# Circle funding: rounds and investors > Circle has raised $772M across 13 rounds since 2008. Investors include General Catalyst, Accel and Pantera Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/circle (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Circle* 13 rounds we have observed, with the 32 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Fintech Healthcare Web3 & Crypto Raised 2 months ago Valuation: $3.0B, Mar 2026 Follow Circle and see its new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fcompany%2Fcircle) Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026 **$772M** raised across 13 rounds since 2008, from 18 sources **$400M** Growth - **Latest round:** Seed, $100M Sept 2026 - **Led by:** Nexus Venture Partners - **Biggest round:** $400M Growth · Apr 2022 - **Step-up i:** 50× - **Investors:** 32 (1 led) See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 **?** Round **?** Seed **$9.0M** Series A **$17M** Series B **$60M** Series D **$110M** Round **$400M** Growth **$6.0M** Series A **?** Venture **$18M** Grant **$100M** Seed - **First round:** Round - **Biggest round:** $400M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 16 months ## The rounds - **Sept 2026** Seed **$100M** *5 new* *2 returning* [Nexus Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-venture-partners) Lead [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Titan Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/titan-capital-2) [Ajith Pai](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ajith-pai) [Raveen Sastry](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raveen-sastry) Reported by The Economic Times: startups and 3 others - **Sept 2025** Pre-seed **$2.0M** *1 new* [Unusual Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unusual-ventures) Source recorded - **May 2024** Grant **$18M** No investor was named in the report. Source recorded - **Mar 2024** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *6 new* [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) [Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2) [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) [UBS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ubs) Source recorded and 1 other - **Jun 2022** Series A **$6.0M** *5 new* [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Everywhere Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/everywhere-ventures) [Gener8tor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gener8tor) [Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) [Susquehanna International Group (SIG)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/susquehanna-international-group-sig) Source recorded and 1 other - **Apr 2022** Growth **$400M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by Pillar VC - **May 2018** Round **$110M** *2 new* *4 returning* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Pantera Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pantera-capital) [Digital Currency Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-currency-group) [Breyer Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/breyer-capital) Bitmain/ IDG Capital Reported by TechCrunch - **Jun 2016** Series D **$60M** *1 new* [IDG Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-ventures) Reported by FinSMEs - **Apr 2015** Series C **$50M** *1 new* *4 returning* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) [Oak Investment Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oak-investment-partners) [Pantera Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pantera-capital) From a historical funding record - **Mar 2014** Series B **$17M** *7 new* *2 returning* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Oak Investment Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oak-investment-partners) [Pantera Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pantera-capital) [Breyer Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/breyer-capital) [Fenway Summer Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fenway-summer-ventures) [Bitcoin Opportunity Fund, LP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bitcoin-opportunity-fund-lp) [Leonard Schrank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/leonard-schrank) [Michele Burns](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michele-burns) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $250K sold, first sale Nov 2013 - **Oct 2013** Series A **$9.0M** *2 new* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) Reported by techcrunch.com SEC filing: $250K sold, first sale Nov 2013 - **Mar 2011** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) From a historical funding record - **May 2008** Round **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) From a historical funding record ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Series D** 2016 **Round** 2018 **Growth** 2022 **Series A** 2022 **Venture** 2024 **Grant** 2024 **Pre-seed** 2025 **Seed** 2026 [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Pantera Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pantera-capital) [Oak Investment Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oak-investment-partners) [Breyer Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/breyer-capital) [Nexus Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-venture-partners) L [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) ## Everyone who backed them [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **5** rounds [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) VC firm **5** rounds [Pantera Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pantera-capital) VC firm **3** rounds [Oak Investment Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oak-investment-partners) Private equity **2** rounds [Breyer Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/breyer-capital) Private equity **2** rounds [Nexus Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) VC firm **1** round [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) VC firm **1** round [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) Private equity **1** round [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) VC firm **1** round [Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2) Private equity **1** round [IDG Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) VC firm **1** round [Everywhere Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/everywhere-ventures) VC firm **1** round [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) VC firm **1** round [Digital Currency Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-currency-group) VC firm **1** round [Gener8tor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gener8tor) VC firm **1** round [Titan Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/titan-capital-2) VC firm **1** round [Cultivation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivation-capital) VC firm **1** round [UBS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ubs) Wealth manager **1** round [Unusual Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unusual-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Susquehanna International Group (SIG)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/susquehanna-international-group-sig) Corporate VC **1** round [Fenway Summer Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fenway-summer-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Bitcoin Opportunity Fund, LP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bitcoin-opportunity-fund-lp) Hedge fund **1** round [Ajith Pai](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ajith-pai) Angel **1** round [Leonard Schrank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/leonard-schrank) Angel **1** round [Michele Burns](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michele-burns) Angel **1** round [Raveen Sastry](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raveen-sastry) Angel **1** round Bitmain/ IDG Capital no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=circle). ## Also claim to have backed them These 32 firms list Circle as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Valor Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Play Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/play-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Borderless Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/borderless-capital) Accelerator Per its own site [Venrex](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venrex) VC firm Per its own site [Third Prime](https://millionrounds.com/fund/third-prime) VC firm Per its own site [Tusk Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tusk-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Notation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notation-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Jayesh Parekh](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jayesh-parekh) Angel Per its own site [GrayArch Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grayarch-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Julia DeWahl](https://millionrounds.com/fund/julia-dewahl) VC firm Per its own site [Momentum Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/momentum-capital-2) VC firm Per its own site [Spearhead](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spearhead-2) VC firm Per its own site [Todd & Rahul's Angel Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/todd-and-rahul-s-angel-fund) VC firm Per its own site [Alphabet Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alphabet-angels) VC firm Per its own site [Atlas Merchant Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-merchant-capital-llc) Private equity Per its own site [Brightwing Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brightwing-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Bungalow Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bungalow-capital) Private equity Per its own site [CRB Health Tech SGEIC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crb-health-tech-sgeic) VC firm Per its own site [DOV Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dov-management) Private equity Per its own site [Digital Finance Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-finance-group) Family office Per its own site [Festina](https://millionrounds.com/fund/festina) VC firm Per its own site [Global Alternative Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-alternative-investment-management) VC firm Per its own site [Golden Falcon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-falcon-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Intersection Growth Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intersection-growth-partners) Advisor Per its own site [Launchbay Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launchbay-capital) Growth equity Per its own site [Next Round Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-round-capital-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Next Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-next-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Play Ventures PTE LTD](https://millionrounds.com/fund/play-ventures-pte-ltd) Investor Per its own site [Prosto VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prosto-vc) Angel network Per its own site [Smart Money Yield Farming Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smart-money-yield-farming-fund) Investment firm Per its own site [Three Thousand Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/three-thousand-capital) VC firm Per its own site [xCrypt Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xcrypt-capital) Investment firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Circle ### Who invested in Circle? Circle's investors include General Catalyst, Accel, Pantera Capital, Oak Investment Partners and Breyer Capital, and 27 more on record. Nexus Venture Partners led its latest round. ### How much has Circle raised? Circle has raised $772M across 13 rounds since 2008. 3 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Circle last raise? Circle's most recent round was a Seed of $100M in Sept 2026, led by Nexus Venture Partners. ### What was Circle's biggest round? Circle's largest round on record is $400M (Growth), in Apr 2022. ### Who backed Circle first? Circle's first round on record, in May 2008, was backed by Balderton Capital. ### What stage is Circle at? Circle's latest named round is a Seed, in Sept 2026. ### Where is Circle based? Circle is based in the United States. ### Who led Circle's rounds? Nexus Venture Partners led the Seed in 2026. ## Companies like Circle In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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