Circle

Circle is a global internet finance company that leverages blockchain technology to facilitate the sending, receiving, and investing in cryptocurrency assets. Founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville, Circle operates an online platform that simplifies money transfers through its Circle Pay service. Additionally, it offers Circle Invest, allowing users to buy and sell various crypto assets, and Circle Trade, which provides over-the-counter trading services with significant global liquidity and an average monthly trading volume of $2 billion. The company's innovative financial technology caters to businesses of all sizes, enabling them to utilize digital currencies for payments and commerce. With headquarters in Boston and additional offices in New York, San Francisco, Dublin, London, and Hong Kong, Circle has attracted substantial investment from notable backers, positioning itself as a leader in the cryptocurrency space.

Jeremy Allaire

Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman

Elisabeth Carpenter

COO

Jeremy Fox Geen

CFO

Past deals in Ethereum

Hourglass

Seed Round in 2023
Hourglass is an operator of a financial marketplace intended to trade locked-up DeFi assets.

Hyperlane

Seed Round in 2022
Hyperlane platform helps developers connect applications across blockchains.

Spectral

Venture Round in 2022
Developer of an AI-powered platform designed to generate and deploy smart contracts. The company's platform enables developers to create complex smart contracts with ease by using natural language, accelerating development time, and reducing errors.

Aptos

Series A in 2022
Aptos is a web3 startup founded in 2021 and based in Palo Alto, California, focused on creating a scalable Layer 1 blockchain. This blockchain network aims to provide developers with a reliable and universal infrastructure for building decentralized applications. By utilizing a safe programming language, Aptos facilitates the design of scalable and future-proof applications, ensuring that developers can access decentralized assets effectively. The team at Aptos comprises skilled engineers, researchers, strategists, designers, and constructors, all working together to advance the capabilities of blockchain technology.

Lulo

Seed Round in 2022
Lulo is a Defi lending infrastructure that utilizes order book technology and creates a global liquidity layer.

Dynamic Labs

Seed Round in 2022
Dynamic is multi-chain wallet-based authentication and authorization platform.

KuCoin

Series B in 2022
KuCoin is a prominent cryptocurrency exchange that offers a comprehensive platform for a variety of digital asset transactions. Founded by a team with experience in major financial institutions, it has established itself as a reliable venue for trading a wide range of cryptocurrencies. The exchange features competitive trading fees, including a 0.1% fee per trade and low costs for futures trading. Users can purchase cryptocurrencies using fiat currency through various methods, including P2P trading and debit/credit card services. KuCoin emphasizes security through multilayer encryption, micro-withdrawal wallets, and multi-factor authentication. Additionally, KuCoin Labs serves as the investment and research arm of the platform, further enhancing its ecosystem. Since its inception in 2017, KuCoin has aimed to provide safe and convenient services while integrating premium digital assets from around the globe.
YGG SEA is a sub-decentralized autonomous organization (subDAO) of the play-to-earn blockchain game YGG. The YGG SEA will be based on smart contracts built on the Etherum blockchain.

Stablecorp

Seed Round in 2022
Stablecorp is a developer of a blockchain-based digital asset that aims to provide a reliable form of liquidity and funding through its stablecoin. This stablecoin facilitates seamless settlement and offers full traceability, ensuring stringent compliance with regulatory standards. The company implements a rigorous onboarding process for its authorized dealers, promoting transparency and trust in its operations. With a focus on compatibility with cryptocurrency systems, Stablecorp enables users to access stablecoins that can effectively support various applications in the digital economy. Recently, the company closed a Pre-Series A funding round, which allowed it to expand its partner and investor group, further strengthening its position in the market.

Delta One

Seed Round in 2022
Delta One is a yield generation protocol on Solana that offers novel delta-neutral and impermanent loss-free farming markets. Its mission is to create novel, easy-to-use Defi primitives that democratize the best risk-adjusted yield opportunities to achieve mass adoption of crypto investing.

Shorter

Angel Round in 2022
Shorter is a developer of a decentralized shorting infrastructure that aims to create a comprehensive DeFi suite for users. The platform enables individuals to short any token and earn interest, making it accessible for all participants. By integrating margin trading and facilitating real-time physical delivery of decentralized derivatives, Shorter enhances the trading experience. This infrastructure allows users to engage in short selling while also benefiting from higher interest rates on their token lending activities, bridging the gap between traditional finance and decentralized finance.

