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Circle Ventures

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Pre-Seed–Series A · 7 people tracked

Also known as Circle Internet Financial

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Investment thesis

Circle Ventures invests in blockchain infrastructure, middleware and applications that advance the next wave of the Web3 economy, powered by digital currencies like USDC. It targets areas such as Layer 1 protocols, scaling solutions, financial markets infrastructure and payments apps. The firm favors getting in at the earliest stage but also considers companies with experience and traction, typically investing once a product is live in the market. Beyond capital, founders gain go-to-market strategy support built on Circle's stablecoin infrastructure, product collaboration with Circle, and access to a community of crypto founders, operators and investors, plus Circle's regulatory relationships to help scale with confidence.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
Instruments
Equity
Last 12 months
8 investments
Tracked investments
138
Unicorns
4
IPOs
1
Acquisitions
5

Team · 7 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Kash Razzaghi· Business Strategy Leadin𝕏

Kash Razzaghi leads commercial strategy at Circle to advance the future of finance and digital assets. He brings over 20 years of experience in revenue leadership, business development, and go-to-market execution, including a prior role as Senior Vice President of Sales for the Americas at Brightcove. He has built and scaled global revenue teams and established strategic partnerships to drive transformational growth.

Aaron Unterman
Brett Stewart
David Shamash
Douglas K.· Investorin
Gagan Mac
Wyatt Lonergan· Senior Associatein𝕏

Founder mafia

3 people who came through Circle Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 91 of 138 portfolio companies

Crypto & Web3 ×65Fintech ×58Data & Infrastructure ×19AI & Machine Learning ×17Developer Tools ×17SaaS ×14Enterprise Software ×13Cybersecurity ×8

HQs:United States×29United Kingdom×6Switzerland×3Canada×2Colombia×2Bahrain×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 54 portfolio companies
31%
solo founders
17 of 54 mapped founding teams
40%
repeat founders
of 63 founders with career history
~2 yrs
old at investment
median across 12 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×172 founders×133 founders×124+ founders×12

Where their founders studiedfrom 59 founders with education data

Brown University ×3University of Oxford ×3Boğaziçi University ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×2Tsinghua University ×2Universidad de Los Andes ×2Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 54 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×20Business & Management ×11Engineering ×10Economics ×7Mathematics & Statistics ×3Physics ×3Design & Architecture ×2Humanities ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 63 founders with career history

Microsoft ×6Apple ×4Revolut ×3Brightcove ×2BuzzDraft ×2Edtech Founders Club ×2Endeavor Catalyst ×2GD Holding A. Ş. ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×6

2 founders hold a PhD · 5 hold an MBA (of 61 with degree data)

Investments · 138 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 62025 · 122024 · 32023 · 72022 · 112021 · 12019 · 22018 · 143 dated

Securitize, Inc.securitize.ioNYSE: SECZ

Securitize provides tokenization solutions for real-world assets, serving asset managers, Web3 firms, DAOs, advisors, and investors.

Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US

Carlos Domingo(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investors4Founders CapitalAidenlair CapitalBlockchain CapitalBlockchain CoinvestorsBorderless VentureBridgeTower Capital+23 more

Arfarf.onein𝕏Oct 2022 · $13M✓ verified

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+4 more

Codexcodex.xyzin𝕏Apr 2025✓ verified

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

Haonan Li(Founder)Momo Ong(Founder)Victor Yaw(Founder)

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesDragonflyWintermuteMirana VenturesReverieCircle & Co.+3 more

KuCoinkucoin.comin𝕏✓ verified

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

Johnny LYU(Founder)in

Co-investorsIDG CapitalMatrixMoonhill CapitalTokoin

rhinestonerhinestone.wtf𝕏✓ verified

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

Rhinestonerhinestone.dev𝕏✓ verified

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

Sundialsundial.xyz✓ verified

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

Aboundgetabound.cominMar 2025 · $14M

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

Dr. Michelle He(Co-Founder & COO)inGerald Chappell(Founder)inAlex Cram(Founder)Chris Labasky(Founder)Chris van Vleit(Founder)Michelle He(Founder)

Co-investorsInformed Ventures Advisors, LlcK3 VenturesK3V VenturesChaos VenturesLuminarXNear Foundation+2 more

Afriexafriex.com

Afriex operates a mobile app for cross-border money transfers, currency conversion, and global payments, delivering most transfers in under 20 seconds with low or zero fees.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Airtmairtm.com

Airtm operates a dollar-denominated digital wallet and P2P cross-border payments network built on USDC stablecoins.

