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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.
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Team · 6 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directoriesFounder mafia
3 people who came through Circle Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 90 of 138 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×64Fintech ×57Data & Infrastructure ×19AI & Machine Learning ×17Developer Tools ×17Enterprise Software ×13SaaS ×13Cybersecurity ×8
HQs:United States×29United Kingdom×6Switzerland×3Canada×2Colombia×2Bahrain×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 50 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×242 founders×173 founders×44+ founders×5
Where their founders studiedfrom 59 founders with education data
University of Oxford ×3Boğaziçi University ×2Brown 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 53 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×20Business & Management ×11Engineering ×10Economics ×7Physics ×3Humanities ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2Politics & Policy ×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
2 founders hold a PhD · 5 hold an MBA (of 61 with degree data)
Investments · 138 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 62025 · 122024 · 32023 · 72022 · 112021 · 12019 · 22018 · 143 dated
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
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
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 VenturesReverieCircle & Co.+1 more
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
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
Dr. Michelle He(Co-Founder & COO)inGerald Chappell(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsInformed Ventures Advisors, LlcK3 VenturesK3V VenturesChaos VenturesLuminarXNear Foundation+1 more
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
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 VenturesIGNIABY Capital GmbH Co. KG
A DeFi protocol creating a marketplace for blockspace.
Co-investorsBODLCastle Island VenturesCoinbase Ventures1kxDragonflyRobot Ventures+1 more
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
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
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
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 and co-founder)inZach Garman(Founder)inAlvaro Correa(Founder)inÁlvaro Correa Gallardo(Founder)in
Co-investorsCastle Island VenturesFounders FundKaszek VenturesSequoia CapitalY Combinator11 11 DG Partners+9 more
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(Cofounder)inZainab Ali Majid(Cofounder)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstSeldon LabsCharlie SonghurstOverlook VenturesSusa Ventures
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 Time is an action RPG set in a time-travel universe where players fight through colliding eras alongside characters from Evermore Academy.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupDigital Finance GroupExto PartnersIOSG VenturesLD CapitalNIV+2 more
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
Co-investorsBorderless VentureDelta BlockchainFinbergFuture Perfect VenturesTransform Investments
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 is a restaurant loyalty, membership and payments platform with a consumer dining-rewards app built on blockchain rails.
Ben Leventhal(Founder)in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzCoinbase VenturesMischiefMulticoin CapitalQED Investors+6 more
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(Founder)inJoao Borges(Founder)inGustavo Marinho(Founder)in
Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator468 CapitalAcacia Venture Capital Partners
Institutional crypto investment firm founded in 2017 that traded and venture-invested in digital assets; acquired by Arca in 2025.
Co-investorsThree PointUnion Square Ventures (USV)Coinbase Venturesgumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)Social Leverage
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
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
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+18 more
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 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(CEO, Founder)inMatt Venables(CTO, Founder)in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAcrew CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBreyer CapitalCoinbase VenturesOak HC/FT+10 more
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
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
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
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
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(Founder)inTalal Tabbaa(Founder)in
Co-investorsAMK Investment OfficeYolo InvestmentsAlameda ResearchArab Bank (Switzerland)BECO CapitalCircle & Co.+3 more
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. KGGradient VenturesHelios Digital Ventures+16 more
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
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
D2X builds regulated market infrastructure for trading digital assets, aimed at institutional participants.
Crypto & Web3FintechAmsterdam, NL
Theodore 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+3 more
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+5 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 NetworkSoma CapitalY CombinatorAngelDAO+7 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
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
Invested as an LP in their fund
Patrick Chang(Founder and Managing Partner)
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
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
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.Fund
Nelly Chatue Diop(Founder)in
Co-investorsAdaverseCapria VenturesLateral CapitalLoftyInc CapitalMercy Corps VenturesAnthemis Venture
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
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-investorsMGV.VCOlive CapitalSoma CapitalUnanimous CapitalCherubic VenturesGlobal Founders Capital+2 more
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
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.fi is a San Francisco-based DeFi platform for discovering, risk-assessing and investing in crypto liquidity pools.
