What Makes Us Different
Fueling innovation & global expansion
Circle Ventures forms early-stage partnerships with companies who want to build for the long term. Founders get access to much more than capital. We also deliver go-to-market strategy with our stablecoin infrastructure, expertise to help you explore product synergies and collaboration with Circle, and access to our growing community of leading crypto founders, operators and investors.
Drive to build
We are builders who take pride in nurturing an ecosystem of founders and investors who want to collaboratively design the next iteration of the internet. Our founders build on Circle’s resources to break down technology and culture barriers to design scalable blockchain infrastructure, on-chain financial primitives, and programmable commerce.
Community
We carefully evaluate potential portfolio companies for a strong fit with our broader goals. In addition to capital, founders can draw on our network of experts for mentorship and strategic advice across marketing, revenue, product and other aspects of your business.
Trust
Circle enables founders to build with confidence. Our strong regulatory relationships around the world put your business on a solid footing to grow with our platform. We’ve pioneered USDC under a regulatory framework that helps our ecosystem build with confidence, and at scale.
Our Ecosystem
Finding, funding and nurturing the next wave of forward-thinking founders
Circle Ventures is a community that can open doors and help you unlock potential. Each founder is a crucial member of our powerful, collaborative community that fosters growth across the USDC and crypto ecosystems.
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Blackbird
Blackbird is a web3 loyalty and payments company.
Dynamic
Dynamic is your multi-chain wallet-based authentication and authorization platform.
Magna
Magna is building token distribution software for Web3.
Rain
The corporate card designed for the next generation of web3 teams.
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Sui
A boundless platform to build rich and dynamic on-chain assets.
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WalletConnect
The communications protocol for web3.
Spotlight
We are excited about working with Circle Ventures to help enable people everywhere to more freely connect and have access to global markets.”
Circle is not only a crypto-native company but is also a leader in secure and performant technology solutions, particularly around treasury and cash management, which made them the most optimal fit for our fund.”
Working with the whole Circle Ventures team has been incredible. From smart contract audit referrals to product flow feedback, the Circle Ventures team has become an integral part of our journey.”
Our portfolio leverages USDC extensively to design web3 applications that scale. Investing with Circle Ventures enables access to the Circle platform and a group of builders and investors that believe in the same future as us.”
Circle is an invaluable ally for companies innovating at the frontier of money movement.”
Partnering with Circle Ventures was an obvious and thrilling opportunity to deepen our connection with the team at Circle, while also providing a philanthropic institution for Circle Impact to leverage as it pursues its charitable goals.”
Circle Ventures made it easier to scale faster and build our business on USDC.”
Our Investing Partners
Broadening access to capital & community
We partner with leading investors across the crypto ecosystem, giving our founders access to broader pools of capital and ideas.
Our Thinking: Perimeter
Delivering insights that help builders thrive
Circle Ventures is on the leading edge of the open internet economy. Our blog, Perimeter, is dedicated to sharing industry insights from our community.
