Palo Alto, United States/California, May 15th, 2025, FinanceWire
SignalRank, the Palo Alto-based technology-driven venture investment platform, today announced several key milestones, including:
- Two years of performance data for The SignalRank Index
- Launch of Version 4 (v4) of its investment selection model
- Availability of the SignalRank Index to accredited U.S. investors and overseas equivalents
- 35 Series B investments completed in 24 months
Since making its first Series B investment in May 2023, SignalRank has emerged as the world’s second most active Series B investor—trailing only Andreessen Horowitz in completed deals. SignalRank has participated in 35 financings alongside leading firms such as Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Lightspeed, Khosla Ventures, Accel, Founders Fund, and Kleiner Perkins.
The SignalRank Index—a first-of-its-kind venture capital index—offers qualified investors access to a diversified portfolio of high-growth AI and technology companies. Notable Index constituents include Mercor, Saronic, Chainguard, and Together AI. Shares of the Index are priced daily and are available for purchase by accredited investors and equivalent entities outside the United States. The company ultimately aims to list the Index, expanding access to retail investors and wealth managers.
Early Performance
While venture investing requires a long-term view, preliminary results are promising. As of May 2025, the SignalRank Index reports:
- 2023 cohort: 1.26x multiple on invested capital (MOIC)
- 2024 cohort: 1.2x MOIC
These early returns place the Index in the top decile of performance among comparable venture investments.
“We’re encouraged by the growth of our partner network—now nearing 300 early-stage firms,” said Rob Hodgkinson, Head of Investments at SignalRank. “The quality of both deal selection and access continues to improve, helping us deliver a compelling investment product while supporting our partners at a critical stage of company growth”
Details are available in the SignalRank Index Two-Year Briefing Report.
Launch of v4: Ensemble-Based Investment Selection Model
SignalRank also announced the release of v4, its most advanced company selection model to date. The v4 model combines heuristic and machine learning techniques in an ensemble architecture to identify high-potential Series B investments. Backtesting indicates that v4 can:
- Reject up to 87% of Series B opportunities as unlikely to perform
- Generate a projected average 6x return over five years for annual investment cohorts
Keith Teare, CEO and CTO, said:
“This is the first time we’ve blended heuristics with machine learning into a true ensemble model. The backtest shows performance that exceeds that of any known Series B investor over a five-year horizon. For our partners, it’s a decision support engine; for Index investors, it signals potential returns far ahead of public market benchmarks.”
The full v4 Technical Report is available here: v4 detailed report.
About SignalRank
Founded in 2021, SignalRank Inc. is a C Corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. The company has developed proprietary algorithms to select high-potential companies for Series B investment and partners with nearly 300 early-stage investors to provide follow-on capital to their most promising portfolio companies. Its flagship product, The SignalRank Index, is available to qualified purchasers at a publicly quoted share price.
Notable investors in SignalRank include:
- Lip-Bu Tan (CEO, Intel)
- Tim Draper (Draper Associates)
- Blake Grossman (former Vice Chair, BlackRock and iShares CEO)
- Garry Tan (CEO, Y Combinator)
- Sanjay Jha (former CEO, GlobalFoundries)
- Vint Cerf (VP, Google and TCP/IP co-inventor)
- Ray Lane (former Oracle President and Kleiner Perkins partner)
Important Disclaimer
This release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice or an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any security or financial product. A back test is not the same as a promise of market performance and cannot be relied upon for that. Please consult your advisors to consider an investment. Investments in early-stage companies are risky and should be made only by accredited investors after seeking independent professional advice. Any future plans of the Company depends on the satisfaction of a variety of conditions, including, but not limited to, market conditions, regulatory approvals, and the company’s performance at the time. Past performance—including actual or backtested—is not indicative of future results. Signal Rank Corp. is not a registered investment company or advisor under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Our algorithm identifies potential Series B investment opportunities based on historical data which may or may not be complete and does not guarantee any future results. Our portfolio companies are generally private, which means that they do not trade like public securities and may be illiquid and difficult to sell, rending our own securities illiquid and difficult to sell as well. Our securities might be sold at a discount due to their illiquid nature, causing all or part of investments to be lost.
Contact
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Keith Teare
Signalrank
press@signalrank.co
+16507042674
