# Circle Ventures

> Circle Ventures is a VC fund backing FinTech, Payments and Financial Services. See 5 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Nov 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Oct 2026
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Nov 2026
- Website: https://www.circle.com/circle-ventures

Circle Ventures is a VC fund focused on FinTech and Payments. Circle Ventures is Circle's venture investment arm, dedicated to backing early-stage crypto and blockchain founders building the future of on-chain finance and programmable commerce. It supports a community of crypto founders by investing in scalable financial primitives, infrastructure, and applications leveraging USDC and stablecoin ecosystems. The fund emphasizes real traction, product-market fit, and regulatory-savvy scaling.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 60% |
| Payments | 3 | 60% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 60% |
| B2B | 2 | 40% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 40% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 2 | 40% |
| Australia | 1 | 20% |
| South Africa | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jeremy Allaire | Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-allaire |
| Jeremy Allaire | Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-allaire-f13f |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| crisscross.money | CrissCross provides regulated financial infrastructure for enterprise cross-border payments and foreign exchange. Its unified API supports local collections, payouts, cross-border settlement, bulk disbursements, invoice payments, and multi-currency accounts. The company also provides corporate treasury tools for real-time foreign exchange management, OTC trading access, and automated reconciliation. Its collections services support revenue collection and payouts to international partners. CrissCross serves global merchants, platforms, brokers, exchanges, and corporate treasury teams operating across African and other emerging-market corridors. |  | Seed | Oct 26, 2026 | https://crisscross.money |
| EarnOS | EarnOS is the fully remote company that provides Global Ad & Payments Platform powered by Web3. | $6M | Seed | Jun 17, 2026 | https://xion.earnos.io/ |
| 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. | $25.5M | Series B | Mar 26, 2026 | https://tazapay.com/ |
| EdgeX | EdgeX A is a high-performance perpetual DEX with CEX-like speed and liquidity. |  | Seed | Jan 10, 2026 | https://www.edgex.exchange/en-US |
| Conduit | Conduit is a better way for global businesses to simply and cheaply move money with faster speed, better visibility and fewer steps than traditional payment rails.Why choose Conduit? With the Conduit payments platform, your entire team has the tools they need to move money between USD and multiple local Latam currencies. Our dashboard issimple to use, with better transparency and faster, more exact quotes than alternatives. | $36M | Series A | May 28, 2025 | https://conduitpay.com/ |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1kx](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1kx) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Altos Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altos-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arc180](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arc180) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CMT Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cmt-digital-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Commerce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commerce-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Circle Ventures invest in?

Circle Ventures invests primarily in FinTech, Payments and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Circle Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Circle Ventures?

The team at Circle Ventures includes Jeremy Allaire (Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO) and Jeremy Allaire (Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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 Nov 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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