CircleCI - About the company
CircleCI is a series F company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2011 by Paul Biggar and Allen Rohner. It operates as a Provider of a platform for continuous integration and continuous delivery. CircleCI has raised $316M in funding from investors like DFJ, IVP and Scale Venture Partners, with a current valuation of $1.7B. The company has 173 active competitors, including 47 funded and 18 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Vercel, Harness and A10 Networks.
Company Details
Provider of a platform for continuous integration and continuous delivery. The platform offers automation, allowing software teams to ship code faster and more safely. It provides tools for developers, platform engineers, security engineers, and engineering managers. The platform supports various integrations, including GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, AWS, GCP, Azure, and Kubernetes.
- Website
- circleci.com
- Social
- Phone Number
- +1 **********
- Registered Address
- San Francisco, California
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2011
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Series F
Total Funding
$316M in 7 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$1.7B as on May 11, 2021
Ranked
3rd among 173 active competitors
Employee Count
359 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
Legal entities associated with CircleCI
CircleCI is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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CIRCLE INTERNET SERVICES, INC. DBA CIRCLECL CIN: 453590683 , United States, Active | Dec 31, 1999 | - | 163 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | - |
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CircleCI's funding and investors
CircleCI has raised a total funding of $316M over 7 rounds. Its first funding round was on Feb 25, 2013. Its latest funding round was a Series F round on May 11, 2021 for $100M. 10 investors participated in its latest round. CircleCI has 21 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of CircleCI:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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May 11, 2021 | $100M | Series F | $1.7B | - | ||
Apr 07, 2020 | $100M | Series E | - | - | ||
Jul 23, 2019 | $56M | Series D | $500M | - |
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CircleCI's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of CircleCI's key team members:
- Paul Biggar: Former Co-Founder of CircleCI. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.Contact Info: 1 email address
- Allen Rohner: Former Co-Founder of CircleCI. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Jim Rose: CEO of CircleCI. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.Contact Info: 1 email address
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CircleCI's employee count trend
CircleCI has 359 employees as of Mar 26. Here is CircleCI's employee count trend over the years:
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CircleCI's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of CircleCI include Vercel, Harness and A10 Networks. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of CircleCI, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Vercel 2015, Covina (United States), Series F | Provider of cloud infrastructure and developer tools for web applications | $863M | 81/100 | |
2nd | Harness 2017, San Francisco (United States), Series E | Provider of platform for software delivery, security, testing, and cost optimization | $614M | 76/100 | |
3rd |  CircleCI 2011, San Francisco (United States), Series F | Provider of a platform for continuous integration and continuous delivery | $316M | 70/100 | |
4th |  A10 Networks 2004, United States, Public | Provider of application delivery, security, and centralized management and analytics solutions | $118M | 69/100 | |
5th |  Komodor 2020, Rockville (United States), Series B | Provider of an autonomous AI SRE platform for Kubernetes management | $72M | 67/100 | |
6th |  Copado 2013, Chicago (United States), Series C | Provider of DevOps platform for Salesforce releases, testing, and compliance | $329M | 66/100 | |
7th | Provider of infrastructure-as-code orchestration platform for secure and cost-effective infrastructure | $73.6M | 64/100 | ||
8th | Provider of a continuous integration platform for software development teams | $41.3M | 64/100 | ||
9th |  Codefresh 2014, Mountain View (United States), Acquired | Cloud based software delivery platform | $42M | 64/100 | |
10th | Rocket Software 1990, Waltham (United States), Acquired | Provider of continuous application delivery and hybrid cloud solutions | $96.9M | 63/100 |
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CircleCI's Investments and acquisitions
CircleCI has made 1 investments in companies including XLD Finance. CircleCI has also acquired 3 companies including Ponicode Systems and Vamp.Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:Filter this list
Filter this listDate of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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Jul 19, 2022 | Investments | 2018 | Manila (Philippines) | |
Mar 09, 2022 | Acquisition | 2019 | ||
May 11, 2021 | Acquisition | 2015 | Utrecht (Netherlands) |
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News related to CircleCI
Filter this listMedia has covered CircleCI for a total of 3 events in the last 1 year, 3 of them have been about company updates.
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CircleCI MCP Server Now Available in AWS Marketplace's AI Agents and Tools CategoryDEVOPSdigest•Jul 17, 2025•CircleCI
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CircleCI’s AI-Ready CI/CD Supports Software Teams Building AI-Powered ApplicationsBusiness Wire•Nov 27, 2023•CircleCI
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Circleci Adds More Security and Compliance Capabilities to Its PlatformHelp Net Security•Apr 14, 2023•CircleCI
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CircleCI adds more security and compliance capabilities to growing CI/CD ecosystemBusiness Wire•Apr 12, 2023•CircleCI
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