# CircleCI funding: rounds and investors > CircleCI has raised $95M across 5 rounds since 2012. Investors include Baseline Ventures, Harrison Metal and Industry Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/circleci (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series D startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *CircleCI* 5 rounds we have observed, with the 21 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. DevOps Valuation: $1.7B, Mar 2026 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$95M** raised across 5 rounds since 2012, from 5 sources **$1.5M** Seed **$6.0M** Series A **$31M** Series C **$56M** Series D - **Latest round:** Series D, $56M Jul 2019 - **Led by:** NextEquity Partners and Owl Rock Capital Partners - **Step-up i:** 1.8× - **Investors:** 21 (2 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. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 **?** Round **$1.5M** Seed **$6.0M** Series A **$31M** Series C **$56M** Series D - **First round:** Round - **Biggest round:** $56M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 18 months ## The rounds - **Jul 2019** Series D **$56M** *5 new* *4 returning* [NextEquity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextequity-partners) Lead Owl Rock Capital Partners Lead [Scale Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scale-venture-partners) [Baseline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baseline-ventures) [Harrison Metal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harrison-metal) [Industry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/industry-ventures) [Threshold](https://millionrounds.com/fund/threshold) [Heavybit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/heavybit) [Top Tier Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/top-tier-capital-partners) Reported by FinSMEs - **Jan 2018** Series C **$31M** *4 new* *2 returning* [DFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj) [Baseline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baseline-ventures) [Harrison Metal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harrison-metal) [Industry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/industry-ventures) [Top Tier Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/top-tier-capital-partners) Heavybit/ Scale Reported by FinSMEs - **Feb 2014** Series A **$6.0M** *1 new* [Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-fisher-jurvetson-dfj) From a historical funding record - **Feb 2013** Seed **$1.5M** *10 new* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Baseline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baseline-ventures) [Harrison Metal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harrison-metal) [Eric Ries](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eric-ries) [Jason Seats](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jason-seats) [Hiten Shah](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hiten-shah) [James Lindenbaum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/james-lindenbaum) [Adam Wiggins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adam-wiggins) Reported by techcrunch.com - **Apr 2012** Round **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Right ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-ventures) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From CircleCI's own website: 7 on the team. - **Jim Rose** Chief Executive Officer - **Blake Buisson** Chief Marketing Officer - **Chitra Balasubramanian** Chief Financial Officer - **Judson Griffin** Chief Revenue Officer - **June Ko** Chief Legal & People Officer - **Rob Zuber** Chief Technology Officer - **Tom Trahan** Chief Marketing Officer ## 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. **Round** 2012 **Seed** 2013 **Series A** 2014 **Series C** 2018 **Series D** 2019 [Baseline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baseline-ventures) [Harrison Metal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harrison-metal) [Industry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/industry-ventures) [Top Tier Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/top-tier-capital-partners) [NextEquity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextequity-partners) L Owl Rock Capital Partners L [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [DFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj) [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) ## Everyone who backed them [Baseline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baseline-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds [Harrison Metal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harrison-metal) VC firm **3** rounds [Industry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/industry-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Top Tier Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/top-tier-capital-partners) Fund of funds **2** rounds [NextEquity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextequity-partners) VC firm **1** round, led 1 Owl Rock Capital Partners no record of our own yet **1** round, led 1 [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **1** round [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **1** round [DFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj) VC firm **1** round [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) VC firm **1** round [Scale Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scale-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-fisher-jurvetson-dfj) Investment firm **1** round [Threshold](https://millionrounds.com/fund/threshold) VC firm **1** round [Heavybit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/heavybit) VC firm **1** round [Eric Ries](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eric-ries) Angel **1** round [Right ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Jason Seats](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jason-seats) Angel **1** round [Hiten Shah](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hiten-shah) Angel **1** round [James Lindenbaum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/james-lindenbaum) Angel **1** round [Adam Wiggins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adam-wiggins) Angel **1** round Heavybit/ Scale 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=circleci). ## Also claim to have backed them These 7 firms list CircleCI 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. [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) VC firm Per its own site [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Volta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/volta-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Jesse Robbins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jesse-robbins) VC firm Per its own site [3SPOKE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/3spoke) Private credit Per its own site [BlackVenture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackventure) VC firm Per its own site [Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit) Accelerator Per its own site ## Quick answers about CircleCI ### Who invested in CircleCI? CircleCI's investors include Baseline Ventures, Harrison Metal, Industry Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners and NextEquity Partners, and 16 more on record. NextEquity Partners led its latest round. ### How much has CircleCI raised? CircleCI has raised $95M across 5 rounds since 2012. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did CircleCI last raise? CircleCI's most recent round was a Series D of $56M in Jul 2019, led by NextEquity Partners. ### What was CircleCI's biggest round? Its most recent round, $56M in Jul 2019, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed CircleCI first? CircleCI's first round on record, in Apr 2012, was backed by Right ventures. ### What stage is CircleCI at? CircleCI's latest named round is a Series D, in Jul 2019. ### Where is CircleCI based? CircleCI is based in the United States. ### Who led CircleCI's rounds? NextEquity Partners led the Series D in 2019. ## Companies like CircleCI In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Blacksmith** $131M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/blacksmith)[**Transfyr** $25M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/transfyr)[**Genera** $10M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/genera)[**Copia Automation** $40M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/copia-automation)[**Honeycomb** $117M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/honeycomb)[**Coralogix** $326M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/coralogix) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app