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Circle
Community platform for creators & brands
- 101-200 employees
- B2B
- Marketplace
- Content
- Networking
- Social
- Video
- Community
- 228 Park Ave S, PMB 52933, New York, NY 10003, United States
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Company mission
To help organizations bring together engaging discussions, members, live streams, chat, events, and memberships — all in one place, all under their own brand.
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
The influencer market is nearly twice the size it was globally back in 2019. With more creators flocking to the digital space to grow and engage with their followers, cracks in the existing platforms’ relationship to their content creators are showing. Circle is one of a number of content creator platforms rising up to meet the demand for change.
Its community platform allows users to create and engage with their own groups, for a small subscription fee established by the creators. This direct ownership and community engagement is proving something of a silver bullet for companies looking to tempt creators off of incumbent giants like Tiktok and Youtube. Companies like Substack, Patreon, and Pico have all seen remarkable success with this strategy, suggesting that Circle’s foray into establishing something similar for a creator hub is playing to an eager market.
The company's ultimate aim is to pull together all creator tools like newsletter publishing, merch sales, and podcasting under a single Circle umbrella. This is ambitious - but Circle is growing alongside the creator economy at an impressive pace. If it can maintain this growth, it will be poised well for future success.
Benefits
- Medical coverage & reimbursements: Depending on your location, you will either be offered a full medical plan for you & your family, or offered generous monthly reimbursements to help with medical costs
- Equity package: We offer an equity package to every person that works at Circle
- Paid time off: We offer 35-days of PTO per year based on your hire date. Up to 50% can carry over to the next year
- Work from home, or anywhere: All of our employees are 100% remote!
- Learning & development stipend: Take advantage of up to $500 USD per year to help you level up your professional skills
- Home office stipend: New joiners receive $2,150 USD on their first paycheck to help outfit their home office, with a refresh every three years
- Company offsites: Twice a year, the Circle team gets together for a fully paid company retreat in incredible places around the world!
- Annual bonus: Roles that don't already receive variable income or commission are eligible to earn up to an extra 5% of their annual earnings as a yearly bonus based on overall company performance
- U.S.-benchmarked compensation, no matter where you are in the world
- Paid sabbatical: After 3 years of employment, team members earn a paid 1-month sabbatical to decompress and unwind
Company values
- 🌱 Grow together — We give honest feedback to others with the best intentions, and listen to valuable feedback when it’s given. We strive to grow with our company and operate with a growth mindset. We own our mistakes and avoid finger-pointing when things don’t go our way.
- 💡 Trust and autonomy — Our team members have solid judgement, and seek to earn a high degree of trust from everyone they work with by showing them their best judgement. Once a team member has earned trust, they can operate with a sense of autonomy and can do their best work without too much supervision. Our leaders seek to instill a sense of autonomy in their team members.
- 🏃🏽♀️ Bias for action — We jump to action with passion and positivity. When faced with challenges or opportunities, we're able to move fast and get things done. We value achieving tangible outcomes above simply valuing the inputs to those outcomes (i.e. planning, surveys, process, etc.).
- 💻 Product first — Everyone at Circle cares deeply about our product, and strives to do their best to make it better regardless of their role. We're open to sharing or receiving constructive feedback about our product at all times.
- 💭 Long-term thinking — We're here for Circle’s future and value its long-term mission. We pause and reflect on the fundamentals. We constantly seek to make trade-offs which benefit Circle’s mission over the course of the next decade — not just the immediate month or quarter ahead.
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2021
$24.7m
SERIES A
Feb 2021
$4m
SEED
$30.2m
Total funding
This company has top investors
Founders
Sid Yadav
(Co-founder & CEO)Previously founded Rev2.org, and wrote for VentureBeat, before moving on to work on design and front-end engineering both freelance and with Wizpert. Prior to Circle, worked in various senior product roles at Teachable.
Andrew Guttormsen
(Co-founder & Head of Revenue Operations)Previously an equities trader and analyst with SMB Capital, who moved on to found visitor engagement games design company, Exploreous. Subsequently held various senior roles in growth and marketing at Teachable.
Rudy Santino
(Co-founder & Head of Design)Has 20+ years experience as a designer, and spent time at Teachable + Gumroad working closely with dozens of top creators.
Diversity & Inclusion at Circle
Andrea Rojas (Head of People)
- As a fully-remote international company, diversity is baked into our DNA. Here’s how our CEO, Sid Yadav, frames our hiring mission: “let’s find talent in underserved and under-represented corners of the world, set them up to do the best work of their lives, and in turn, change their life.” To achieve this hiring mission, we offer competitive U.S.-benchmarked compensation no matter where someone’s located in the world, and we proactively seek candidates who expand representation of backgrounds, cultures and lived experiences in our teams.
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The people at Circle are what makes it such a great place to work. I don't think I've ever worked with such a friendly and supportive bunch of people. Everyone here wants to see you succeed.
Sales & Account Management
Nice people
Jun 2023
I feel very inspired by the mission at Circle. We help people achieve their dreams and provide for themselves, just by doing what they love or what they're good at. Knowing I work on a product that truly improves lives makes it easy for me to show up for work every day with the smile on my face.
Sales & Account Management
Inspiring mission
Jun 2023
Big focus on the first 90 days here. You won't be left to swim on your own. You'll know exactly what's expected of you and will be set up to accomplish it. I specifically love the 90-day celebrations in Slack.
Sales & Account Management
Thoughtful onboarding
Jun 2023
Everyone in the team, including the other teams within the organization, is supportive and excellent at their work. They strive to complete any tasks and also make sure they huddle with everyone to keep them informed.
Operations & Strategy
Hard working team
Jun 2023
When I joined Circle I was really thrown in the deep end, but it meant that I learned so much! The Head of Customer Support mentored me a lot, and she was always planning ahead, so I kept learning. Everyone in the team, including the other teams within the organization, is supportive and excellent at their work.
Operations & Strategy
Opportunities to learn
Jun 2023
The people at Circle are amazing! There is so much generosity on the team. Everyone is helpful and very supportive when needed. People in Circle are friendly and always willing to speak with honesty and kindness. I"ve made the right decision to join such a great team.
Operations & Strategy
Nice people
Jun 2023
Circle's mission to empower creators and businesses to build better communities is one of the big reasons I chose to accept a role at the company. Selling becomes a lot easier when you truly believe in the mission and see how happy the customers are with the product.
Sales & Account Management
Inspiring mission
Jun 2023
The management team at Circle have been open, transparent, and incredibly kind since Day 1. This was another non-negotiable for me in my initial job search and I am thrilled to be part of a company where I know everyone from my manager to the CEO truly cares about my career progression.
Sales & Account Management
Supportive management
Jun 2023
There is a very intentional focus on employee well-being at Circle. They offer fully remote work and the flexibility and autonomy to get your job done wherever you are. They have a generous PTO policy and I feel comfortable bringing any concerns - work or personal - to my manager knowing I'll be fully supported.
Sales & Account Management
Focus on employee wellbeing
Jun 2023
It's amazing to see how our products at Circle impact lives. People can use our platform to make a living of something that they love! It's a great feeling when you see a customer building a business and a community about something that they are passionate about.
Software Engineering
Meaningful work
Jun 2023
I've been challenged since day one at Circle. The leadership is always pushing me to get out of my comfort zone, improve the quality of everything me and my team deliver and learn more about the product and our customers
Software Engineering
Challenging work
Jun 2023
Circle founders are just built differently. I never saw a company with leadership that is so close to the product and the team. They care a lot about the team, the quality of the product and the long term vision.
Software Engineering
Strong leadership
Jun 2023
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