About
SignalFire is a venture capital firm that invests in seed stage companies and breakout companies. The firm leads seed rounds in leaders with an uncommon passion and perspective for leveraging data and technology solutions to upend substantial markets. For Seed stage companies, it writes up to $5M checks. SignalFire provides a proprietary talent platform to help its portfolio companies find their critical early hires and also introduce them to experts who have built companies from the ground up. For early growth companies, SignalFire helps accelerate companies who are breaking out with up to $20M checks. It gives its portfolio companies access to its 360 talent solution to fill in key execs and scale their engineering team, and introduces them to experts that have successfully scaled companies and to key corporate partners.
Portfolio · 9
Investment activity
4 portfolio exits on record.
Portfolio by sector
Funds · 7
- 7 — $1B Apr 2025
- 6 — $900M Feb 2023
- 4 — $200M Dec 2019
- 5 — $300M Dec 2019
- 3 — $220M May 2017
- 2 — $101.6M Dec 2016
- 1 — $53M Oct 2015
Q&A
- What is SignalFire's most recent fundraise?
- SignalFire raised Fund 7, totaling $1 billion, in April 2025.
- What was SignalFire's most recent exit?
- SignalFire exited Dig Security in October 2023 through an acquisition by Palo Alto Networks for $350 million.
- Which sectors does SignalFire primarily focus on for investments?
- SignalFire shows a concentration in Business Software, Fintech & Insurtech, and Cyber Security, with 7, 6, and 4 rounds respectively.
- Can you name some of SignalFire's recent portfolio companies?
- Recent portfolio companies for SignalFire include Solid, which raised a Seed round in 2024, and Clutch Security, which raised an A round in 2023.
- What is SignalFire's investment stage focus?
- SignalFire invests across Seed, A Round, B Round, and C Round stages, with the most activity in Seed and A Round.
- Who are the founders of SignalFire?
- The founders of SignalFire are Chris Farmer, who serves as Founder & CEO, and Ilya Kirnos, who is the Founder & CTO.
- What was the size of SignalFire's Fund 6?
- SignalFire raised Fund 6, totaling $900 million, in February 2023.
- Has SignalFire had any other notable exits in the last two years?
- Yes, SignalFire also exited Strattic in June 2022 through an acquisition by Elementor, and Testim in February 2022 through an acquisition by Tricentis for $150 million.
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External links
| Website | signalfire.com/ |
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| linkedin.com/company/2890585 |
Identifiers & details
| Founded | 2012 |
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Publications (Crossref)
| Works | 1 |
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Web history (Wayback)
| Domain | signalfire.com |
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Certificate / subdomain footprint
| Subdomains | 13 |
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