# Circle Ventures

> Circle Ventures is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Financial Services. See 37 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 37
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.circleventures.com

Circle Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York, New York. The company prefers to invest in the field of technology.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Circle Ventures. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Circle Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/circle-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.5M–$27M |
| Series A | $4.2M–$150M |
| Series B | $5M–$300M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 11 | 30% |
| Financial Services | 10 | 27% |
| Software | 8 | 22% |
| Cryptocurrency | 7 | 19% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 16% |

42 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 16 | 43% |
| Series A | 9 | 24% |
| Series B | 4 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 8% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 22 | 59% |
| Singapore | 2 | 5% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 3% |
| Belgium | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Milstein | General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-milstein-1646 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Space and Time | Web3-native data warehouse. Built from the ground up as a multichain data platform for dapps and developers in Gaming/DeFi, or any project needing next-gen analytics. We deliver fully decentralized yet enterprise-scale SQL + APIs to join on-chain and off-chain data in a single query | $20M | Series A | Aug 27, 2024 |  |
| Arbelos Markets | Arbelos Markets provides unprecedented access and transparency to counterparties through powerful technology. | $28M | Seed | May 08, 2024 |  |
| Noble XYZ | Noble XYZ is an asset issuance appchain that seeks to communicate and exchange assets directly with each other by using blockchain communication. | $3.3M | Seed | Oct 24, 2023 |  |
| Huma Finance | Huma is an Income backed DeFi. | $8.3M | Seed | Sep 01, 2023 |  |
| AlloyX | AlloyX makes it simple and accessible for protocols, DAOs, and institutional investors to create diversified RWA investment strategies. We provide lenders with a flexible and efficient platform for managing all of their RWA assets based on their yield, risk, and liquidity preferences. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jun 29, 2023 |  |
| Catalyst | Building liquidity for the modular future | $4.2M | Seed | Apr 26, 2023 |  |
| August | Fractal expands the digital economy by providing institutional grade, capital efficient technology for assets on-chain. | $6M | Seed | Apr 17, 2023 |  |
| Cnhc | Cnhs Group is a blockchain technology company. It is committed to driving asset digitization and developing a financial infrastructure that connects traditional finance to the blockchain world. | $10M | Seed | Mar 15, 2023 |  |
| Term Labs | Term Labs is a blockchain research and development business, is to provide scalable, transparent fixed-rate lending on blockchains. It helps to provide institutional-scale borrowers and lenders transparent, affordable, and crypto-native options. | $2.5M | Seed | Feb 28, 2023 |  |
| Affine | Alpine is a Web3 protocol and dApp that helps users automate their savings and grow their crypto holdings by getting rid of high fees and complexity. | $5.1M | Seed | Feb 23, 2023 |  |

10 of 37 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Circle Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circle-ventures-5201) — VC Fund, 21 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Circle Ventures invest in?

Circle Ventures invests primarily in Blockchain, Financial Services and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 37 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 $2.5M–$27M at Seed, $4.2M–$150M at Series A and $5M–$300M at Series B. 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.

### How do I contact Circle Ventures?

Public channels for Circle Ventures include the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Circle Ventures?

The team at Circle Ventures includes Michael Milstein (General Partner). 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 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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