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Investment thesis
Circle Ventures invests in blockchain infrastructure, middleware and applications that catalyze the next wave of the Web3 economy, with a particular interest in ecosystems powered by digital currencies like USDC. It targets Layer 1 protocols, scaling solutions, financial markets infrastructure and payments apps. The firm prefers to invest at the earliest stage but is open to companies with experience and traction, typically backing teams whose product is already in the market. Beyond capital, Circle Ventures offers hands-on support with go-to-market and product strategy, infrastructure guidance, and enhanced access to Circle's products, services and broader founder-and-partner community to accelerate crypto adoption.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 4 people
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3 people who came through Circle Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 21 of 26 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×17Fintech ×17Developer Tools ×6AI & Machine Learning ×4Data & Infrastructure ×4Cybersecurity ×3Enterprise Software ×3SaaS ×3
HQs:United States×3Switzerland×2Canada×1Colombia×1United Kingdom×1Israel×1
Investments · 26 tracked
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Arf operates a liquidity platform for licensed financial institutions in the cross-border payments sector, offering on-ramp and off-ramp infrastructure and settling with real-world-asset-based digital assets such as stablecoins.
Crypto & Web3FintechSaaSZug, CH
Ahmet ÖzcaninAli NalbantBerhan KongelinKazım Ozyılmazin
Co-investors500 Emerging EuropeFenbushi CapitalSignum CapitalBlockchain Founders FundHard YakaNGC Ventures+3 more
Codex provides institutional fiat-to-stablecoin and stablecoin-to-fiat conversion with wholesale rates and same-day settlement across multiple currencies and blockchain networks.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesDragonflyWintermute
Codex provides institutional fiat-to-stablecoin and stablecoin-to-fiat conversion, letting businesses swap currencies like USD, EUR, and GBP into USDC and USDT through a single counterparty with wholesale FX rates and local settlement.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesDragonflyWintermuteMirana VenturesReverie
KuCoin is a global cryptocurrency trading platform trusted by over 45 million users that provides spot trading, leverage, options, derivatives, DeFi, lending, and mining services across more than 200 countries.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsIDG CapitalMatrixMoonhill CapitalTokoin
Rhinestone provides an intent engine and SDK for crosschain smart accounts, offering one API to unify balances and execute onchain actions across 12+ blockchains.
Crypto & Web3Developer Tools
Co-investors1kxCoinFund1k(x)Lattice Capital
Rhinestone provides an intent engine and SDK for crosschain smart accounts, offering a single API to unify balances and execute onchain actions across 12+ chains.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Kurt Larsen(Founder)
Co-investorsCoinFund1kxLattice Capital
Sundial is a team of cryptographers and engineers that develops secure digital infrastructure for identity, trust, and privacy, taking new cryptographic protocols from research into production.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeep Tech
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesDAEDALUSFigment CapitalFigment
Abound provides AI-based lending technology that spans underwriting to collections, offering affordable consumer loans and letting partner lenders launch their own lending products.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSUK, GB
Co-investorsK3 VenturesLuminarXNear FoundationWaterfall Eden
A DeFi protocol creating a marketplace for blockspace.
Co-investorsCastle Island VenturesCoinbase Ventures1kxDragonflyRobot VenturesTribe Capital
Brix connects companies with vetted remote software engineers sourced from outside their home market, handling sourcing, vetting, deployment, and ongoing management through its WorkViz platform.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechMarketplaces
Katherine Duan(Founder)in
Co-investorsMento vcSancus VenturesBorderless CapitalConsenSysParibu Ventures
Stablecorp issues QCAD, a Canadian dollar stablecoin backed 1-to-1 by reserves held at regulated financial institutions and governed by a Canadian prospectus-based regulatory framework.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Alex McDougallin
Co-investorsBorderless VentureCoinbase VenturesInnovative Solutions CanadaDeFi TechnologiesSide Door Ventures
D2X builds regulated market infrastructure for trading digital assets, aimed at institutional participants.
Crypto & Web3FintechAmsterdam, NL
Laetitia Grimaud (Agaesse)(Founder)inTheodore Rozencwajg(Founder)inDon van der Krogt(Co-Founder & CTO)inLaetitia Grimaud(Co-Founder & Head of Growth)in
Co-investorsFlow TradersKima VenturesPICUS CAPITALPlassa CapitalPoint72 VenturesTioga Capital Partners+2 more
Decent provides a crypto trade-routing API that aggregates across 200+ blockchains to execute token swaps and convert any token back to fiat.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York City, US
Charlie Durbin(Founder)inAlexander Carlson(Founder)inWill Collier(Founder)inWill Kantaros(Founder)in
Co-investorsArchetypeBitDAOMantle NetworkY CombinatorAngelDAOKleiner Perkins+4 more
DFlow is a decentralized finance protocol offering a unified API for spot trading across aggregated Solana liquidity.
