLookout VenturesStellar CapitalOperator LPQueensBridge Venture PartnersGSV AccelerationWGI GroupArray Ventures Management LlcFuel CapitalFootworkKearny JacksonVine VenturesFlourish VenturesGalaxy Digital Assets FundThe Finger GroupAdverb VenturesRavelin CapitalWestWave CapitalThe Alchemy FundNorthpond VenturesAVVUnderscore VCIlluminate VenturesDeciensGrayscale VenturesStrata Capital PartnersDarling VenturesFocaliHeartMediaRichmond Global VenturesmParticlePatronDocuSignSaints CapitalGreen Bay VenturesAperiam VenturesTencent HoldingsVMG PartnersClean Energy VenturesPhoenix FundCarrick Capital Partners

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