Dover, US

Ruben Galindo(Executive Officer, Director)Ruben Galindo Payen(Executive Officer, Director)Josh Kliot(Executive Officer, Director)inAnahita Arora(Executive Officer)Laura Seamon(Executive Officer)

BoardJason Whitmire(Director)in

Co-investorsBlueYard CapitalCloud Money VenturesCoinbase VenturesIGNIA

Alkimiyaalkimiya.ioJan 2023 · $7.2M

A DeFi protocol creating a marketplace for blockspace.

Co-investorsBODLCastle Island VenturesCoinbase Ventures1kxDragonflyRobot Ventures+1 more

AlloyXalloyx.com

AlloyX operates a regulated digital finance platform that connects traditional finance with blockchain, offering tokenization along with KYC, AML, and KYT compliance support.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsLecca Ventures

Anzenanzen.finance𝕏

Anzen operates USDz, an on-chain stablecoin backed by a diversified portfolio of overcollateralized real-world assets, primarily asset-backed private credit securities.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsArca FundsKraynos CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBlocktower CapitalCreator FundLocalGlobe+1 more

Aptos ->aptosnetwork.com

Avery Ching(Founder)in

Co-investorsMirana Ventures

Architectarchitect.xyz

Chicago fintech building institutional trading technology, US brokerage services and AX, a perpetual futures exchange on traditional assets.

Chicago, US

Brett Harrison(Founder)in

BoardJohn Smollen(Director)Venu Palparthi(Director)Steven Venino(Director)Karista Vaeth(Director)

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesParaFi CapitalParafi General FundSolari CapitalGalaxy VenturesMotivate Venture Capital+7 more

ARQarqfinance.comin𝕏Series A

ARQ Finance (formerly DolarApp) is a digital financial platform that enables currency exchange to digital dollars and euros, international payments, and investment access to global markets.

Crypto & Web3FintechLondon, GB

Fernando Terrés(CEO)inZach Garman(Founder)inAlvaro Correa(Founder)inÁlvaro Correa Gallardo(Founder)inÁlvaro Correa(Founder)in

Co-investorsCastle Island VenturesFounders FundKaszek VenturesSequoia CapitalY Combinator11 11 DG Partners+9 more

Asymmetric Securityasymmetricsecurity.comin𝕏

Asymmetric is an AI-native digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) firm that pairs forensic analysts with in-house AI systems to investigate cybersecurity incidents.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityLondon, GB

Alexis Carlier(Founder)inZainab Ali Majid(Founder)inPippa Thompson(Founder)

Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstJuniper Ventures Management, LlcSeldon LabsCharlie SonghurstOverlook VenturesSusa Ventures

BCB Groupbcbgroup.comin𝕏

BCB Group provides payment infrastructure and instant settlement for financial institutions operating across fiat and crypto markets, offering a unified platform to manage, pay, store, and trade fiat, stablecoins, and cryptocurrencies via UI and API.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech

Oliver Tonkin(Co-founder and President)in

Co-investorsBackedDigital Currency GroupFoundation CapitalNIVPantera CapitalRockawayX+1 more

Big Timebigtime.gg𝕏

Big Time is an action RPG set in a time-travel universe where players fight through colliding eras alongside characters from Evermore Academy.

