# Circle Ventures

> Circle Ventures is a VC fund in East Boston backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 127 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: East Boston, United States
- Total investments: 127
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 3%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/circle-internet-financial
- Website: https://www.circle.com/en/circle-ventures

Circle Ventures is a VC fund in East Boston focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Circle Ventures invests in projects that accelerate global crypto innovation and adoption in service. They foster crypto innovation by assisting founders and teams that are committed to open access, financial inclusivity, and programmable commerce, all of which may contribute to global economic success.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.1M–$15M |
| Series A | $8M–$30M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $100k–$23M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 55 | 43% |
| Cryptocurrency | 40 | 31% |
| Financial Services | 37 | 29% |
| FinTech | 25 | 20% |
| Finance | 21 | 17% |

72 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 56 | 44% |
| Series A | 22 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 16 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 11 | 9% |
| Series B | 6 | 5% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 63 | 50% |
| Singapore | 5 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 3% |
| Canada | 3 | 2% |
| Germany | 3 | 2% |

19 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elliptic | Elliptic provides blockchain analytics and crypto compliance tools that help organizations detect, assess, and manage financial crime risk in digital assets. It offers solutions for transaction monitoring, wallet and entity screening, cross-chain investigations, and real-time risk scoring. Its analytics platform allows users to visualize exposuretrends, investigate suspicious flows, and perform due diligence on tokens and counterparties. The company also delivers APIs and integration frameworks that embed blockchain intelligence into existing compliance workflows. Furthermore, Elliptic supports continuous monitoring of crypto activity and offers training and insight to teams managing digital asset risk. Their team pushes the limits, digging beneath the surface and peeling back the layers to expose the truth. They aim to prevent illicit cryptocurrency activity from casting a shadow on the technology and the future it represents for all of them. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 09, 2026 |  |
| Flutterwave | Flutterwave provides a payment infrastructure for merchants and payment service providers. They offer an online marketplace for businesses to list their products and services for sale. They provide payment tools, including a smart payment ordering system for businesses to accept payments. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| Turnkey | Turnkey is an encryption service provider that offers secure APIs to manage private keys. | $12.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 14, 2026 |  |
| Brix | Brix Money is a blockchain platform tokenizing sovereign yield from emerging markets into programmable on-chain assets like the iTRY stablecoin, backed by Turkish money market funds for DeFi applications. | $5.5M | Seed | Apr 15, 2026 |  |
| RedotPay | RedotPay is a leading crypto fintech bridging Web3 and traditional finance through innovative, cost-efficient blockchain solutions. Our intuitive crypto payment products enable millions of users globally to easily spend and send digital assets. We foster financial inclusion for the unbanked and serve crypto enthusiasts, advancing global adoption offast, accessible crypto payments. | $107M | Series B | Dec 16, 2025 |  |
| Stablecorp | Stablecorp is a Canadian fintech firm building bank-grade blockchain technology. | $3.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 24, 2025 |  |
| Noble Mobile | Noble Mobile is a telecommunication company that offers wireless network and data plan services. | $10.4M | Seed | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| Tazapay | Tazapay is a global payments infrastructure platform headquartered in Singapore that enables businesses to collect, hold, and pay seamlessly across borders through a single, compliant, and scalable platform.With one integration, Tazapay provides access to local payment methods in 70+ markets, card coverage in 170+ countries, and multi-currencybusiness accounts in 35+ currencies. The platform also supports stablecoin interoperability, acting as a fiat bridge between traditional finance and digital assets, enabling businesses to adopt modern settlement methods without compromising on compliance.Tazapay’s modular offering spans checkout, virtual accounts, treasury, and payouts, with real-time routing technology for 24/7 collections and settlements in 70+ markets. Its infrastructure is built with institutional-grade compliance, fraud protection, and FX solutions, making it trusted by enterprises and platforms worldwide. | $10.5M | Series B | Aug 26, 2025 |  |
| D2X Group | D2X is launching the first regulated crypto derivatives exchange operational 7-days-a-week. Its initial product listing features cash-settled BTC and ETH futures and options. The exchange operates from the Netherlands under an MTF licence (MiFID II). Backed by strategic investors including Point72, Flow Traders, and GSR, D2X aims to facilitate theinstitutional adoption of the asset class. | $5M |  | Jul 29, 2025 |  |
| Zodia Markets | Zodia Markets is a digital asset trading platform that provides custody of digital assets, brokerage, trade, investments, and exchange. | $18.3M | Series A | Jul 28, 2025 |  |

10 of 127 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Circle Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circle-ventures) — VC Fund, 21 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Circle Ventures invest in?

Circle Ventures invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 127 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Circle Ventures's check size?

Circle Ventures typically joins rounds of $3.1M–$15M at Seed, $8M–$30M at Series A and $100k–$23M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Circle Ventures participates in.

### When did Circle Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Circle Ventures closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 127 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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