# Sean Neville

> Sean Neville is a seed investor at Circle (Boston) backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Circle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circle-2)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/seanneville
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/psneville
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.neville.395

Sean Neville is a seed investor at Circle in Boston focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Sean Neville is the Co-founder and Board Member of Circle.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $7.2M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 60% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 60% |
| Banking | 2 | 40% |
| FinTech | 2 | 40% |
| Payments | 2 | 40% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| Brazil | 1 | 20% |
| Singapore | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Augustus | Augustus builds an AI-native, stablecoin-based clearing and banking platform for financial institutions. The company focuses on enabling digital asset and stablecoin-based clearing to support payments and banking workflows. Its platform is designed for banks, fintechs, and other regulated financial institutions that require infrastructure fordigital asset transactions. Augustus integrates artificial intelligence into its systems to support automated processes and decisioning around payments and clearing. The company positions its offerings as core banking and payments infrastructure centered on digital assets rather than traditional legacy systems. | $180M | Series B | Jul 21, 2026 |  |
| Trace Finance | Trace Finance empowers Payment Facilitators, Crypto & Cross-border companies with best in class FX, Non Resident accounts and cross-border payments. Companies such as Dlocal, Volt.io and Okx are processing their local and cross border payments with us. Our mission is to provide faster and better payments globally for enterprises. 40% ofpayments in stablecoins | $32M | Series A | Jun 17, 2026 |  |
| The Better Money Company | The Better Money Company is a financial technology firm focused on building an institutional-grade stablecoin clearinghouse. | $10M | Seed | Mar 31, 2026 |  |
| The Invention Network | ScaleIP is an IP business intelligence platform that helps companies monetize IP. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Nov 05, 2025 |  |
| AltLayer | AltLayer is a system of highly scalable application-dedicated execution layers that derive security from an underlying L1/L2. | $7.2M | Seed | Jul 01, 2022 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Jump Crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jump-crypto) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [a16z crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-crypto) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Breyer Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breyer-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Daemon Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daemon-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dorm Room Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dorm-room-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Circle

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Circle is a financial technology company that develops and manages digital currencies and blockchain-based financial infrastructure. It issues USD Coin (USDC) and Euro Coin (EURC), both fully backed stablecoins designed for global payments and digital transactions. Circle's platform supports businesses in integrating stablecoins into theiroperations, including cross-border payments and financial applications. Through the Circle Payments Network, it enables real-time settlement for financial institutions using USDC and EURC.

5 contacts available at Circle.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Li Fan | Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/li-fan-2 |
| Mohammed Urfan | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mohammed-urfan |
| Aaron Kellner | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-kellner |
| Ali Ahsan | Senior Product Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ali-ahsan |
| Conrad Voorsanger | Head of Ventures Ecosystem | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/conrad-voorsanger |

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## FAQ

### What does Sean Neville invest in?

Sean Neville invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Banking startups, most often at Seed and Pre-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 Sean Neville's check size?

Sean Neville typically joins rounds of $7.2M–$10M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sean Neville participates in.

### When did Sean Neville last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sean Neville closed in Jul 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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