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title: "Circle Ventures"
description: "Circle Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Circle, a global financial technology company known for issuing the USDC digital dollar and building internet native financial infrastructure. According to Circle’s official site, Circle Ventures focuses on backing blockchain infrastructure, middleware, and applications that help catalyze the next wave of the Web3 economy, powered by digital assets such as USDC. In Africa, Circle Ventures has participated in a focused set of fintech and crypto investments that align with this strategy. Based on confirmed funding data, Circle Ventures has backed companies at the Seed, Series A, and Series E stages, including seed and early growth rounds. Its African portfolio includes four companies: Send App, an instant international transfer service for banks, mobile money, and cash in Nigeria; Conduit, a cross‑border business payments platform using fiat and stablecoins in Nigeria; AXG, a Kenya based platform for issuing stablecoins and running global payments across banks and chains; and Ejara, a Cameroon based app that lets users invest, save, and grow money from a mobile phone without a bank account. These investments show a clear emphasis on fintech and crypto and Web3 solutions across Nigeria, Kenya, and Cameroon. Circle Ventures also collaborates alongside other institutional investors in these African deals, including established digital asset and fintech focused firms. Across these four African investments, Circle Ventures has committed a total of 121 million dollars, contributing to rounds that support cross border payments, stablecoin issuance, and inclusive digital finance across multiple African markets."
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# Circle Ventures

Circle Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Circle, a global financial technology company known for issuing the USDC digital dollar and building internet native financial infrastructure. According to Circle’s official site, Circle Ventures focuses on backing blockchain infrastructure, middleware, and applications that help catalyze the next wave of the Web3 economy, powered by digital assets such as USDC. In Africa, Circle Ventures has participated in a focused set of fintech and crypto investments that align with this strategy. Based on confirmed funding data, Circle Ventures has backed companies at the Seed, Series A, and Series E stages, including seed and early growth rounds. Its African portfolio includes four companies: Send App, an instant international transfer service for banks, mobile money, and cash in Nigeria; Conduit, a cross‑border business payments platform using fiat and stablecoins in Nigeria; AXG, a Kenya based platform for issuing stablecoins and running global payments across banks and chains; and Ejara, a Cameroon based app that lets users invest, save, and grow money from a mobile phone without a bank account. These investments show a clear emphasis on fintech and crypto and Web3 solutions across Nigeria, Kenya, and Cameroon. Circle Ventures also collaborates alongside other institutional investors in these African deals, including established digital asset and fintech focused firms. Across these four African investments, Circle Ventures has committed a total of 121 million dollars, contributing to rounds that support cross border payments, stablecoin issuance, and inclusive digital finance across multiple African markets.

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## Summary

Circle Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Circle, a global financial technology company known for issuing the USDC digital dollar and building internet native financial infrastructure. According to Circle’s official site, Circle Ventures focuses on backing blockchain infrastructure, middleware, and applications that help catalyze the next wave of the Web3 economy, powered by digital assets such as USDC. In Africa, Circle Ventures has participated in a focused set of fintech and crypto investments that align with this strategy. Based on confirmed funding data, Circle Ventures has backed companies at the Seed, Series A, and Series E stages, including seed and early growth rounds. Its African portfolio includes four companies: Send App, an instant international transfer service for banks, mobile money, and cash in Nigeria; Conduit, a cross‑border business payments platform using fiat and stablecoins in Nigeria; AXG, a Kenya based platform for issuing stablecoins and running global payments across banks and chains; and Ejara, a Cameroon based app that lets users invest, save, and grow money from a mobile phone without a bank account. These investments show a clear emphasis on fintech and crypto and Web3 solutions across Nigeria, Kenya, and Cameroon. Circle Ventures also collaborates alongside other institutional investors in these African deals, including established digital asset and fintech focused firms. Across these four African investments, Circle Ventures has committed a total of 121 million dollars, contributing to rounds that support cross border payments, stablecoin issuance, and inclusive digital finance across multiple African markets.

## Recorded investments

| Product | URL | Stage | Amount | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Send App | /send-app | Series E | 75000000 | 2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Conduit | /conduit | Series A | 36000000 | 2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| AXG | /axg | Seed | 2000000 | 2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Ejara | /ejara | Series A | 8000000 | 2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z |

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