# Circular funding: rounds and investors > Circular has raised $8.9M across 4 rounds since 2012. Investors include Y Combinator, Kima Ventures and Goodwater Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/circular (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Singapore · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Circular* 4 rounds we have observed, with the 11 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. E-commerce Y Combinator: W22 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$8.9M** raised across 4 rounds since 2012, from 4 sources **$1.4M** Seed **$7.5M** Series A - **Latest round:** Venture Jan 2025 - **Biggest round:** $7.5M Series A · Mar 2022 - **Investors:** 11 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 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 **?** Seed **$1.4M** Seed **$7.5M** Series A **?** Venture - **First round:** Seed - **Biggest round:** $7.5M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.8 years [**Circular** E-commerce 1 / 11 Their pitch deck **Circular's pitch deck, 11 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/circular) ## The rounds - **Jan 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *4 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Goodwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital) [Partech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech) [Airtree Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/airtree) [January Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/january-capital) Source recorded - **Mar 2022** Series A **$7.5M** *5 new* [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) [Point Nine Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point-nine-capital) [Acurio Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acurio-ventures) [Shilling VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shilling) Source recorded SEC filing: $1.4M sold, first sale Nov 2021 - **Dec 2021** Seed **$1.4M** *1 new* [The Yield Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-yield-lab) Source recorded SEC filing: $1.4M sold, first sale Nov 2021 - **Aug 2012** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 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. **Seed** 2012 **Seed** 2021 **Series A** 2022 **Venture** 2025 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [Goodwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital) [Partech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech) [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) [Point Nine Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point-nine-capital) [Airtree Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/airtree) [The Yield Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-yield-lab) [Acurio Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acurio-ventures) [Shilling VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shilling) ## Everyone who backed them [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Goodwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital) VC firm **1** round [Partech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech) VC firm **1** round [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) VC firm **1** round [Point Nine Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point-nine-capital) VC firm **1** round [Airtree Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/airtree) VC firm **1** round [The Yield Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-yield-lab) VC firm **1** round [Acurio Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acurio-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Shilling VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shilling) VC firm **1** round [January Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/january-capital) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=circular). ## Quick answers about Circular ### Who invested in Circular? Circular's investors include Y Combinator, Kima Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Partech Ventures and LocalGlobe, and 6 more on record. ### How much has Circular raised? Circular has raised $8.9M across 4 rounds since 2012. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Circular last raise? Circular's most recent round was a Venture in Jan 2025. ### What was Circular's biggest round? Circular's largest round on record is $7.5M (Series A), in Mar 2022. ### Who backed Circular first? Circular's first round on record, in Aug 2012, was backed by Y Combinator. ### What stage is Circular at? Circular's latest named round is a Venture, in Jan 2025. ### Where is Circular based? Circular is based in Singapore. ## Companies like Circular In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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