“A new startup has launched in the bitcoin ecosystem, backed by $9m of Series A funding from a number of notable tech investors. Called Circle Internet Financial, or just ‘Circle‘, the company was founded by Jeremy Allaire, co-founder of Allaire Corporation, which created the web development language ColdFusion. Circle aims to drive mainstream adoption of bitcoin and other digital currencies by offering simple payment services for both businesses and consumers. Consumers can use Circle to exchange, store, send and receive digital currency, whereas business and charities can use the company’s services to accept cryptocurrency payments in a hassle-free way.”
http://www.coindesk.com/circle-9m-jim-breyer-accel-general-catalyst-biggest-bitcoin-funding/