# About Keith Teare

By [That Was The Week](https://paragraph.com/@thatwastheweek) · 2025-04-12

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**Technologist. Investor. System Builder.**

I’m Keith Teare, founder and CEO of [**SignalRank Corporation**](https://signalrank.co/), where we’re reimagining how capital flows into venture-backed startups. Our platform is the first to use **systematic, machine-learning-based indexing alongside heuristics as features** to score and invest in private companies—transforming what was once opaque, illiquid, and relationship-driven into something **transparent, accessible, and data-native**.

**A Career of Building Firsts**
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Across my career, I’ve been drawn to first principles and frontier problems. In the early internet era, I co-founded:

*   **EasyNet** — Europe’s first consumer ISP, bringing broadband access to the UK
    
*   **RealNames** — a pioneering identity and navigation layer for the web
    
*   **Archimedes Ventures** — a seed-stage investment studio backing transformational ideas
    

As a **founding investor in TechCrunch**, I helped founder Mike Arrington catalyze the media engine that defined startup storytelling for a generation. That experience reaffirmed my belief that **information flow shapes market behavior**—and those who control the architecture of insight have leverage.

**What I'm Building Now**
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At **SignalRank**, we’ve developed the **SignalRank Index**—the world’s first index offering exposure to systematically selected, venture-backed private companies and a plan to be listed so retail investors can benefit. It’s a data-driven solution to three entrenched problems in venture capital:

*   **Access**: democratizing entry to top-tier startup investments
    
*   **Selection**: removing human bias via statistical and ML-based scoring
    
*   **Liquidity**: enabling exits through public listing and index mechanics
    

We’ve combined **Snowflake-scale data infrastructure**, AI-powered decision engines, and financial architecture to build a new asset class. This isn’t just fintech—it’s **financial infrastructure for the intelligent era**.

**Revolutionizing Public Access to Private Assets**
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Unlike traditional venture capital models—where access is gated by networks, LP status, or fund minimums—SignalRank is **engineering a breakthrough in public access**. By building an index that not only tracks but also owns the underlying private companies, and listing that index on public markets, we make **institutional-quality venture exposure accessible to a wider range of investors**.

This is a radical step forward: **private market returns, delivered with the liquidity and transparency of public markets**. No cap tables. No capital calls. Just intelligent, systematic exposure to innovation.

**Speaking, Writing & Thinking**
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I frequently speak and write about:

*   The application of **AI agents in venture capital**
    
*   The future of private market infrastructure
    
*   Indexing, automation, and intelligent capital allocation
    
*   Building companies at the convergence of **data, venture, and narrative**
    

Whether I’m modeling returns in SQL, helping craft AI models, or debating macro shifts in editorial form, my focus is always on **signal over noise**, **clarity over complexity**, and **systems over guesswork**.

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**Let’s Connect**  
I’m always open to conversations with builders, investors, and innovators working on systemic challenges in tech, markets, or AI.  
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kteare) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/kteare) | Email | [SignalRank](https://signalrank.ai/)

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*Originally published on [That Was The Week](https://paragraph.com/@thatwastheweek/about-keith-teare)*