Circle
Issuer of the USDC and EURC stablecoins, plus payments and blockchain infrastructure for businesses, financial institutions and developers. It also develops Arc, a layer-1 blockchain where network fees are paid in USDC.
Crypto & digital assetsStablecoin issuance and payments infrastructureNew York, United States
FoundersSince 2013
- Valuation
- $6.8B
- Total raised
- $1.1B
- Last round · Sep 2026
- Strategic investment
- Founded
- 2013
- Employees
- 1,100
- Quarters in VP50
- 1
Valuation
| Round | Date | Post-money valuation | Raised | Led by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series D | Jun 22, 2016 | $480M | $60M | IDG Capital Partners |
| Series E | May 15, 2018 | $3.0B | $110M | Bitmain |
Post-money valuation at each priced round. Log scale.Hover a point for the round
Updated
In VP50
- Q4 2023: no place
- Q1 2024: no place
- Q2 2024: no place
- Q3 2024: no place
- Q4 2024: no place
- Q1 2025: no place
- Q2 2025: #11
- Q3 2025: no place
- Q4 2025: no place
- Q1 2026: no place
- Q2 2026: no place
- Q3 2026: no place
- Q4 2026: no place
Place by quarter since Q4 2023. Best place #11.
Funding rounds
DateRound · leadRaisedValuation
Sep 22, 2026Strategic investment · Binance$100M—
Aug 14, 2025Follow-on public offering——
Apr 12, 2022Funding round$400M—
May 28, 2021Funding round$440M—
Mar 26, 2014Series B · Accel Partners, Breyer Capital, General Catalyst Partners, Oak Investment Partners$17M—
Oct 31, 2013Series A$9M—
Team
Jeremy AllaireCo-founder, Chairman, CEO- Sean NevilleCo-founder, former CTO and President
- Jeremy Fox-GeenCFO
- Heath TarbertPresident
- Kash RazzaghiChief commercial officer
