The company behind Circle
Circle
Circle is made by CircleCo, Inc., a venture-backed company founded in 2020 that works fully remotely. It earns money from monthly and yearly subscriptions to its community platform, including the Circle Plus plans for branded apps.
circle.soRead on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
Circle at a glance
- Chief executive
- Sid Yadav
- Founded
- 2020
- Based in
- Fully remote, with team members in 30+ countries
- Raised in total
- $30M
- Last valuation
- $200 million
- Reported December 2021
- Latest round
- Series A, $24.7 million
- Dec 7, 2021
- Team
- 200 people
- Ownership
- Privately held
Circle's CEO and founders
The people Circle names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.
Circle funding
Its careers page says it has raised $30M. TechCrunch reported a $24.7 million Series A led by Tiger Global in December 2021, a $4 million seed led by Notation Capital in February 2021, and a $1.5 million seed led by Notation Capital in August 2020. circle.sotechcrunch.comtechcrunch.comtechcrunch.com
| When | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 2021 | Series A | $24.7 million | Led by Tiger Global. With Box Group, Notation Capital, Brendon Burchard, Scott Belsky, Zach Sims, Mathilde Collin, Ankur Nagpal, David Eckstein. techcrunch.com |
| Feb 16, 2021 | Seed | $4 million | Led by Notation Capital. With Anne-Laure Le Cunff, David Perell, Tiago Forte, Nat Eliason. techcrunch.com |
| Aug 10, 2020 | Seed | $1.5 million | Led by Notation Capital. With Sahil Lavingia, Ankur Nagpal, Dave Ambrose, Matthew Ziskie. techcrunch.com |
Every investor named
- Notation Capital · led 2 rounds
- Tiger Global · led a round
- Ankur Nagpal
- Anne-Laure Le Cunff
- Box Group
- Brendon Burchard
- Dave Ambrose
- David Eckstein
- David Perell
- Mathilde Collin
- Matthew Ziskie
- Nat Eliason
- Sahil Lavingia
- Scott Belsky
- Tiago Forte
- Zach Sims
Circle valuation
$200 million
December 2021
TechCrunch reported the $200 million post-money valuation when it covered the Series A in December 2021; Circle's careers page links to that report. techcrunch.com
A private company’s valuation is set when it raises money and is rarely updated in public. It is not a share price.
Company details
- Ownership
- Privately held and venture-backed: TechCrunch's reports of its rounds name Tiger Global, Notation Capital and Box Group as investors, and its pages name no parent company. techcrunch.com
- Founded
- 2020 circle.so
- Based in
- Fully remote, with team members in 30+ countries circle.so
- Team
- 200+ team members, by the figures on its careers page; the same page's text says 160+ team members in 30+ countries circle.so
- Hiring
- 8 open roles: 2 in design, 2 in ecosystem (social media and partnerships), 2 in marketing and 2 in engineering circle.so
- Affiliate program
- $100 for each referred customer plus recurring commission for as long as they stay: 10%, 15% or 20% on Standard plans (5%, 7.5% or 10% on Circle Plus) by tier, set by customers referred in 12 months. 90-day cookie, paid through PartnerStack. circle.so
- Partner program
- A directory of solution partners (Circle experts) who offer paid services to Circle customers; the page publishes no terms for partners. circle.so
Circle on social media and the web
- X (Twitter)x.com/circleapp
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/circleco
- YouTubeyoutube.com/@circleapp
- Instagraminstagram.com/circleapp
- Facebookfacebook.com/circleapp
- Blog · circle.so
- Changelog · circle.so
- Community · community.circle.so
- Status page · status.circle.so
- Careers · circle.so
Only accounts Circle links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
Circle news and launches
Media kit
The Circle media kit
Everything on this page as a designed PDF to keep or pass on: the facts, the people, the funding with a chart of every round, the products with their grades and pictures, the news and every official channel. Put together by ToolGPA, not by Circle.
Questions about Circle the company
Who is the CEO of Circle?
Sid Yadav is Circle's co-founder and CEO, according to circle.so, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
Who founded Circle?
Sid Yadav, Rudy Santino and Andrew Guttormsen are named as founders of Circle, which was founded in 2020.
How much funding has Circle raised?
Circle's maker has raised $30M in total. Its careers page says it has raised $30M. TechCrunch reported a $24.7 million Series A led by Tiger Global in December 2021, a $4 million seed led by Notation Capital in February 2021, and a $1.5 million seed led by Notation Capital in August 2020.
Who are Circle's investors?
The announcements name Notation Capital, Tiger Global, Ankur Nagpal, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Box Group, Brendon Burchard, Dave Ambrose, David Eckstein, David Perell, Mathilde Collin, Matthew Ziskie and Nat Eliason, and 4 more. Notation Capital and Tiger Global led rounds.
When did Circle last raise money?
The most recent round announced was in Dec 7, 2021: Series A, $24.7 million, led by Tiger Global.
What is Circle's valuation?
$200 million, as of December 2021. TechCrunch reported the $200 million post-money valuation when it covered the Series A in December 2021; Circle's careers page links to that report.
Who owns Circle?
Privately held and venture-backed: TechCrunch's reports of its rounds name Tiger Global, Notation Capital and Box Group as investors, and its pages name no parent company.
Where is Circle based?
Circle gives its base as Fully remote, with team members in 30+ countries.
How many people work at Circle?
200+ team members, by the figures on its careers page; the same page's text says 160+ team members in 30+ countries.
Is Circle hiring?
8 open roles: 2 in design, 2 in ecosystem (social media and partnerships), 2 in marketing and 2 in engineering.
Is Circle on social media?
Circle links to its own accounts on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. The links are on this page, taken from Circle's own site.
Does Circle have an affiliate program?
$100 for each referred customer plus recurring commission for as long as they stay: 10%, 15% or 20% on Standard plans (5%, 7.5% or 10% on Circle Plus) by tier, set by customers referred in 12 months. 90-day cookie, paid through PartnerStack.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from Circle’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.