Crypto & Web3Gaming

Ari Meilich(Founder)Matt Tonks(Founder)Thor Alexander(Founder)

Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupDigital Finance GroupExto PartnersIOSG VenturesLD CapitalNIV+3 more

BiLirabilira.coin𝕏

BiLira operates a cryptocurrency exchange platform where users can buy, sell, and trade digital assets using Turkish lira, and issues TRYB, a stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the Turkish lira across multiple blockchains including Ethereum, Solana, Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, and Avalanche.

Crypto & Web3FintechIstanbul, TR

Sinan Koç(Founder and CEO)in

Co-investorsBorderless VentureDelta BlockchainFinbergFuture Perfect VenturesTransform Investments

Blackbird Labsblackbirdlab.orginJun 2022

Blackbird Laboratories is a nonprofit life sciences incubator that translates university research breakthroughs into venture-ready biotech companies focused on developing new medicines and enabling technologies.

BiotechDeep TechBaltimore, US

Ben Leventhal(Executive Officer, Director)inMatt Tremblay, PhD(Chief Executive Officer)inEddie Cherok, PhD(Chief Business Officer)in

BoardFred Wilson(Director)inMo Koyfman(Director)inMarguerite Mariscal(Director)

Co-investorsUnion Square Ventures (USV)University System of Maryland Momentum FundAmex VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBrooks ReitzCoinbase Ventures+6 more

Blackbird.xyzblackbird.xyzin

Blackbird is a restaurant loyalty, membership and payments platform with a consumer dining-rewards app built on blockchain rails.

Ben Leventhal(Founder)inCarsten Lund Hansen(Founder)Martin Assenholm Nielsen(Founder)Michael Damsgaard Jensen(Founder)

Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzCoinbase VenturesMischiefMulticoin CapitalQED Investors+8 more

BlindPayblindpay.comin𝕏Seed

BlindPay provides a payment infrastructure platform that orchestrates stablecoins, local payment rails, virtual accounts, and compliance for global financial transactions.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Bernardo Simonassi(CEO)inJoao Borges(Founder)inGustavo Marinho(CPO)inJoão Borges(Founder)inGabriel Lyra(Founder)

Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator468 CapitalAcacia Venture Capital Partners

Blocktower Capitalblocktower.com𝕏Acquired

Institutional crypto investment firm founded in 2017 that traded and venture-invested in digital assets; acquired by Arca in 2025.

Ari Paul(Founder)inMatthew Goetz(Founder)

Co-investorsThree PointUnion Square Ventures (USV)Coinbase Venturesgumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)Social Leverage

Brixjoinbrix.comin𝕏Apr 2026 · $5.5M

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)inShan Wu(Founder)in

Co-investorsMento vcPlug and Play VenturesSancus VenturesBorderless CapitalConsenSysParibu Ventures

Brixbrixapp.comApr 2026 · $5.5M

BRIX is a mobile platform for internal communication, training, and employee engagement aimed at companies with frontline workers.

Future of WorkHR TechSaaS

Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementBorderless CapitalConsenSysParibu Ventures

Cantoncanton.networkin𝕏Jun 2025

Canton is a privacy-enabled public blockchain (Layer 1) that connects previously siloed financial systems, letting regulated institutions exchange tokenized assets and data with privacy controls and real-time synchronization.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

Yuval Rooz(Founder)

Co-investors1/1 Capital10SQ Capital (TenSquared)LongHash Venturesa16z cryptoAlumni VenturesAndreessen Horowitz+19 more

Canton Networkcanton.foundationin𝕏Jun 2025 · $135M

The Canton Foundation fosters the development and governance of the Global Synchronizer, a blockchain infrastructure that enables atomic transactions across sovereign blockchains while preserving privacy.

Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure

Co-investorsUDHCUniversal DeFi Holding Companya16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBNP ParibasDRW Venture Capital+7 more

Catena Labscatena.comin𝕏Jan 2025

Catena is building a financial institution for AI agents, combining a technology platform with a national trust bank that lets agents transact under human-defined policies with deterministic policy enforcement, audit trails, and verifiable agent identity.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Sean Neville(Founder)inMatt Venables(Founder)inBrice Stacey(Founder)

Co-investorsa16z cryptoAcrew CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBreyer CapitalCoinbase VenturesOak HC/FT+10 more

Catenalabscatenalabs.xyzMay 2025

Catena is building a regulated national trust bank combined with a technology platform specifically for AI agents, enabling compliant transactions under human-defined policies.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Sean Neville(CEO)Matt Venables(CTO)

Co-investorsCoinFunda16z cryptoBalaji SrinivasanBreyer CapitalCoinbase VenturesKevin Lin+1 more

Centrifugecentrifuge.ioin𝕏Feb 2018

Centrifuge enables investors to access tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) such as Treasury Bills, Asset Backed Securities, and Real Estate on a blockchain infrastructure.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US

Bhaji Illuminati(Founder)inMartin Quensel(Executive Officer, Director)inMarkus Ament(Executive Officer, Director)Philip Stehlik(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investorsArrington CapitalAtlanticBlack DragonBloccelerate VCBlockchain CoinvestorsBlueYard Capital+21 more

Codigocodigo.ai𝕏

Código builds an AI-powered development platform for Solana, offering a cloud-native IDE, protocol-aware code generation, security analysis, live collaboration, and deployment tooling.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer ToolsSilicon Valley, US

Co-investorsEv3 Ventures LlcMaven Ventures

Coinmecoinme.comin𝕏

Coinme offers an API-first Crypto-as-a-Service platform that lets fintechs, neobanks, wallets, payment apps, investment platforms, and banks add crypto capabilities such as fiat on/off-ramps, conversion, custody, liquidity, and compliance.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSeattle, US

MICHAEL SMYERS(Director)inNeil Bergquist(Founder)in

BoardCARINA YOO(Director)

Co-investorsBlockchain CoinvestorsDigital Currency GroupPantera Capital

CoinMENAcoinmena.comin𝕏Acquired

CoinMENA is a licensed digital asset exchange platform where users can buy, sell, send, receive, and store cryptocurrencies as well as deposit and withdraw in local currency.

Crypto & Web3FintechManama, BH

Dina Sam'an(Co-Founder)inTalal Tabbaa‏(Co-Founder)inYazan Barghuthi(Co-Founder)

Co-investorsAMK Investment OfficeYolo InvestmentsAlameda ResearchArab Bank (Switzerland)BECO CapitalCircle & Co.+3 more

Conduitconduitpay.comin𝕏May 2025

Conduit provides payment infrastructure for fast, cross-border global transactions.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Matt Zisow(Founder)Kirill Gertman(Founder)in

Co-investorsCommerce VenturesCore Venture CapitalDiagramDiscovery Ventures III Gmb H & Co. KGGaingelsGradient Ventures+17 more

corecore.app

Core is a crypto wallet built on the Avalanche network that lets users stake AVAX, earn yield by depositing tokens into DeFi protocols like Aave and Benqi, borrow against deposits, and swap or send assets.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Cryptopondcryptopond.xyz

Pond (Cryptopond) is an agentic task marketplace where users post tasks or challenges and humans, AI agents, or robots compete to complete them, with payment only for verified results.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Marketplaces

Co-investorsArchetypeCoinbase VenturesWeb3com VenturesIllia PolosukhinNear Foundation

D2Xd2x.comin

D2X builds regulated market infrastructure for trading digital assets, aimed at institutional participants.

Crypto & Web3FintechAmsterdam, NL

Theodore Rozencwajg(Founder)inDon van der Krogt(Founder)inLaetitia Grimaud(Founder)inDon Krogt(Founder)

Co-investorsFlow TradersKima VenturesPICUS CAPITALPlassa CapitalPoint72 VenturesPortage Ventures+4 more

DeBankdebank.com

China-based crypto wallet and DeFi portfolio tracker covering hundreds of protocols across multiple blockchains.

