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Circle Funding & Investors

Boston, MA

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

    BlackRock
    Fidelity Investments
    Marshall Wace
    Fin Capital
  • Convertible Note

    $10,000,000

    Convertible Note Investors

    Alameda Research
  • Private Equity

    $440,000,000

    Private Equity Investors

    Intersection Fintech Ventures
    Fidelity Investments
    Breyer Capital
    Valor Capital Group
    Digital Currency Group
    FTX
    Willett Advisors
    Michael J. Price
    Marshall Wace
    Atlas Merchant Capital
    Pillar VC
    Caesar Chad
    Uday Kumar BS
  • Series Unknown

    $25,000,000

    Series Unknown Investors

    Digital Currency Group
  • Series E

    $110,000,000

    Series E Investors

    BITMAIN
    Accel
    Digital Currency Group
    Pantera Capital
    Blockchain Capital
    Tusk Venture Partners
    IDG Capital
    General Catalyst
    Breyer Capital
    To Kenz Capital
    CDM
    Buck Stash
    Pillar VC
  • Series D

    $60,000,000

    Series D Investors

    IDG Capital
    Breyer Capital
    Baidu
    CICC
    Sam Palmisano
    Glenn Hutchins
    General Catalyst
    Creditease
    Fenbushi Capital
    China Everbright Investment Management
    CE Innovation Capital
    Tusk Venture Partners
  • Series C

    $50,000,000

    Series C Investors

    GS Growth
    IDG Capital
    General Catalyst
    Accel
    Oak Investment Partners
    Pantera Capital
    Fenway Summer
    Breyer Capital
    Digital Currency Group
    BoomStartup
  • Series B

    $17,000,000

    Series B Investors

    Breyer Capital
    Oak Investment Partners
    General Catalyst
    Pantera Capital
    Leonard Schrank
    M. Michele Burns
    Fenway Summer
    Digital Currency Group
  • Series A

    $9,000,000

    Series A Investors

    General Catalyst
    Breyer Capital
    Accel
    Alumni Ventures
    Pillar VC
    Goldman Sachs
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