SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SignalFire, a tech-enabled early-stage venture capital firm harnessing data and artificial intelligence at scale to identify investments and support the next generation of startups, has announced the firm has hired nine new team members and promoted three existing team members in order to scale for long-term growth..

旧金山-（BUSINESS WIRE）-SignalFire是一家科技型早期风险投资公司，利用数据和人工智能大规模识别投资并支持下一代初创公司，宣布该公司聘请了9名新团队成员并晋升了三名现有团队成员，以实现长期增长。。

SignalFire is welcoming Sooah Cho as a Partner; Veronica Mercado as a Principal and Chief of Staff to CEO Chris Farmer; Lisa Liu as a Principal, Venture; Bradford Jones as a Principal, Venture; Lauren Nguyen as the Head of Marketing; Asher Bantock as the Head of Research; Sadasia McCutchen as our Head of Ecosystem; Mario Espindola as the Senior Director of Talent; and Andrew Reid as Director of GTM Recruiting..

SignalFire欢迎Sooah Cho作为合作伙伴；Veronica Mercado担任首席执行官Chris Farmer的首席和首席职员；丽莎·刘（Lisa Liu）担任委托人，冒险；布拉德福德琼斯担任委托人，冒险；Lauren Nguyen担任营销主管；Asher Bantock担任研究负责人；Sadasia McCutchen是我们生态系统的负责人；Mario Espindola担任人才高级总监；和Andrew Reid担任GTM招聘总监。。

In addition to welcoming new faces, the firm takes pride in fostering an environment where the team can grow and thrive. Three existing team members have recently been promoted to new roles. Libby Hadzima Perkins has been named General Counsel (formerly Vice President, Legal), Yuanling Yuan (YY) has been named Partner, Venture (formerly Principal); and Heather Doshay now serves as a Partner, People + Talent (formerly Managing Director)..

除了欢迎新面孔外，公司还为培养团队成长和繁荣的环境感到自豪。最近有三名现有团队成员被提升为新角色。Libby Hadzima Perkins被任命为总顾问（原法律副总裁），袁元玲（YY）被任命为Partner，Venture（原委托人）；和Heather Doshay现在担任合作伙伴People+Talent（前总经理）。。

“I am tremendously proud to welcome these remarkable individuals to the SignalFire family and to be able to grow the careers of our existing team members,” said Chris Farmer, CEO, Partner, and Co-Founder. “I am optimistic that together, we can provide greater value to our current and future founders as they navigate the challenging environment.

Chris Farmer，首席执行官，合作伙伴和共同创始人说：“我非常自豪地欢迎这些杰出的人士加入SignalFire家族，并能够成长我们现有团队成员的职业生涯。”。“我乐观地认为，在共同应对充满挑战的环境时，我们可以为当前和未来的创始人提供更大的价值。

By investing in our current and future talent, we are propelling the firm into a new era of growth where we are better positioned to serve more founders in more ways.”.

通过投资我们当前和未来的人才，我们正在推动公司进入一个新的增长时代，我们更有能力以更多方式为更多创始人服务。”。

With the addition of nine talented team members and growth of three, SignalFire is harnessing momentum to propel the firm into a new era. For a full list and bios of the SignalFire team, please visit https://signalfire.com/.

随着9名才华横溢的团队成员的增加和3人的增长，SignalFire正在利用动力推动该公司进入一个新时代。有关SignalFire团队的完整列表和生物学信息，请访问https://signalfire.com/.

New SignalFire team members

新的SignalFire团队成员

Sooah Cho—Partner: As a product builder, GTM strategist, and policy nerd turned investor, Sooah will expand our early-stage health and life sciences tech investment practice. Previously, Sooah led fast-growing B2B software investments at Underscore VC. Sooah was also a product leader at Devoted Health, which was recently valued at over $12B, and CVS Health, where she launched its prescription delivery and virtual care products..

Sooah Cho合作伙伴：作为产品建造者，GTM战略家和政策nerd的投资者，Sooah将扩大我们的早期健康和生命科学技术投资实践。此前，Sooah在强调VC方面领导了快速增长的B2B软件投资.Sooah也是专门健康的产品领导者，最近价值超过120亿美元，CVS Health公司推出了处方药和虚拟护理产品。。

Veronica Mercado—Principal and Chief of Staff to CEO Chris Farmer: Veronica will lead efforts related to early-stage enterprise AI investments through the AI Lab. Previously, she spent several years leading special projects and strategic growth initiatives at Thoma Bravo in San Francisco. Veronica began her career at Bain & Company in Boston, where she advised a variety of private equity, hedge fund, and technology clients..