Tang Hongbo(Founder)in

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesDragonflyFenbushi CapitalIOSG VenturesMetastableSignum Capital+6 more

Decentdecent.xyzin𝕏Jan 2023 · $3.5Macquired by MoonPay

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)inNick Soman(Founder)Richard Luck(Founder)

Co-investorsArchetypeBitDAOMantle NetworkSoma CapitalStateless VenturesY Combinator+12 more

DFlowdflow.netApr 2023 · $5.5M

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

Digital Assetdigitalasset.comin𝕏Jun 2025

Digital Asset (DA) is the creator of the Canton Network, a privacy-enabled blockchain for global financial markets that supports tokenization of real-world assets and connects traditional and decentralized finance.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US

Yuval Rooz(Co-Founder & CEO)inEric Saraniecki(Co-Founder & Head of Network Strategy)Shaul Kfir(Co-Founder)inJuan Lorenzana(Executive Officer)inEdward Lawrence Janulis(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesR136 VenturesSmash Capitala16z cryptoBNP ParibasBroadridge+23 more

Dispersion Capitaldispersion.xyz

Invested as an LP in their fund

Patrick Chang(Founder and Managing Partner)

DoraHacksdorahacks.ioMay 2022 · $20M

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

Dragonflydragonfly.xyzin𝕏

Dragonfly is a crypto-focused investment firm comprising Dragonfly Ventures, Dragonfly Liquid, and Metastable (an acquired crypto hedge fund), which invests in blockchain and digital asset companies.

Crypto & Web3

Co-investorsJDACMetastableMirana VenturesUncorrelated VenturesDreamcraftInnovate UK+1 more

Drinkmagnadrinkmagna.com

Magna makes a daily hydration drink mix that blends three forms of magnesium (malate, glycinate, and gluconate) with electrolytes and vitamins to support energy, focus, muscle recovery, and hydration.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & Fitness

Co-investorsEvolution VC Partnersgumi IncSuperAngel.FundTONIC VENTURES

Ejaraejara.io

Nelly Chatue Diop(Founder)inNelly Chatue-Diop(Founder)

Co-investorsAdaverseCapria VenturesLateral CapitalLoftyInc CapitalMercy Corps VenturesAnthemis Venture

Endaomentendaoment.orgin𝕏Jan 2022

Endaoment provides blockchain-based philanthropic services that enable donors and nonprofits to manage charitable giving with lower fees and greater transparency through smart contracts.

Crypto & Web3FintechImpact & Social GoodNew York, US

Robbie Heeger(President & CEO)inCarter Wilkinson(Treasurer & Secretary)in

Co-investorsChapter OneCoinbase VenturesHigher Ground LabsJDS SportsShine CapitalAdam Nash+4 more

Enderender.comDec 2019 · $7M

Ender builds automation systems to solve complex problems in real estate at scale, leveraging talent from Addepar, Amazon, Robinhood, and VC funds.

Enterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaS

Jonathan Lonsdale(Founder)in

Co-investorsGaingelsMGV.VCOlive CapitalSoma CapitalUnanimous CapitalCherubic Ventures+3 more

Enderjoinender.comDec 2019 · $7M

Ender runs PlayScape, weekly small-group online activity clubs for kids hosted on Zoom by vetted adult hosts.

Co-investorsAdapt VenturesVibe CapitalBrickyardCherubic VenturesGlobal Founders CapitalHOF Capital+1 more

Evmosevmos.orgDefunct

Evmos was an EVM-compatible Cosmos SDK blockchain, built by Tharsis Labs, that shut down after a governance vote.

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesGalaxy VenturesHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)Polychain Capital

Exponential DeFiexponential.fiOct 2022

Exponential.fi is a San Francisco-based DeFi platform for discovering, risk-assessing and investing in crypto liquidity pools.

