Circle Media

company

About

Circle Media is the category leader in delivering comprehensive screen time management and parental control solutions to families.

Details

Last Funding Type
Seed
Last Funding Money Raised
$1M
Industries
Digital Media,Software,Wellness
Founded date
Jan 1, 2014
Number Of Employee
11 - 50
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Circle Media Labs, Inc.

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.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
5
$33.16M
Circle Media has raised a total of $33.16M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Feb 22, 2019 from a Series B round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
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

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
4
9
Circle Media is funded by 9 investors. NETGEAR and T-Mobile are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
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

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
4
Circle Media has 4 current employee profiles, including Executive Jelani Memory
Executive
Board member
Executive
Executive