Indexing Venture Capital with Rob Hodgkinson
Episode description
Most VCs believe data will transform every industry… except their own.
That contradiction sparked something radical.
Rob Hodgkinson, MD at SignalRank, isn’t just another investor. He’s part of a quiet revolution—one that's rewriting how we pick winners in venture capital.
📈 Instead of betting on founders or decks, they bet on investor track records.
👀 Instead of chasing hype, they eliminate zeros through an algorithm that mimics the logic of hedge funds.
And just like that, a radically new approach to venture capital reveals itself—high precision, low recall investing at Series B.
💸 LPs get index-like exposure with vintage diversification.
🌍 Seed investors get pro-rata access they otherwise couldn't afford.
📈 The SignalRank Index may one day be listed like a public ETF.
It’s a new paradigm.
An entirely different way to be in venture.
The age of artisanal investing is giving way to systematic precision.
And, they have gained ground rapidly.
SignalRank sees 60% of the Series B market and invests in the top 5%.
And in 2 short years, they’ve become the second most active Series B investor globally, right behind a16z.
Ask yourself:
If 50%+ of public assets are indexed… why is venture still hand-crafted?
🚀 This is Venture 3.0. Are you ready?
And this is all that we discussed:
Pro-Rata Rights as an Access Strategy
The Philosophical Divide in Venture: Craft vs. System
Building a Publicly Tradable Venture Product
Scaling Through SPV Infrastructure
Vintage Diversification as a Structural Advantage
and so much more…
If you're a seed investor looking to defend your winners, or an LP tired of inaccessible managers, SignalRank is building the bridge between exclusivity and access.