Veronica Mercado首席执行官兼首席执行官Chris Farmer的首席执行官：Veronica将通过AI实验室领导与早期企业AI投资相关的工作。此前，她在旧金山Thoma Bravo领导了几年的专项项目和战略增长计划。Veronica在波士顿的Bain＆Company开始了她的职业生涯，在那里她为各种私募股权，对冲基金和技术客户提供咨询。。

Lisa Liu—Principal, Venture: Lisa will focus on venture and growth-stage software investments. Prior to joining SignalFire, Lisa spent more than five years at General Atlantic in New York, where she invested in growth-stage and pre-IPO software and consumer internet investments globally. She also helped build the firm’s first thematic sourcing program and earlier-stage investing efforts..

丽莎刘校长，风险：丽莎将专注于风险和成长阶段的软件投资。在加入SignalFire之前，丽莎在纽约大西洋地区度过了五年多的时间，在那里她投资了增长阶段和IPO前软件以及全球消费者互联网投资。她还帮助建立了该公司的第一个主题采购计划和早期投资工作。。

Bradford Jones—Principal, Venture: Bradford is largely focused on early-stage AI/ML and vertical SaaS investments. Prior to joining SignalFire, he was an investor at Insight Partners, where he deployed about $600M in capital across application software, data infrastructure, security, and consumer internet investments.

布拉德福德琼斯校长，风险投资：布拉德福德主要关注早期AI/ML和垂直SaaS投资。在加入SignalFire之前，他是Insight Partners的投资者，他在应用软件，数据基础设施，安全性和消费者互联网投资方面部署了约6亿美元的资本。

Bradford is a former D1 athlete, operator, and entrepreneur with experience investing in and working with founders of early-stage, growth, and pre-IPO companies..

布拉德福德是前D1运动员，运营商和企业家，拥有投资早期，成长期和IPO前公司创始人并与之合作的经验。。

Lauren Nguyen—Head of Marketing: Prior to joining SignalFire, Lauren built the self-service growth team at Cloudflare responsible for all self-serve revenue across its product portfolio. Previously, she built and led marketing teams at high-growth startups such as Pantheon, Mattermost, and Sauce Labs, focusing on building and scaling data-driven and results-oriented marketing practices with an emphasis on developer-focused products..

Lauren Nguyen营销主管：在加入SignalFire之前，Lauren在Cloudflare建立了自助增长团队，负责其产品组合中的所有自助收入。此前，她在Pantheon，Mattermost和Sauce Labs等高增长初创公司建立并领导营销团队，专注于建立和扩展数据驱动和面向结果的营销实践，重点关注以开发人员为中心的产品。。

Asher Bantock—Head of Research: Asher will apply our Beacon AI data platform to develop insights to inform the firm’s investment strategy and support our portfolio companies’ needs. Prior to joining SignalFire, Asher worked as a data science leader at companies like Square’s Cash App, Facebook, and SoundCloud..

Asher Bantock研究负责人：Asher将应用我们的Beacon AI数据平台开发见解，以告知公司的投资战略并支持我们的投资组合公司的需求。在加入SignalFire之前，Asher曾在Square的Cash App，Facebook和SoundCloud等公司担任数据科学领导者。。

Sadasia McCutchen—Head of Ecosystem: Sadasia’s goal is to cultivate vital relationships with key customers, corporates, and strategic partners to drive portfolio growth. She leads the firm’s Mentor and Specialist program and supports the portfolio via scaled efforts that: propel product-market fit, scale revenue, and foster potential future investments.

Sadasia McCutchen生态系统负责人：Sadasia的目标是与关键客户，公司和战略合作伙伴建立重要关系，以推动投资组合的增长。她领导该公司的导师和专家计划，并通过大规模努力支持该组合：推动产品市场契合，扩大收入，促进潜在的未来投资。

Prior to joining SignalFire, Sadasia was the VP of Community and Growth at CapitalG, where she envisioned the firm’s community strategy and built networks of portfolio founders, industry experts, and customers to drive portfolio growth..

在加入SignalFire之前，Sadasia是CapitalG的社区和成长副总裁，她在那里设想了该公司的社区战略，并建立了投资组合创始人，行业专家和客户网络，以推动投资组合的增长。。

Mario Espindola—Senior Director of Talent: Mario will be assisting portfolio companies with talent acquisition strategies. Prior to joining SignalFire, Mario served as the Head of Talent Acquisition for healthcare technology company Wheel, and Head of Global Talent for Autodesk Construction Cloud. He is an experienced talent acquisition professional with a background in startups and publicly traded organizations..

Mario Espindola人才高级总监：Mario将协助投资组合公司制定人才获取策略。在加入SignalFire之前，Mario曾担任医疗保健技术公司Wheel的人才获取负责人，以及Autodesk Construction Cloud的全球人才负责人。他是一位经验丰富的人才获取专业人士，拥有创业公司和上市组织的背景。。

Andrew Reid—Director of GTM Recruiting: Andrew will be assisting portfolio companies with talent acquisition initiatives across Go-to-Market functions. Prior to joining SignalFire, Andrew was the Head Of Talent at growth equity fund Lead Edge Capital, and worked on executive placements at retained search firms Artisan Talent and SPMB..

