Circle Media is the category leader in delivering comprehensive screen time management and parental control solutions to families.
Circle Media Labs Inc. is the category leader in delivering comprehensive screen time management and parental control solutions to families. The Circle product is designed to make screen time management as easy as possible and during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company’s business has grown as it serves parents who are supporting distance learning and spending more time at home. By managing mobile devices outside the home and all Wi-Fi devices at home, Circle offers a unique comprehensive solution to common screen time woes. Circle’s features, including content filters, time limits, the ability to Pause the Internet®, set device Bedtimes and block specific apps, serve as critical tools for parents during shelter-in-place. The Circle website includes resources for parents and caregivers including advice from experts, a space to learn from other parents’ experiences, and a blog with timely tips about topics like screen time during social distancing. With offices in Portland, Ore. and Cypress, Calif, the Circle team of forty employees is committed to its mission to make families’ lives better, online and off.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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Feb 22, 2019 | Series B | $20M | 5 | NETGEAR T-Mobile | — | Detail |
Jul 3, 2017 | Private Equity(PE) | $2M | 1 | Sky UK | — | Detail |
May 24, 2017 | Series A | $10M | 4 | Relay Ventures | — | Detail |
Sep 28, 2015 | Seed | $1M | — | — | — | Detail |
Oct 29, 2014 | Seed | $169.73K | — | — | — | Detail |
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round |
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NETGEAR | Yes | Series B |
T-Mobile | Yes | Series B |
Sky UK | Yes | Private Equity(PE) |
Relay Ventures | — | Series B |
Third Kind Venture Capital | — | Series B |
Touchdown Ventures | — | Series B |
Atlanta Seed Company | — | Series A |
Heron Rock Fund | — | Series A |
Tom Williams | — | Series A |