United States · Who invested in CircleUp?
CircleUp's investors include Maveron, Union Square Ventures, Rose Park Advisors, Google Ventures and Canaan, and 13 more on record.
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$1.5MSeed$7.5MSeries A$14MSeries B$30MSeries C$200MDebtUnited States · Funded startup
Who invested in CircleUp
5 rounds we have observed, with the 18 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.
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$253Mraised across 5 rounds since 2012, from 5 sources
$1.5MSeed$7.5MSeries A$14MSeries B$30MSeries C$200MDebt
- Latest round
- Debt, $200MSept 2019
- Step-upi
- 6.7×
- Investors
- 18
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Seed, $1.5M Apr 2012
- Biggest round
- $200M Debt · Sept 2019
- Usual gap between rounds
- 20 months the median of 4
The rounds
- Sept 2019Debt$200M5 returning
Source recorded
- Nov 2015Series C$30M7 new4 returning
Canaan
Union Square Ventures
QED Investors
Collaborative Fund
Maveron- Tom Glocer
Rose Park Advisors- Jung-Ju (Jay) Kim
- Nigel Morris
- Jon Winkelried
- John Powers
From a historical funding record
- Mar 2014Series B$14M1 new4 returning
From a historical funding record
- May 2013Series A$7.5M2 new3 returning
Reported by techcrunch.com
- Apr 2012Seed$1.5M8 new
- Maveron
Triple Point Ventures
Ooga Labs- Rose Park Advisors
Silas Capital- Jerry Gramaglia
- Clayton Christensen
- David Topper
Reported by techcrunch.com
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.
Seed2012Series A2013Series B2014Series C2015Debt2019MaveronUnion Square VenturesRose Park Advisors
Google VenturesCanaanQED InvestorsCollaborative FundJerry GramagliaTriple Point VenturesOoga Labs
MaveronUnion Square VenturesRose Park AdvisorsGoogle VenturesCanaanQED InvestorsCollaborative FundJerry GramagliaTriple Point VenturesOoga LabsEveryone who backed them
Jerry GramagliaAngel2rounds
Tom GlocerAngel1round
Jung-Ju (Jay) KimInvestment firm1round
Nigel MorrisAngel1round
Jon WinkelriedAngel1round
Clayton Christensenno record of our own yet1round
David Topperno record of our own yet1round
John Powersno record of our own yet1round
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Quick answers about CircleUp
How much has CircleUp raised?
CircleUp has raised $253M across 5 rounds since 2012.
When did CircleUp last raise?
CircleUp's most recent round was a Debt of $200M in Sept 2019.
What was CircleUp's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $200M in Sept 2019, is also its largest on record.
Who backed CircleUp first?
CircleUp's first round on record, in Apr 2012, was backed by Maveron, Triple Point Ventures and Ooga Labs and 5 others.
What stage is CircleUp at?
CircleUp's latest named round is a Debt, in Sept 2019.
Where is CircleUp based?
CircleUp is based in the United States.
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