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Funding Circle
Fintech · London, United Kingdom · Founded 2010 · IPO 2018 Unicorn
Funding Circle mafia
Startups founded by Funding Circle alumni
Former Funding Circle employees who went on to start their own companies. Sorted by Dealroom signal score.
Jerome Le LuelUnited Kingdom
Jinden BadeshaUnited Kingdom
Samir DesaiUnited Kingdom
Tom EilonUnited Kingdom
Michael RabilUnited States
Kajetan ArmanspergGermany
Edward HooperAustralia
Antony RoczekGermany
Sam BruntUnited KingdomGlobal footprint
Where Funding Circle has talent and traffic
(28 of 823 staff)
team presence
across markets
Capital deployed
Funding Circle's 8 investments and acquisitions.
Every disclosed deal where Funding Circle appeared as a backer or acquirer, 2010–2020. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
8 deals across Funding Circle's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
02 · Portfolio market map
Funding Circle's portfolio, mapped.
Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Funding Circle
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Funding Circle on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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