CircleUp

company

About

CircleUp is an investment platform that provides capital and resources to innovative, early-stage consumer brands.

  • 101 - 250

Details

Last Funding Type
Debt Financing
Last Funding Money Raised
$200M
Industries
Analytics,Financial Services,FinTech,Venture Capital
Founded date
Jan 1, 2012
Number Of Employee
101 - 250
Operating Status
Active
Investor Type
PE,Venture Capital

CircleUp is an investment platform that provides capital and resources to innovative, early-stage consumer brands with a modern, scalable approach to private markets. CircleUp is comprised of internally-managed equity funds, a credit program, and an Insights and Connections team - all powered by Helio, CircleUp's proprietary machine learning platform. Helio collects and analyzes billions of data points to evaluates 1.3 million consumer businesses and predict future business success.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
1
$200M
CircleUp has raised a total of $200M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Sep 20, 2019 from a Debt Financing round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Sep 20, 2019 Debt Financing $200M 2 Michigan’s state pension fund
Pacific Life
Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
6
2
CircleUp has made 6 investments. Their most recent investment was on Oct 4, 2022, when Partake Foods raised $11.50M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Oct 4, 2022 Partake Foods
Series B $11.50M E-Commerce
Series A $6M Food and Beverage Yes
Aug 3, 2021 Three Spirit
Seed $3.68M Food and Beverage
Jan 8, 2021 Partake Foods
Series A $4.80M E-Commerce Yes
Nov 13, 2018 Heyday
Series A $8M Beauty

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
2
2
CircleUp is funded by 2 investors. Michigan’s state pension fund and Pacific Life are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Michigan’s state pension fund Yes Debt Financing
Pacific Life Yes Debt Financing