Circleup is a Venture Capital firm based in Los Angeles, United States.

A quant investor using Helio's ML platform to source and evaluate consumer brands, uniquely offering integrated equity and non-dilutive credit underwriting to create a full CPG financing stack.

Early Stage
Pre-Seed
Seed
Late Stage
Growth
Education
Robotics
Defense Tech
SaaS
Developer Tools
Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence
Crypto & Web3
AR/VR
Logistics
Fintech
Food & Beverage
Deep Tech
E-Commerce
Transportation
Gaming
PropTech
Insurtech
Climate Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Beauty
Consumer Goods
Personal Care
Retail
Headquarters
Los Angeles, United States
Founded
2011
AUM
$125.0M
Portfolio Companies
11
Total Investments
13
Last Investment
Feb 2022
Geographic Focus
United States
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Investment Thesis

Data-driven early-stage investing in innovative consumer and retail brands with $1M–$20M revenue, leveraging the Helio machine learning platform to identify and support visionary entrepreneurs.

It was founded in 2011. It has made 13 investments. Its portfolio includes Los Sundays Tequila, WAFU and Partake Foods. Focus areas include Education and Robotics.

Portfolio11

Co-investors24

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24 co-investors across 27 shared portfolio companies — who they back alongside, and how often they lead.

Venture Capital ×18 · Accelerator ×3 · Family Office ×1 · 29 shared rounds

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