Circula
Circula is a Berlin-based expense management platform for European SMEs, processing employee payments like travel, credit cards and benefits. It has raised $36M in Series A funding and serves clients including About You and Deutsche Fußball Liga.
The growth story
Circula grew from 112 to 127 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $36M along the way, most recently a Series A in May 2025.
About
Circula sells software that automates expense reporting and payroll compliance for small and mid-sized European businesses. Its platform handles employee-initiated payments across travel, corporate cards and benefits, aiming to reduce administrative work for finance teams.
The company reached 127 employees since its 2017 founding and recently closed a $36M Series A round. It counts major German brands like DATEV and Securitas as customers, with industry review sites ranking it as a category leader.
Founders and leadership
Sales is the largest department with 26 staff, suggesting a focus on customer acquisition. Leadership includes founders from the Berlin fintech scene, with Capnamic and Neosfer among its venture backers.
The Circula org chart
Nikolai Skatchkov (CEO & Co-Founder) leads 58 mapped leaders with 5 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Sales 27 (+4% YoY), Engineering 19 (+19% YoY), Customer Success and Support 12 (0% YoY), Business Development 10 (+11% YoY), Marketing 8 (-27% YoY), Entrepreneurship 8 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Employees typically stay for 2 years on average, with common prior employers including Staffbase and Deutsche Telekom. Alumni frequently move to HR tech startups like Alma Recruiting and Tribe.xyz.
Most common previous employers of Circula staff: Staffbase (3), Deutsche Telekom (3), Vimcar (3), WorkMotion (3), Convini Deutschland (3), finleap (2). Former Circula employees most often moved to Tribe.xyz (3), Lanes & Planes (3), Alma Recruiting (2), Entegra (2), JetBrains (2), PlentyONE (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Circula mafia
Circula alumni founded 6 companies, including Club Athleten (fitness tech) and Tiny Sushi (food delivery). Alma Recruiting, started by two ex-staff, now employs 4 former Circula employees.
7Lauren Krueger, was Account Executive until 2019Tien Nguyen, was Sales + Business Development until 2018Anh Nguyen, was Account Manager until 2024Sahana Jayashankar, was Entrepreneur In Residence - Operations until 2019Hans Müller Echeverri, was Sales Development Representative until 2022Axel Metzger, was Intern | Business Development & Sales until 2018
Teresa Blaschka, was Entrepreneur in Residence until 2021Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 77% direct, 11% search, 2% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Circula: Communication (39), Project Management (37), Teamwork (33), Microsoft Office (32), Sales (29), English (28), Software as a Service (SaaS) (26), Microsoft Excel (25).
Where the team actually sits
Circula people are concentrated in Berlin, Germany (64), Berlin Metropolitan Area (10), Germany (9), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (7).
Search footprint
Circula attracts about 107 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $1K a month if bought through ads. It gained 68 ranking keywords and lost 57 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.60 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.50 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.60 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.60 / 5
Frequently asked
Circula has 127 employees as of September 2026.
Circula has raised $36M in total, most recently a Series A round in May 2025.
Circula was founded in 2017 by Nikolai Skatchkov, Roman Leicht.
Nikolai Skatchkov (CEO & Co-Founder) sits at the top of Circula's reporting structure, with 5 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Circula staff are Staffbase (3 people), Deutsche Telekom (3 people), Vimcar (3 people).
Former Circula employees most often move to Tribe.xyz (3), Lanes & Planes (3), Alma Recruiting (2).
At least 6 companies have a founder who previously worked at Circula, including Club Athleten, Alma Recruiting, Tiny Sushi.
Circula attracts about 107 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $1K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Circula staff are Communication, Project Management, Teamwork, Microsoft Office, Sales.
Circula staff are concentrated in Berlin, Germany (64), Berlin Metropolitan Area (10), Germany (9).
Circula has about 27 people in Sales, up 4% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Circula has about 19 people in Engineering, up 19% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 115 current and 163 former Circula profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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