Mehdi Lebbar(Founder)Driss Benamour(Founder)Greg Jizmagian(Founder)

Co-investorsLaunchpad CapitalNorwest Venture PartnersParadigmScribble VenturesA*Adam Nash+8 more

Fluidityfluidity.money𝕏

Fluidity was a cryptocurrency platform offering fluid assets (fUSDC, fUSDT, fFRAX) on Arbitrum that distributed rewards to users.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Shahmeer C.(Founder)in

Co-investorsLemniscapMulticoin CapitalPresence Capital

Flutterwaveflutterwave.comin𝕏Jul 2026

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)inIyinoluwa Aboyeji(Managing Director)inOlugbenga Agboola(Founder)inWill Szczerbiak(Director)Joseph Saunders(Director)

Co-investors4DX VenturesAAF Management Ltd.Accelerate AfricaAurum Venture PartnersAvenir Growth CapitalB Capital Group+52 more

Goodwallgoodwall.ioin

Goodwall is a free social education app and B Corp that uses behavioral psychology and gamified design to teach young people future-ready skills.

EdTechFuture of WorkImpact & Social GoodSocialGeneva, CH

Taha BawainOmar Bawain

Co-investors4see VenturesSICTIC

Hack VChack.vc

Hack VC is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage web3, crypto, and AI startups, with focus areas including decentralized infrastructure, DeFi, privacy-preserving technologies, and cryptography.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech

Alex(Co-founder & Managing Partner)Ed(Co-founder & Special Advisor)

Co-investorsEvolution VC PartnersNimble PartnersSerafundUncorrelated VenturesWeb3com VenturesBrighteye Ventures+4 more

Hyperlanehyperlane.xyzin𝕏

Hyperlane is an open source, permissionless interoperability framework for connecting over 150 blockchains, enabling cross-chain messaging, asset bridging, swaps, asset issuance, and governance across EVM, Solana, Cosmos, and custom VM architectures.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Asa Oines(Founder)inNam Chu Hoai(Founder)in

Co-investorsAmbush CapitalAsymmetricBitDAOBootNodeCoinFundFigment+10 more

idOSidos.network

idOS provides privacy-preserving identity verification, including face verification and KYC, with end-to-end encrypted decentralized storage that lets users selectively share and revoke access to their data.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityData & Infrastructure

Co-investorsFabric VenturesFounderheads,

Incoinco.org𝕏Feb 2024

Inco provides a privacy layer for blockchain networks, enabling privacy solutions that adapt to different chains, use cases, and regulatory requirements.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper Tools

Remi

Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)Big Brain HoldingsCoinbase VenturesGSRSymbolic CapitalZero Knowledge Validator (ZKV)+9 more

Infinity Ventures Cryptoivcrypto.ioin𝕏

IVC is a venture capital firm that invests in blockchain and Web3 companies, with an expansion focus across the Middle East and Asia.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Gaming

Akio Tanaka(Co-Founder & Partner)JT Law(Co-Founder & Partner)

Co-investorsHive VenturesYolo InvestmentsCircle & Co.Digital Currency GroupDragonflyKuCoin Labs

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

AllianceAlpineAmbient FinanceAreblosBurnt FinanceCatalystCredixDeHorizonDelta OneDynamicETHSignHash3 FundIDPartner SystemsMammothMapleMetaprintsNationNot BoringOurSongParallaxRace CapitalRarifySatsSpectral FinanceZebec

Exits · 6

1 IPOs · 5 acquisitions · showing 2

Securitize, Inc.NYSE: SECZDecentacq. by MoonPay

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Circle Ventures made?
Circle Ventures has 138 tracked investments, 6 of which have exited, including 18 dated in the last 24 months.
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.
Does Circle Ventures lead rounds?
Circle Ventures has led 3 of the 49 rounds where its role is on record.
Who does Circle Ventures co-invest with?
Circle Ventures most often shares deals with Coinbase Ventures, IOSG Ventures, Multicoin Capital, among 309 tracked co-investors.
What size deals does Circle Ventures back?
Across 6 deals with disclosed amounts, Circle Ventures has joined rounds of $3.5M – $20M (median $6.3M).

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