Circle Funding & Investors
Circle is a peer-to-peer payments technology company. It was founded by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville in October 2013. Circle's mobile payment platform, Circle Pay, allows users to hold, send, and receive traditional fiat currencies. In September 2015, Circle received the first BitLicense issued from the New York State Department of Financial Services. In April 2016, the British government approved the first virtual currency licensure to Circle. Circle is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
https://www.circle.com/en/Total Amount Raised: $1,120,999,936
Circle Funding Rounds
Private Equity
$400,000,000
Private Equity Investors
Marshall WaceFin Venture CapitalFidelity Management and Research CompanyBlackRockConvertible Note
$10,000,000
Convertible Note Investors
Alameda ResearchSeries Unknown
$440,000,000
Series Unknown Investors
Valor Capital GroupudaybsBreyer CapitalAtlas Merchant CapitalFTXIntersection Fintech VenturesDigital Currency GroupMarshall WacePillar VCFidelity Management and Research CompanyMichael J. PriceCaesar ChadWillett AdvisorsSeries Unknown
$25,000,000
Series Unknown Investors
Digital Currency GroupSeries E
$110,000,000
Series E Investors
To Kenz CapitalBreyer CapitalBlockchain CapitalBITMAINDigital Currency GroupPantera CapitalCOINDPillar VCGeneral CatalystBuck StashAccelTusk Ventures PartnersIDG CapitalSeries D
$60,000,000
Series D Investors
Glenn HutchinsBreyer CapitalGeneral CatalystCICCSam PalmisanoBaiduChina Everbright Investment ManagementCrediteaseCE Innovation CapitalTusk Ventures PartnersIDG CapitalFenbushi CapitalSeries C
$50,000,000
Series C Investors
Oak Investment PartnersBreyer CapitalGeneral CatalystPantera CapitalDigital Currency GroupAccelBoomStartupFenway Summer VenturesGS GrowthIDG CapitalSeries B
$17,000,000
Series B Investors
Leonard SchrankM. Michele BurnsBreyer CapitalOak Investment PartnersGeneral CatalystPantera CapitalDigital Currency GroupFenway Summer VenturesSeries A
$9,000,000
Series A Investors
Breyer CapitalAlumni VenturesGeneral CatalystAccelPillar VC
Funding info provided by Diffbot.