In brief: CircleCI closed US$56M Series D investment as market for continuous delivery expands

CircleCI closed a US$56 million Series D investment round led by Owl Rock Capital Partners and Next Equity.
Existing investors Scale Venture Partners, Top Tier Capital, Threshold Ventures (formerly DFJ), Baseline Ventures, Industry Ventures, Heavybit and Harrison Metal Capital also participated in the round.
CircleCI is the leading continuous integration and delivery platform for teams looking to shorten the distance between idea and delivery.
The startup helps to automate development process quickly, safely, and at scale.
CircleCI’s most recent funding prior to this round was US$31 million Series C last January.
The new investment brings the total raised to US$115.5 million, according to the company.
CircleCI CEO, Jim Rose, sees a market that’s getting ready to explode and he wants to use the new funds to provide grow his company.
As CircleCI matures and the market follows suit, a natural question following a Series D investment is when the company might go public, but Rose was not ready to commit to anything yet.