Mehdi Lebbar(Founder)
Co-investorsLaunchpad CapitalNorwest Venture PartnersParadigmScribble VenturesAdam NashAnthony Pompliano+7 more
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
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(Founder)
Co-investors4DX VenturesAAF Management Ltd.Accelerate AfricaAurum Venture PartnersAvenir Growth CapitalB Capital Group+49 more
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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+5 more
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)in
Co-investorsAmbush CapitalAsymmetricBitDAOBootNodeCoinFundFigment+10 more
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,
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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)+8 more
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 GroupKuCoin Labs
JPYC Inc. is a Tokyo-based issuer of a regulated Japanese yen-pegged stablecoin used for payments and settlement.
Noritaka Okabe(Founder)in
Co-investorsAG Capital Co. Ltd.Canal VenturesGlobal BrainHyperithmi-nest capitalIyogin Capital+5 more
Kado (operating as Swapped.com) offers a crypto on-ramp/off-ramp that lets consumers buy and sell more than 30 cryptocurrencies using over 40 local payment methods.
Crypto & Web3FintechNew York City, US
Vince Dowdle(Founder)Manpreet Kaur(Founder)in
Co-investorsSkyVision CapitalHashed
Kravata provides APIs and modules that let companies offer secure transactions, multi-currency global accounts, cross-border payments, and compliance-as-a-service, enabling conversion between fiat currencies and digital assets.
Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)IOSG VenturesKoyamaki VenturesMagma PartnersFramework VenturesSimma Capital+1 more
LayerZero builds decentralized infrastructure for interoperability across blockchains and asset issuance, enabling applications and chains to connect liquidity and extend reach across ecosystems.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Bryan Pellegrino(Founder & CEO)inRaz Zarick(Founder)in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzAndromeda CapitalBitDAOBixin CapitalBixin Ventures+36 more
LI.FI builds cross-chain infrastructure for decentralized finance, using chain abstraction to aggregate and optimize DeFi components.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Philipp(Co-founder)Max(Co-founder)
Co-investorsDCInvestorSunny Aggarwal1k(x)1kx6th Man VenturesAngelDAO+13 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 angelsFirst Check VenturesKoyamaki VenturesKube VCSocial Graph Ventures+8 more
Lulo is a DeFi product that allocates stablecoin deposits across top lending and yield protocols (such as Morpho, Kamino, Maple, and Pendle on Solana and Ethereum) using a rules-based weighting by TVL and rate, with automated smart contract coverage that protects principal if a covered protocol fails.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)
Mammoth/TokenBot operates a social trading engine that lets traders connect exchange API keys to broadcast real-time algorithmic and technical trade orders to their Telegram and Discord communities, keeping members in sync.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3FintechMedia & EntertainmentSocialSanta Monica, US
Benoit Vatere(Co-Founder & CEO)inMatthew Turner(Co-Founder & CTO)in
BoardJosh Elman(Board Member (Greylock Partners))in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesGreylock Partners
Maverick (mav.xyz) is a decentralized exchange protocol built around a Dynamic Distribution automated market maker.
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainCoinbase VenturesCreative HQ — The IncubatorPantera Capital
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 VenturesInventum VenturesTomahawk.VCWestern Technology InvestmentPaxosVillage Global+1 more
MetaMask is a self-custody crypto wallet that lets users trade, swap, and use tokens, including features like leveraged trading, tokenized stocks and ETFs, spending crypto for purchases via a card, and earning yield.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Daniel Finlay(Founder)in
Co-investorsBitDAOConsenSys MeshDeepTech VenturesFabric VenturesIOSG VenturesMantle Network+2 more
Milkomeda provides rollup and sidechain technology that brings EVM/Solidity smart contract support to Layer 1 blockchains such as Cardano, Algorand, and Solana, enabling cross-chain interoperability.
