Wednesday, November 11, 2015

CircleUp Picks Up $30M For Crowdfunding Platform

San Francisco-based CircleUp Network, which operates an online crowdfunding site specifically aimed at consumer products and food startups, has raised $30M in a funding round, the company disclosed this morning. The funding as led by Collaborative Fund, and also included Thomson Reuters, Stanford Management Co., and Nigel Morris (CapitalOne). The company is led by Ryan Caldbeck, who formerly was a private equity investor at TSG Consumer Partners and Encore Consumer Capital. More information »