Andrew Reid GTM招聘总监：Andrew将协助投资组合公司开展跨越市场职能的人才获取计划。在加入SignalFire之前，Andrew是增长股权基金领先资本的人才负责人，并在保留的搜索公司工匠人才和SPMB担任执行职务。。

Recently promoted SignalFire team members

最近晋升的SignalFire团队成员

Libby Hadzima Perkins—General Counsel: Libby works closely with the investing and operations team, board members, LPs, and portfolio entrepreneurs and CEOs on a range of legal activities across the firm. She joined SignalFire in 2021 to oversee the legal affairs of the firm. Prior to joining SignalFire, Libby advised high-growth companies and their investors at Cooley LLP in the San Francisco office on private financing of all stages, mergers and acquisitions, public capital markets transactions, and corporate governance matters..

Libby Hadzima Perkins总顾问：Libby与投资和运营团队，董事会成员，LPs，投资组合企业家和首席执行官密切合作，开展整个公司的一系列法律活动。她于2021年加入SignalFire监督公司的法律事务。在加入SignalFire之前，Libby向旧金山办事处Cooley LLP的高增长公司及其投资者咨询所有阶段的私人融资，兼并和收购，公共资本市场交易和公司治理事项。。

Yuanling Yuan (YY)—Partner, Venture: YY focuses on venture and growth-stage investments in health tech. She joined SignalFire in 2019 and previously held the title of Principal. Prior to SignalFire, she worked on the investment team at Blackstone’s Strategic Opportunity Fund, where she evaluated late-stage and IPO investment opportunities.

袁元玲（YY）-合作伙伴，风险投资：YY专注于健康技术的风险和成长阶段投资。她于2019年加入SignalFire，此前担任委托人。在SignalFire之前，她在Blackstone战略机会基金的投资团队工作，在那里她评估了后期和IPO投资机会。

At Blackstone, she also spent time on the Emerging Markets team, evaluating macroeconomic and political risk in countries such as China, Brazil, and Egypt..

在布莱克斯通，她还花时间在新兴市场团队，评估中国，巴西和埃及等国家的宏观经济和政治风险。。

Heather Doshay—Partner, People and Talent: Heather leads the people and recruiting programs for the portfolio. She joined SignalFire in 2021 as a managing director. Prior to SignalFire, Heather served as a Vice President, People at Webflow. Actively involved in the people and talent leadership community, Heather is SHRM senior certified, serves on the PeopleTech Partners Advisory, and has served on the Forbes HR Council.

Heather Doshay合作伙伴，人员和人才：Heather领导该产品组合的人员和招聘计划。她于2021年加入SignalFire担任董事。在SignalFire之前，Heather曾担任Webflow的副总裁。积极参与人才领导社区，希瑟获得SHRM高级认证，担任PeopleTech合作伙伴咨询，并曾在福布斯人力资源委员会任职。

She was honored as a top Talent Operator on the inaugural 2020 Anchor List and Top Women Leader in SaaS in the 2018 SaaS Report..

在2018年SaaS报告中，她被授予2020年就职锚定名单和SaaS顶尖女性领导者的顶尖人才。。

About SignalFire

关于SignalFire

SignalFire is the first venture capital firm built like a technology company to better solve for the needs of founders. The core of its value-add is Beacon, the AI engine SignalFire has been refining since the firm’s launch in 2013. Beacon tracks more than 495 million employees and 80 million companies to guide the fund’s investing and assist portfolio companies with scaling their teams and revenue.

SignalFire是第一家像技术公司一样建造的风险投资公司，旨在更好地满足创始人的需求。其增值的核心是Beacon，自2013年公司推出以来，AI engine SignalFire一直在完善。Beacon跟踪超过4.95亿员工和8000万公司，以指导该基金的投资并协助投资组合公司扩大其团队和收入。

SignalFire also helps early-stage founders navigate the toughest parts of building a company at every stage, with expert advisors, 200 skill-building workshops a year, and an in-house team of recruiters, data scientists, PR experts and go-to-market leaders. With over $1.8 billion in assets under management, SignalFire focuses on investing from seed to scale.

SignalFire还可以帮助早期创始人在每个阶段完成公司最艰难的部分，包括专家顾问，每年200次技能建设研讨会，以及内部招聘人员，数据科学家，PR专家和进入市场的团队领导者。SignalFire管理着超过18亿美元的资产，专注于从种子到规模的投资。

The firm’s key sectors include AIML, developer tools, B2B saas, healthcare, cybersecurity, and consumer..

该公司的关键行业包括AIML，开发工具，B2B-saas，医疗保健，网络安全和消费者。。