Co-investorsArrington CapitalCoinbase VenturesSora VenturesTriblockArrington XRP Capital
Mina is a lightweight (22KB) proof-of-stake blockchain that uses recursive zero-knowledge proofs to enable verifiable, privacy-preserving applications called zkApps, which are written in TypeScript.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsBixin CapitalBixin VenturesCoinbase VenturesCollab+CurrencyDanu VenturesFenbushi Capital+6 more
M-SAFE is a user-friendly security or safety product built by engineers from major tech companies.
Cybersecurity
Alejo Pontem(CEO)
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesBaseTwoCoinbase VenturesJump CapitalShima Capital
Morpho is a blockchain-based open lending and borrowing network used by crypto exchanges and institutional financial firms.
Co-investorsCoinbase Venturesa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBpifranceHashkey CapitalIOSG Ventures+5 more
Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven investment firm that manages hedge and venture funds investing in cryptoassets, tokens, and blockchain companies.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Tushar Jain(Co-Founder and Managing Partner)in
Co-investorsCapital FactoryNarwhal VenturesSwordfish InvestmentsUnion Square Ventures (USV)Vintage Investment PartnersPharsalus Capital+2 more
Mysten Labs builds infrastructure and tools for web3, focusing on making decentralized systems secure, reliable, and ready for mass adoption.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Deep TechDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US
Adeniyi Abiodun(Founder)inKostas Kryptos Chalkias(Founder)inSam Blackshear(Founder)inEvan Cheng(Founder)in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAlumni VenturesAndreessen HorowitzArrington CapitalBasecamp FundBig Brain Holdings+35 more
Nammu21 builds domain-specific AI infrastructure for private credit data, including a knowledge graph of credit constructs, language pattern models, and a hybrid vector-and-graph data lake.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechNew York, US
Someera Khokhar(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardBrian Callahan(Director)Lawrence Leibowitz(Director)Gregory Carson(Director)
Co-investorsRaptor GroupNasdaq VenturesState StreetUBS
NEAR is an open blockchain infrastructure powering the agent economy, providing cross-chain execution, confidential settlement, and private inference capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Miami, US
Illia Polosukhin(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAccompliceAdvanced BlockchainAmbush CapitalAmplify Partners+40 more
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 CapitalCross River Digital VenturesHustle FundIDEA Fund Partners+7 more
Nomad Data offers an AI-driven platform that lets organizations query large volumes of business documents and datasets to surface answers, and connects users to a network of over 5,300 external data providers.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareNew York, US
Brad Schneider(CEO)inJustin Manikas(VP Partnerships & Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBloomberg BetaCorrelation VenturesFlair VenturesGeek VenturesGreat Oaks Venture Capital+4 more
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
OKX is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that enables trading and custody of digital assets secured by blockchain technology.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Star Xu(Founder)inRoshan Robertin
Co-investorsBitDAOMantle NetworkOnePiece LabsIntercontinental Exchange
OpenTrade provides stablecoin yield infrastructure that enables fintechs, exchanges, and other financial institutions to build and offer white-labeled yield products backed by real-world assets and decentralized finance strategies.
Crypto & Web3FintechLondon, GB
David Sutter(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlbionVCDraper DragonMercury FundNotion CapitalTitan Funda16z crypto+1 more
OpenComp is a compensation management tool used by HR and people teams to manage employee pay.
HR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Thanh Nguyen(Executive Officer)Nancy Connery(Executive Officer)
Co-investors515 VenturesAlumni VenturesMantis Capital8VCK5 GlobalObvious 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-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)Coinbase VenturesMulticoin CapitalBlockchain CapitalByBitGoodwater Capital+3 more
Palus provides financial strategy and cash management services for early-stage startups, building automated investment portfolios around runway and burn without requiring companies to change banks.
Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Sam Lushtak(Founder and CEO)inMichael Gonzalez(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorBlast.ClubSeraph GroupSisu Capital
Pitch is a collaborative presentation software that lets teams create, manage, and share branded decks with design tools, templates, collaboration features, and viewer analytics.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSales TechBerlin, DE
Adam Renklint(Founder)inChristian Reber(Co-founder)inMarvin L(Founder)Misha Karpenko(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlueYard CapitalBonfire VenturesCapital B Private HoldingsExpedite VenturesFreigeist CapitalIndex Ventures+2 more
Playtron builds GameOS, an operating system designed specifically for gaming that optimizes hardware and software for handheld gaming devices.
ConsumerGamingHardware
Kirt M.(Founder)inFranck De Girolami(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesSamsung NextMysten LabsPolychain CapitalSQUARE ENIX
PropellerHeads builds Turbine, a peer-to-peer DeFi trading product that lets users settle large trades at zero spread by removing intermediaries.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsTriton Capital
Rain develops autonomous drone systems for detecting and suppressing wildfire ignitions in forest environments.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechDefense TechRoboticsBritish Columbia, CA
MaxEphraimBryan
Co-investorsAzolla VenturesConvective CapitalDe Fi Alliance HoldingsDERIVE VENTURESHAWKTAILThayer Investment Partners+2 more
RedotPay is a crypto payments fintech offering stablecoin-based payment solutions, including a stablecoin card for USD payouts, cross-border transfers, and multi-currency accounts with a P2P marketplace.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesHongShan Capital GroupLightspeed Venture PartnersMirana VenturesVertex Ventures ChinaAccel+5 more
Rollfi provides an embedded payroll and benefits platform, offering an API and banking/treasury infrastructure that lets businesses add payroll and benefits capabilities to their own products.
FintechHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsAdapt VenturesGD1On DeckRareBreed VenturesBrickyard
Sei is a Layer 1 blockchain designed for high-performance financial markets and digital asset trading, enabling fast onchain order books and serving global finance firms, funds, and infrastructure providers.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Jeff Feng(Founder)
Co-investorsAegis VentuesAscensive AssetsCoinbase VenturesCVP NoLimitGSRMulticoin Capital+11 more
Shinami provides developer infrastructure for building decentralized applications, including a gas station service that lets apps sponsor gas fees for users and wallet services that abstract Web3 complexity.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
James C(Founder)Nikhil C(Founder)Hao Xia(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoinbase Ventures6th Man VenturesAptos FoundationCircle & Co.Mysten LabsRace Capital
Skyfire provides financial infrastructure that enables AI agents to transact autonomously—making and receiving payments, managing accounts, and accessing services globally without traditional financial intermediaries.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSector AgnosticSan Francisco, US
Amir Sarhangi(CEO)in
Co-investorsArrington CapitalBlitzscaling VenturesCoinbase VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Draper AssociatesEvolution Equity Partners+16 more
Slope provides a B2B payments platform that enables businesses to accept payments and offer financing, with a focus on digitizing the order-to-cash process for online commerce.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Lawrence Lin Murata(Founder)inAlice Deng(Founder)in
Co-investorsAcross Capital PartnersFjor FoundersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Notable CapitalRainfall VenturesSaga Ventures+29 more
Space and Time provides blockchain indexing, secure offchain data, and zero-knowledge proofs for onchain financial applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Scott Dykstra(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)Alumni VenturesArrington CapitalDigital Currency GroupEterna CapitalF-Prime Capital+12 more
SpotPay is a financial services platform offering a digital wallet, international money transfer, and a debit card (Calypso Card) for global spending.
