# Lew Cirne

> Lew Cirne is a funding round investor at New Relic (San Francisco) backing Software and SaaS. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [New Relic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-relic)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lewcirne
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/sweetlew
- Website: https://x.com/sweetlew

Lew Cirne is a funding round investor at New Relic in San Francisco focused on Software and SaaS. Lew Cirne is New Relic’s CEO and founder and has led the company since its beginning in 2008. A passionate product visionary and leader, Lew started New Relic to bring unprecedented visibility into application performance through SaaS. Under Lew’s leadership, New Relic has grown its offering into an full Digital Intelligence Platform, deliveringpowerful full-stack visibility to enterprises around the world. As the pioneer of modern APM, Lew previously founded Wily Technology and led the company from 1998 to 2006. A developer at heart, Lew started his career with engineering positions at Apple and Hummingbird Ltd. He is a frequent guest lecturer at Stanford and Harvard, speaking on entrepreneurship. Lew also serves on the board of directors at CURE International. He holds an A.B. in Computer Science from Dartmouth College.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $12M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 60% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Mobile | 1 | 20% |
| Analytics | 1 | 20% |
| Cloud Computing | 1 | 20% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Brazil | 1 | 20% |
| Israel | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Circuit | Circuit offers a platform for feature extraction to streamline data preparation for AI and machine learning. | $30M | Series A | Jun 17, 2026 |  |
| Upriver | Upriver is an AI-native data engineering platform that connects to an organization's data stack, understands its data environment, and uses autonomous agents to build, maintain, validate, and troubleshoot data pipelines and data operations. | $14M | Seed | Jun 08, 2026 |  |
| Circuit | Circuit offers a platform for feature extraction to streamline data preparation for AI and machine learning. | $30M |  | Feb 17, 2026 |  |
| BotCity | BotCity is a governance platform for Python scripts created by AI or humans.AI copilots have turned Python into the new Excel macro. Business users are now generating thousands of scripts with GPT to automate workflows, often outside IT’s control. This wave of shadow automation creates serious risks to security, compliance, and continuity.BotCity brings oversight and governance to this new wave of AI-generated automation. We are YC-backed, growing 3x annually, serving enterprise customers such as Bayer and LG. | $12M | Series A | Sep 25, 2025 |  |
| New Relic | New Relic is a digital intelligence company that delivers full-stack visibility and analytics with more than 14,000 paid business accounts. The New Relic digital intelligence platform provides actionable insights to drive digital business results. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $15M |  | Nov 16, 2011 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [14B Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/14b-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Allen & Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allen-and-company) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Astella](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/astella-investimentos) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Benchmark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benchmark) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DAG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dag-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Firestreak Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firestreak-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About New Relic

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

New Relic is a digital intelligence company that delivers full-stack visibility and analytics with more than 14,000 paid business accounts. The New Relic digital intelligence platform provides actionable insights to drive digital business results. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

5 contacts available at New Relic.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Messinger | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-messinger |
| Guy Fighel | Senior Vice President, GM, Data Platform Engineering and AI | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guy-fighel |
| Lew Cirne | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lewis-cirne |
| Adam Johnson | Principal Product Manager - Full Stack Observability | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-johnson |
| Anita Lynch | Chief Data Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anita-lynch-407e |

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## FAQ

### What does Lew Cirne invest in?

Lew Cirne invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Mobile startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 Lew Cirne's check size?

Lew Cirne typically joins rounds of $12M–$30M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Lew Cirne participates in.

### When did Lew Cirne last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lew Cirne closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 5 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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