Investing Profile

Chris Farmer(906)

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Founder & CEO at SignalFire

signalfire.com/profiles/chris...San Francisco, California

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Chris Farmer's investing connections

127 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 124 other investors on Signal.

Networks Chris is a member of

Bessemer Venture Partners Network

50 CONNECTIONS

Tufts University Network

36 CONNECTIONS

SignalFire Network

13 CONNECTIONS

General Catalyst Partners Network

13 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

SignalFire Investor

Investment Range

$5.0M - $20.0M

Sweet Spot

$12.5M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$500M

Chris Farmer is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Chris Farmer's Investments On Record (19)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Flock Freight	Series EMay 2025$60M Series DOct 2021$220M Series CDec 2020$110M Series BFeb 2020$50M Series AOct 2017$18M SeedJun 2016$3M	$460M
Co-investors: Joe Kraus (GV (Google Ventures)), Julian Counihan (Schematic Ventures)
Formant	Series AOct 2023$21M Series AJan 2022$18M SeedDec 2018$6M	$45M
Co-investors: Robin Godenrath (Picus Capital), Kasper Sage (BMW i Ventures)
Stampli	Series DOct 2023$61M Series CMay 2021$50M Series BOct 2019$25M Series AAug 2018$7M	$150M
Co-investors: Praveen Akkiraju (Insight Partners), James Cham (Bloomberg BETA), Bobby Lent (Hillsven)
newtrul	SeedOct 2022$5M	$7M
Co-investors: Burak Cendek (Autotech Ventures), Daniel Hoffer
EarnUp	Series CMar 2022$31M Series BFeb 2021$25M Series ADec 2017	$59M
Co-investors: Ilya Kirnos (SignalFire), Mitchell Kapor (Kapor Capital), Benjamin Jealous (Kapor Capital), David Blumberg (Blumberg Capital), Matthew Harris (Bain Capital Ventures), Tom Brown (Nyca Partners), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Trevor Kienzle (Correlation Ventures), Chris Gottschalk (Mouro Capital), Raj Date (Fenway Summer), Dan Kimerling (Deciens Capital), Sujay Jaswa (WndrCo LLC), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Kirby Harris (Base Ventures), Ryan Falvey (Financial Venture Studio), Erik Moore
GreenPark Sports	Series BOct 2021$31M Series ADec 2020$14M SeedOct 2019$9M	$54M
Co-investors: Michael Spirito (Sapphire Ventures), Topher Conway (SV Angel), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Sam Englebardt (Galaxy Digital), Aaron Wolko (Sweater Ventures), Steve Chen, Kevin Colas, Shane Neman
Tapcart	Series BJun 2021$65M Series AMay 2020$10M	$80M
Co-investors: Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures), Michael Silton (Act One Ventures), Deborah Benton (Willow Growth Partners LP), Dana Settle (Greycroft), Vinny Pujji (Left Lane Capital), Brandon Hoffman (Sunset Ventures)
MainStreet	Series AMar 2021$60M	$72M
Co-investors: Topher Conway (SV Angel), Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Matt Scott (Alumni Ventures ), Anton Simunovic (Alumni Ventures ), Jordan Nof (Tusk Venture Partners), Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund), Chris Moreno (Infinite Niches), Alex Roetter (Moxxie Ventures), Andrea Funsten (Basecamp Fund), Lucy Guo (Backend Capital), Elizabeth Weil (Scribble Ventures), Niv Dror (Shrug Capital), Ashley Flucas (Flucas Ventures), Bradley Tusk (Tusk Venture Partners), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Adam Bain (01 Advisors), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Andreas Klinger (Prototype Capital), Yagiz Sozmen, Tyler Willis, Howard Charney, Zach Segal, Anna Patterson, Kevin Weil, Rudra Peram, Peter Hunn, Alper Kiresepi, Moshe Lifschitz

Chris Farmer's Media (1)

Announcing SignalFire

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most interested in

Co's that apply tech/data/AI to cut material costs out of large, non-traditional tech industries either via "full-stack" offerings or marketplaces. Robotics. Smart SaaS. Consumer applications (viral or transactional).

not interested in

Trad. software w/ limited data/network effects or long sales cycles to classic IT buyers. Hardware w/o recurring revenue. Incremental improvements.

Chris Farmer's Experience

Vice President, Product Management & Business Development SkyBitzPresent

Founder & CEO SignalFire2013 - Present

Venture Partner General Catalyst Partners2010 - 2013

Vice President Bessemer Venture Partners2005 - 2009

Consultant - Private Equity Bain & Co.2004 - 2005

Chris Farmer's Education

Miramonte Diploma

Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy International Political Economy Technology Policy

Tufts University BA International Business