Circle is a Bengaluru managed customer-to-customer marketplace for pre-owned goods, founded in 2025 by Chirag Kataruka and Ankit Misra, friends of 18 years who have built a startup together before. Rather than simply listing items like a classifieds site, it handles the parts of a second-hand sale that usually go wrong between strangers: AI-led verification with guided pricing, automated condition grading and catalogue matching, doorstep pickup and delivery, and secure payments with transaction protection, without owning inventory. Its main categories include electronics, furniture, appliances
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2025Founded
RecommerceSector
Oct 2026Latest coverage
Funding
Circle has raised $3M across 2 disclosed rounds, most recently a Seed in October 2026.
$3MRaised
SeedLatest round · October 2026
2Events
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October 2026Seed$2.6MNexus Venture Partners (lead), Titan Capital, Raveen Sastry, Ajith Pai
November 2025Pre-seed$380KTitan Capital (lead), Raveen Sastry
Investor roster
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New · Latest leadNexus Venture Partners (lead)1 round · 2026
Raveen Sastry2 rounds · since 2025
Ajith Pai1 round · 2026
Titan Capital1 round · 2026
Titan Capital (lead)1 round · 2025
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Founded in Bengaluru by Chirag Kataruka, Ankit Misra.
Aug 2025 · milestone
Soft-launches in Bengaluru as a managed marketplace for pre-owned goods, with AI-verified listings, doorstep pickup and delivery and protected payments, reaching 17,000 users within months. ↗
November 2025 · funding
Pre-seed — $380K, led by Titan Capital (lead).
October 2026 · funding
Seed — $2.6M, led by Nexus Venture Partners (lead).
Oct 2026 · milestone
Passes around ₹25 crore in pre-owned sales facilitated in about a year, with more than 1 million visitors and 100,000 listings in Bengaluru, and begins expanding beyond the city. ↗
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Circle is a Bengaluru managed customer-to-customer marketplace for pre-owned goods, founded in 2025 by Chirag Kataruka and Ankit Misra, friends of 18 years who have built a startup together before. Rather than simply listing items like a classifieds site, it handles the parts of a second-hand sale that usually go wrong between strangers: AI-led verification with guided pricing, automated condition grading and catalogue matching, doorstep pickup and delivery, and secure payments with transaction protection, without owning inventory. Its main categories include electronics, furniture, appliances
Who founded Circle?
Circle's founders and leadership on record at StartupFox are Chirag Kataruka and Ankit Misra.
How much funding has Circle raised?
Circle has raised $3M across 2 disclosed rounds. The most recent was a $2.6M Seed in October 2026.
Who are Circle's investors?
Disclosed investors in Circle include Nexus Venture Partners (lead), Titan Capital, Raveen Sastry, Ajith Pai, Titan Capital (lead).
What is the latest news on Circle?
The most recent StartupFox coverage is “Circle Raises ₹25 Crore to Take the Risk Out of Buying Second-Hand From Strangers” (14 October 2026). All stories are listed on this page.
Sources & updates
This profile is compiled by the StartupFox desk from company announcements, regulatory and exchange filings (RoC/MCA, NSE/BSE) and our own reporting. 0 of 2 funding rounds link to a named source.
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