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesMulticoin CapitalPetRock CapitalWintermuteFramework VenturesMoonPay+1 more
Global hacker community and Web3 platform running hackathons, bounties and quadratic-voting grants for open-source developers.
Jiannan Zhang(Founder)in
Co-investorsCandaq Fintech GroupMapleblock CapitalSignum CapitalAmber GroupBinance LabsCrypto com Capital+3 more
Flutterwave provides payment processing infrastructure and tools that enable businesses and financial institutions across Africa to send and receive payments securely and efficiently.
FintechLagos, NG
Adeleke Adekoya(Founder)inOlugbenga GB Agboola(Founder)in
Co-investors4DX VenturesAAF Management Ltd.Avenir Growth CapitalB Capital GroupB4 CapitalChaos Ventures+24 more
Littio is a mobile app that offers multi-currency accounts in USD, EUR, and COP with international payment capabilities, including a Mastercard for spending across 200+ countries and digital asset holdings in stablecoins.
Crypto & Web3FintechBogotá, CO
Christian Knudsen(Co-founder & CEO)inLuis Huertas(Co-founder & CPO)inIvan Torroledo(Founder)in
Co-investors1confirmationalphabet angelsKoyamaki VenturesKube VCY CombinatorBlockchange Ventures+4 more
Mesta builds payment infrastructure that combines fiat currencies and stablecoins into one system for moving money across currencies, blockchains, and borders.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechRedwood City, US
Kiran Polavarapu(Founder)inSandeep Pyapali(Founder)in
Co-investorsGaruda VenturesTomahawk.VCWestern Technology InvestmentPaxosVillage GlobalWTI
Noble provides modular software components that enable companies to evaluate customer creditworthiness and track changes in credit quality over time, supporting the construction of credit assessment systems.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSTel Aviv-Yafo, IL
Tomer Biger(Founder)inMoran Mishan(Founder)in
Co-investorsAtento CapitalY CombinatorCorazon CapitalHustle FundIDEA Fund PartnersOversubscribed Ventures
Obligate operates a platform for issuing and investing in regulated on-chain debt instruments such as bonds and asset-backed securities, using blockchain infrastructure under the Swiss DLT Act.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsEarlybird Venture CapitalGateCap VenturesSICTICBlockchange Ventures
P2P.me is a decentralized peer-to-peer protocol that enables fast fiat-to-USDC swaps across multiple blockchains using zero-knowledge KYC for privacy.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesMulticoin CapitalBlockchain CapitalByBitGoodwater CapitalHongShan Capital Group+2 more
Empowering global trade with seamless, secure payments
Singapore, SG
Rahul Shinghal(Founder)inSaroj Mishra(Founder)
Co-investorsFoundamentalGMO VenturePartnersPeak XV PartnersRTP GlobalSaison CapitalArc180+5 more
Term Finance operates a decentralized protocol on Ethereum that runs weekly auctions matching crypto-backed borrowers and lenders to set a single market clearing rate for fixed-rate, fixed-term loans across terms up to one year.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsDelta BlockchainElectric CapitalCoinbase VenturesMEXC Ventures
Turnkey provides crypto wallet infrastructure for coordinating payments across internal, custodial wallets, with policy controls over fund flows, limits, roles, and approvals.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Co-investorsVariant FundBain Capital CryptoSequoia Capital
Turnkey provides operational wallet infrastructure that lets companies coordinate crypto payments across internal custodial wallets with role-based policies, transaction limits, approval rules, and gas sponsorship.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Bryce Ferguson(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsArchetypeBain Capital CryptoFactionFigmentMirana VenturesPathlight Ventures+6 more
Crypto payments, payroll and treasury platform for DAOs and web3 companies; acquired by Coinbase in November 2024.
San Francisco, US
Pryce Adade Yebesi(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Jason Chong(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Alexander Wu(Director, Promoter)Kaito Cunningham(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsKindred VenturesParadigmCircle & Co.Coinbase VenturesDistributed GlobalGusto+1 more
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioDecentacq. by MoonPay
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesP2P · rallyup.com · Aug 27, 2026
Flutterwave · serrarigroup.com · Jul 14, 2026
Littio · stablecoininsider.org · May 21, 2026
Turnkey · cryptobriefing.com · May 14, 2026
Turnkey · finsmes.com · May 14, 2026
DFlow · asksurf.ai · May 6, 2026
Brix · tech.eu · Apr 15, 2026
Tazapay · pulse2.com · Mar 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Circle Ventures invest at?
- Circle Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Circle Ventures focus on?
- Circle Ventures focuses on Crypto & Web3, Fintech.
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MATR Ventures is a family office-backed investment firm that funds teams building infrastructure, renewable energy, and foundational technology solutions it considers undervalued. The firm sources and evaluates deals through a curated network of more than 150 advisors.
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