Founder · Circle

Ankit Misra

Co-founder of Circle, a recommerce company based in Bengaluru.

Co-founderBengaluruRecommerce
Founded
2025
Bengaluru, India
Raised to date
$3M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
Seed
$2.6M · October 2026

About

Ankit Misra is Co-founder of Circle, a recommerce company based in Bengaluru, founded in 2025. Circle's most recent disclosed round was a Seed of $2.6M in October 2026.

Compiled from StartupFox records · updates as coverage is published

Company

Est. 2025
Circle
Recommerce · Bengaluru · Active

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

Funding
October 2026Seed$2.6MNexus Venture Partners (lead), Titan Capital, Raveen Sastry, Ajith Pai
November 2025Pre-seed$0.38MTitan Capital (lead), Raveen Sastry
Company profile →2 rounds on record

Journey with Circle

2 milestones
  1. Aug 2025Milestone

    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.

  2. Oct 2026Milestone

    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.

Also building Circle

CKChirag KatarukaCo-founder→

Coverage

1 story
Funding · 14 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Circle Raises ₹25 Crore to Take the Risk Out of Buying Second-Hand From Strangers

Quick answers

Who is Ankit Misra?

Ankit Misra is a Co-founder of Circle, a recommerce company based in Bengaluru, founded in 2025.

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 on record. The latest was a Seed of $2.6M in October 2026, with Nexus Venture Partners (lead), Titan Capital, Raveen Sastry.

Where is Circle based?

Circle is headquartered in Bengaluru, India.

What has StartupFox reported about Ankit Misra?

StartupFox has published 1 story naming Ankit Misra; the most recent is “Circle Raises ₹25 Crore to Take the Risk Out of Buying Second-Hand From Strangers”.

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