Investing Profile

Chris Farmer(656)

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Founder & CEO at SignalFire

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

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Chris Farmer's investing connections

100 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), Pete Flint (NFX), and 97 other investors on Signal.

Networks Chris is a member of

Bessemer Venture Partners Network

36 CONNECTIONS

Tufts University Network

17 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

AI (Series B)Enterprise (Series B)FinTech (Series B)Health & Hospital Services (Series B)Logistics (Series B)Marketplaces (Series B)Robotics (Series B)SaaS (Series B)Sales & CRM (Series B)San Francisco Bay Area Social Commerce (Series B)

Chris Farmer's Investments On Record (34)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Tapcart	Series BJun 2021$50M Series AMay 2020$10M	$62M
Co-investors: Deborah Benton (Willow Growth Partners LP), Michael Silton (Act One Ventures), Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures), Dana Settle (Greycroft)
Stampli	Series CMay 2021$50M Series AAug 2018$6.7M	$60M
Co-investors: Praveen Akkiraju (Insight Partners), Bobby Lent (Hillsven), James Cham (Bloomberg BETA)
MainStreet	Series AMar 2021$60M	$69M
Co-investors: Topher Conway (SV Angel), Jordan Nof (Tusk Venture Partners), Bradley Tusk (Tusk Venture Partners), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Adam Bain (01 Advisors), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Anton Simunovic (Alumni Ventures Group), Andrea Funsten (Basecamp Fund), Matt Scott (Alumni Ventures Group), Lucy Guo (Backend Capital), Elizabeth Weil (Scribble Ventures), Niv Dror (Shrug Capital), Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund), Ashley Flucas (Flucas Ventures), Alper Kiresepi, Rudra Peram, Tyler Willis, Howard Charney, Zach Segal, Kevin Weil, Peter Hunn, Yagiz Sozmen, Moshe Lifschitz
Tradeswell	Series AJan 2021$16M Seed RoundJun 2020$3.3M	$19M
Co-investors: Dayna Grayson (Construct Capital)
GreenPark Sports	Series ADec 2020$14M Seed RoundOct 2019$8.5M	$54M
Co-investors: Topher Conway (SV Angel), Sam Englebardt (Galaxy Digital), Ashley Flucas (Flucas Ventures), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Courtney Reum (M13), Michael Spirito (Sapphire Ventures), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Kevin Colas, Brian Zwerner
Flock Freight	Series CDec 2020$110M Series BFeb 2020$50M Series AOct 2017$18M Seed RoundJun 2016$2.5M Seed RoundDec 2015	$180M
Co-investors: Joe Kraus (GV), Julian Counihan
Candidate Labs	Seed RoundJun 2020$5M	$5M
Co-investors: Wayne Hu (SignalFire), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Gordon Wintrob, Mike Abbott, Kyle Vogt
Frame.io	Series CNov 2019$50M Series BOct 2017$20M Series ASep 2016$10M	$82M
Co-investors: Amish Jani (FirstMark Capital), Walter Kortschak (Summit Partners), Josef Feldman (Tectonic Capital), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork)

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