# Funding Circle funding: rounds and investors

> Funding Circle has raised $1.5B across 8 rounds since 2010. Investors include Index Ventures, Accel and Union Square Ventures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/funding-circle (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United Kingdom · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Funding Circle*

8 rounds we have observed, with the 10 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.

Financial Services Fintech

Raised 9 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.5B** raised across 8 rounds since 2010, from 8 sources

**$1.1M** Seed **$4.1M** Series A **$16M** Series B **$37M** Series C **$65M** Series D **$150M** Series E **$100M** Round **$1.1B** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $1.1B Feb 2026
- **Step-up i:** 11×
- **Investors:** 10

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.

2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025

**$1.1M** Seed

**$4.1M** Series A

**$16M** Series B

**$37M** Series C

**$65M** Series D

**$150M** Series E

**$100M** Round

**$1.1B** Debt

- **First round:** Seed, $1.1M
- **Biggest round:** $1.1B
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 14 months

## The rounds

- **Feb 2026** Debt **$1.1B** *1 new* *4 returning* [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [British Business Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-security-strategic-investment-fund) Source recorded
- **Jan 2017** Round **$100M** *1 returning* [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Apr 2015** Series E **$150M** *5 new* [Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [DST Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dst-global) [Sands Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sands-capital-ventures) [Baillie Gifford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baillie-gifford) From a historical funding record
- **Jul 2014** Series D **$65M** *4 returning* [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) [Ribbit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ribbit-capital) From a historical funding record
- **Oct 2013** Series C **$37M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) [Ribbit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ribbit-capital) Reported by techcrunch.com
- **Apr 2012** Series B **$16M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) Reported by techcrunch.com
- **Apr 2011** Series A **$4.1M** *1 new* [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) Reported by eu.techcrunch.com
- **Feb 2010** Seed **$1.1M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by wiseclerk.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.

**Seed** 2010 **Series A** 2011 **Series B** 2012 **Series C** 2013 **Series D** 2014 **Series E** 2015 **Round** 2017 **Debt** 2026 [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) [Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [Ribbit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ribbit-capital) [DST Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dst-global) [British Business Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-security-strategic-investment-fund) [Sands Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sands-capital-ventures) [Baillie Gifford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baillie-gifford)

## Everyone who backed them

[Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) VC firm **5** rounds

[Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) VC firm **4** rounds

[Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds

[Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) VC firm **2** rounds

[BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) Asset manager **2** rounds

[Ribbit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ribbit-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[DST Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dst-global) Private equity **1** round

[British Business Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-security-strategic-investment-fund) Corporate VC **1** round

[Sands Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sands-capital-ventures) Private equity **1** round

[Baillie Gifford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baillie-gifford) Asset manager **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=funding-circle).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Funding 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.

[Perscitus LLP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perscitus-llp) Family office Per its own site

[Rabil Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rabil-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Funding Circle

### Who invested in Funding Circle?

Funding Circle's investors include Index Ventures, Accel, Union Square Ventures, Temasek Holdings and BlackRock, and 5 more on record.

### How much has Funding Circle raised?

Funding Circle has raised $1.5B across 8 rounds since 2010.

### When did Funding Circle last raise?

Funding Circle's most recent round was a Debt of $1.1B in Feb 2026.

### What was Funding Circle's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.1B in Feb 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Funding Circle first?

Funding Circle's first round on record, in Apr 2011, was backed by Index Ventures.

### What stage is Funding Circle at?

Funding Circle's latest named round is a Debt, in Feb 2026.

### Where is Funding Circle based?

Funding Circle is based in the United Kingdom.

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