Circle Stock
Blockchain-enabled payments and cryptocurrency investing
About Circle Stock
Circle is a global internet finance company, built on blockchain technology, that currently offers four different products and services--Circle Pay, Circle Invest, Circle Trade and Poloniex. With Circle Pay, users can send money across 29 different countries in US Dollars, British Pounds and Euro. Users do not pay transaction, currency conversion or exchange rate markups or fees. Circle Invest allows users to invest in multiple crypto coins including bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH) and litecoin (LTC). At Circle Trade, Circle acts as market maker for crypto coins and offers OTC trading services. Circle also owns Poloniex, one of the world's most active crypto coin exchange platforms.
Circle was founded in 2013 by internet entrepreneurs Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville. The company is backed by notable investors including Bitmain, Goldman Sachs, IDG Capital, General Catalyst, and Accel Partners.
Investors
BlockChain Capital
Breyer Capital
Oscar Health, Circle, Prosper Marketplace, C3 IoT, Etsy, Stash, Cadre, Headspace, Mark43, Wickr
Digital Currency Group
General Catalyst Partners
Snap, Jet, Oscar Health, Stripe, Deliveroo, Vroom, Circle, ClassPass, ThoughtSpot, Gusto
Goldman Sachs
Alibaba, Spotify, Compass, Pinterest, Bloom Energy, Oscar Health, AUTO1 Group, FireEye, Automation Anywhere, Square
Pantera Capital
Funding History
| August 2013 | $9.0M |
|---|---|
| February 2014 | $17.0M |
| April 2015 | $42.0M |
| April 2015 | $8.0M |
| May 2016 | $64.2M |
| May 2016 | $0 |
| May 2018 | $487M |
Management
Cofounder and CEO
Jeremy Allaire
Cofounder and President of Product and Operations
Sean Neville
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
John Beccia
Chief Operating Officer
Elisabeth Carpenter
Chief Financial Officer
Naeem Ishaq
Board Member
Jim Breyer
Press
Forbes - Feb, 14 2020
Forbes - Sep, 30 2019
Forbes - Aug, 12 2019
CNBC - Oct, 23 2018
TechCrunch - Oct, 4 2018
TechCrunch - Sep, 26 2018
TechCrunch - Sep, 20 2018
- Aug, 6 2018
- Jun, 25 2018
TechCrunch - Mar, 14 2018
TechCrunch - Feb, 26 2018
Fortune - Feb, 26 2018
Bitcoin.com - Aug, 12 2017
Forbes - Jun, 28 2017
Bitcoin Magazine - Mar, 6 2017
Reuters - Jan, 15 2017
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