Kado

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a cryptocurrency platform designed to pay for goods and services directly with stablecoins. The company's platform provides the lowest fees for spending crypto tokens with a focus on API and SDK tooling for decentralized finance, enabling consumers and merchants with an easy way to enjoy the full benefits of fiat currency.

Slope Finance

Series A in 2022
Developer of a community-based decentralized exchange platform designed for crypto trading. The company's platform offers a decentralized automated full limit order book, crypto wallet, and NFT option with an interface familiar to centralized exchanges, enabling crypto traders to trade fast and store and manage digital assets with an intuitive interface.

DeHorizon

Venture Round in 2022
With the rapid growth of crypto space, recent developments have greatly facilitated GameFi in going mainstream. "Play to earn" is no longer a mere slogan, but has fully come into reality. Regardless of exponential growth, a common defect in GameFi marketplace is lack of a Metaverse Game Ecosystem to develop, connect and support more and more blockchain-based games even built on different chains. We are still in the early stages of the evolution of GameFi. For the next stage, a Metaverse Game Ecosystem is essential to make GameFi go further. That is why DeHorizon comes.

Maverick Protocol

Private Equity Round in 2022
The DeFi infrastructure built to facilitate the most liquid markets, powered by Maverick AMM.

NEAR

Funding Round in 2022
NEAR Inc. is a company that develops the NEAR Protocol, a scalable blockchain platform designed for creating decentralized applications. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, NEAR Protocol supports the development of open-source software and aims to facilitate mainstream adoption of decentralized technologies. The platform offers various services, including documentation, a wallet, a development studio, and an explorer, all built to enhance user experience and development efficiency. It is engineered to handle high-value assets securely while providing the necessary scalability for a wide range of decentralized applications. NEAR's focus on ease of use for both developers and end users distinguishes it in the evolving landscape of blockchain technology.

NEAR

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
NEAR Inc. is a company that develops the NEAR Protocol, a scalable blockchain platform designed for creating decentralized applications. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, NEAR Protocol supports the development of open-source software and aims to facilitate mainstream adoption of decentralized technologies. The platform offers various services, including documentation, a wallet, a development studio, and an explorer, all built to enhance user experience and development efficiency. It is engineered to handle high-value assets securely while providing the necessary scalability for a wide range of decentralized applications. NEAR's focus on ease of use for both developers and end users distinguishes it in the evolving landscape of blockchain technology.

DeBank

Series A in 2021
Developer of a multi-chain cryptocurrencies portfolio tracker designed for users to manage their DeFi assets. The company's cryptocurrency wallet allows users to track their full portfolio, compare interest rates, manage assets, find DeFi projects, analyze risks and more, enabling users to perform token swaps for token exchange and discover investment opportunities through detailed real-time data.

Multichain

Seed Round in 2021
Multichain is a cross-chain router protocol designed to facilitate seamless cryptocurrency transactions across various blockchain platforms. By developing a robust infrastructure, it enables users to swap cryptocurrencies efficiently among multiple exchanges. This innovative platform supports a wide range of blockchains, making it a pivotal player in the blockchain industry. Multichain's real-time capabilities enhance user experience, allowing for swift and secure transactions in a rapidly evolving digital currency landscape.

Mikomeda

Seed Round in 2021
Milkomeda delivers rollup technologies to leading Layer 1 ecosystems by offering the most popular smart contracting language, Solidity while enhancing inter-blockchain interoperability, user experience, and developer traction all at the Layer 2 level.

Endaoment

Seed Round in 2021
Endaoment is a tax-exempt community foundation specifically designed for the cryptocurrency industry, aiming to foster social impact. It provides a platform for charitable giving through donor-advised and community funds via its web application. This service enables users to donate various cryptocurrencies to a wide range of nonprofit organizations, promoting the adoption of cryptocurrency technologies in philanthropy. Additionally, Endaoment introduces nonprofits to the advantages of blockchain technology, facilitating a more efficient and transparent method of charitable contributions within the blockchain community.

Poloniex

Acquisition in 2018
Polo Digital Assets, Ltd. operates a cryptocurrency exchange platform, providing trading services for over 60 cryptocurrency assets, including popular options such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Dogecoin. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Kalispell, Montana, the company offers features such as margin trading, early project listings, and promotional airdrops. The platform is designed to provide a secure trading environment, equipped with advanced charts and data analysis tools. Additionally, Poloniex does not impose deposit or withdrawal fees, charging a flat rate of 0.2% on all trading transactions. Users must be at least 18 years old to access the platform. In November 2019, the company rebranded from Poloniex, LLC to Polo Digital Assets, Ltd.
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