Tech Company Financing Transactions
Circle Funding Round
Circle, based in London, secured $110 million from Bitmain, Accel Partners and Blockchain Capital.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
5/16/2018
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$110,000,000
Round
Series E
Investors
Bitmain (Lead Investor) (Jihan Wu)
Breyer Capital (James Breyer)
General Catalyst Partners (David Orfao)
IDG Capital Partners (Quan Zhou)
Proceeds Purpose
With the funding, the company is also revealing an ambitious plan to bolster its products and services by launching a US dollar coin, or a blockchain native asset that would be both regulated and backed by real government currency, through its affiliate CENTRE project.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
ECommerce
Mailing Address
256-260 Old St.
London, EC1V 9DD
UK
London, EC1V 9DD
UK
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
Circle is the easiest way to send and receive money. We make payments instant, secure, and free.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Jeremy Allaire
Chief Financial Officer
Jeremy Fox-Geen
Chief Financial Officer
Timothy Singh
Chief Operating Officer
Elisabeth Carpenter
Chief Technical Officer
Erik Tierney
Co-Founder
Sean Neville
VP - Bus. Development
Dante Disparte
VP - Engineering
Trevor Baker
VP - Engineering
Michael Tsui
VP - Finance
Patrick Corker
VP - General Counsel
Flavia Naves
VP - General Counsel
Mandeep Walia
VP - Human Resources
Yoon Park
VP - Marketing
Josh Hawkins
VP - Product Management
Rachel Mayer
VP - Product Management
Joao Reginatto
VP - Sales
Kash Razzaghi
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