Singapore · Investor

Circulate Capital

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 3 cheques on record.

VC firmDeploying nowNew fund $219M, Mar 2026

SeedSeries ASeries BFintechsWealthtechFinancial Services

Deploying now
100%of best year2cheques in 12 months, 3 on record
Since the last cheque51days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$6.8MRounds led2 of 3Sole investor2 rounds
Pitch Circulate Capital

Circulate Capital highlights

  1. 01

    2 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Growth and Seed: 100% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $9.5M

What they do

Circulate Capital is the leading circular economy investment management firm in high-growth markets.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
FintechsWealthtechFinancial Services
Based in
Singapore, Singapore
Cold pitches
Accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first3 appearances

  1. 2026

    1 round

  2. Sept
  3. 2025

    1 round

  4. Dec
  5. 2024

    1 round

  6. Oct
    EarthodicSeed · AU · Startup Daily$4.0MWith 10 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration5 named

ALAllard Lieuwke De Ira JongDirectoriFiling they signed
EIErnesto Ira HanhausenMr. Hanhausen is a PrincipaliFiling they signed
RMRegula Maria ScheggMs. Schegg is a Strategic Principal of the Issuer and a Director of the Investment ManageriFiling they signed
RIRobert Ira KaplanMr. Kaplan is the Senior Principal of the Issuer, the sole director of the General Partner of the Issuer and the Chief Executive Officer and director of the Investment ManageriFiling they signed
WMWolfgang Maria HafenmayerMr. Hafenmayer is a Strategic PrincipaliFiling they signed

We also hold 45 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$451Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Circulate Capital Management Pte. LTD.
SEC number
CRD 304837

Who backs their funds

6 LPs on record in Circulate Capital's funds

Funds
2

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: fund news.

  • Danone2 funds
    FundVintageCommitted
    Circulate Capital Circulate Capital Asia II--
    Circulate Capital Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Fund--
  • DOW2 funds
    FundVintageCommitted
    Circulate Capital Circulate Capital Asia II--
    Circulate Capital Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Fund--
  • Builders Vision2 funds
    FundVintageCommitted
    Circulate Capital Circulate Capital Asia II--
    Circulate Capital Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Fund--
  • Unilever1 fund
    FundVintageCommitted
    Circulate Capital Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Fund--
  • Chevron Phillips Chemical1 fund
    FundVintageCommitted
    Circulate Capital Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Fund--
  • IDB Lab1 fund
    FundVintageCommitted
    Circulate Capital Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Fund--

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

0 of 30 we have independently watched raise

AchmeainvestmentmanagementAdiAlign ImpactBlueskygivingBuilders VisionCHANELChevron Phillips ChemicalDOWDanoneEden ImpactEibEmcafHuang Chen FoundationImpact CapitalImpactfundInternational Finance CorporationJebsen and JessenMinderoo FoundationMondelēz InternationalNorth East GroupPepsicoProctor & GambleProparcoRumah GroupSK2 fundThe Coca-Cola CompanyTwynamU.S. International DevelopmentUnileverWire-group

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Recently backed

The latest companies Circulate Capital put money into.

Quick answers about Circulate Capital

What does Circulate Capital invest in?

Circulate Capital invests most often at Growth and Seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Fintechs, Wealthtech and Financial Services.

How active is Circulate Capital?

3 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

What has Circulate Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Jayachandran Global Refineries Pvt. Ltd. (JC Global) (Growth, Sept 2026), See Hau Global (Undisclosed round, Dec 2025) and Earthodic (Seed, Oct 2024).

How big are Circulate Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.8M.

Is Circulate Capital investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

What kind of investor is Circulate Capital?

Circulate Capital is a VC firm based in Singapore, Singapore.

How much does Circulate Capital manage?

About $451M, as gross assets of its private funds (Oct 2026).

Has Circulate Capital raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Mar 2026, reporting $219M raised.

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