FintechSan Francisco, US
Zsika Phillip(Founder)inThomas Cesare-Herriau(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)NextView VenturesSwizzle VenturesY Combinator007 Venture PartnersBlast.Club+4 more
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
Co-investorsBorderless VentureCoinbase VenturesInnovative Solutions CanadaMavennetDeFi TechnologiesSide Door Ventures
Empowering global trade with seamless, secure payments
Singapore, SG
Rahul Shinghal(Co-Founder and CEO)inSaroj Mishra(Founder)Aayush Singhania(Chief Product Officer)inKanupriya Sharda(Chief Business Officer)
Co-investorsFoundamentalGMO VenturePartnersPeak XV PartnersRTP GlobalSaison CapitalArc180+7 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
TipLink provides a Solana crypto wallet that users create and log into with a Google account, aimed at making digital assets accessible to non-crypto users.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Ian Krotinsky(Founder)in
Co-investorsAsymmetricMulticoin CapitalSamsung NextKaratagePaxosSequoia Capital
Trace provides payments and stablecoin infrastructure through a single compliant API, letting businesses convert BRL to stablecoins via PIX in under a minute, hold BRL, USD and EUR accounts, and settle cross-border payments around the clock.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Bernardo Brites(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investors3cubed VenturesMantis CapitalPolymorphic Capital2TMAnatoly YakovenkoChainlink labs+10 more
Financial services and credit lines for startups and SMEs with blockchain-based cross-border payments.
Huntsville, US
Rachael Marie Jackson(Executive Officer, Director)Richard Holloway(Director)Robert Thurber(Director)Lee Dannelly(Executive Officer, Director)David Kingsbury(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Windham(Director)
Co-investorsAGE CryptoCOTU VenturesDigital Currency GroupPractical Venture Capital
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
Bryce Ferguson(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investors20VCArchetypeAsymmetricBain Capital CryptoFactionFigment+8 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)inJason Chong(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Alexander Wu(Director, Promoter)Kaito Cunningham(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsKindred VenturesParadigmAscend Venture CapitalCircle & Co.Coinbase VenturesDistributed Global+2 more
XDEFI, rebranding to Ctrl, offers a self-custody crypto wallet available as a Chrome extension and iOS/Android apps.
Crypto & Web3
Emile Dubié(Founder)in
Co-investorsExtra WattsGenblock CapitalJustin “3LAU” BlauPlay VenturesRyze LabsAlameda Research+6 more
Zee Prime Capital is an investment firm focused on crypto and cypherpunk-oriented technologies, positioning itself as a long-term, flexible capital provider.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsZAKA VCCoinbase VenturesFramework Ventures
Zodia Markets provides institutional digital asset trading services, including an OTC brokerage with voice and electronic settlement and a digital asset exchange platform.
Crypto & Web3FintechLondon, GB
Nick Philpott(Founder)
Co-investorsSC VenturesPharsalus CapitalPolymorphic CapitalToken Bay CapitalHuman Capital
Lens (株式会社レンズ) offers "Lens RM," a SaaS solution for managing and improving oversight of vendors and third parties.
CybersecurityFintechSaaSTokyo, JP
Shingo Fushimi(Founder)inTakashi N(Founder)
Co-investorsCoral CapitalCoreline VenturesDG Daiwa Ventures
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 SystemsiZUMiMammothMapleMetaprintsNationNot BoringOurSongParallaxRace CapitalRarifySatsShima CapitalSpectral FinanceZebec
Exits · 6
1 IPOs · 5 acquisitions · showing 2Securitize, Inc.NYSE: SECZDecentacq. by MoonPay
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesOKX · investing.com · Aug 21, 2026
MetaMask · metamask.io · Jun 2, 2026
Catena Labs · thesaasnews.com · May 27, 2026
Open Trade · finsmes.com · May 6, 2026
Airtm · help.airtm.com · Apr 27, 2026
Tazapay · finsmes.com · Mar 26, 2026
DFlow · trysignalbase.com · Mar 25, 2026
Palus Finance · ycombinator.com · Mar 10, 2026
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.
- Who does Circle Ventures co-invest with?
- Circle Ventures most often shares deals with Coinbase Ventures, IOSG Ventures, Multicoin Capital, among 293 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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MATR Ventures is a specialty, family office-backed venture firm investing in teams building undervalued infrastructure, renewable, and foundational technology solutions, supported by a curated network of 150+ advisors.
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