Celo Stock
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About Celo Stock
Celo is an open platform that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. Its mission is to build a monetary system that creates the conditions of prosperity for all. The Celo ecosystem includes a decentralized, proof-of-stake blockchain technology stack (Celo Platform), a native asset (CELO), a stablecoin (cUSD) and the Celo Alliance for Prosperity, with over 100 organizations around the world, including Andreesen Horowitz, Anchorage, Coinbase, GSMA, Mercy Corps, Grameen Foundation, Prosegur, Abra, and cLabs, a service organization dedicated to growing and developing the Celo ecosystem.
Investors
9Yards Capital
Anduril Industries, Chainalysis, Flutterwave, Palmetto Clean Technology, Fundbox, Better.com, Jeeves, Skyryse, TaxBit, Qualia
Andreessen Horowitz
Lyft, Robinhood, Databricks, Airbnb, Instacart, Stripe, Magic Leap, Anduril Industries, Rappi, CoinSwitch Kuber
CMT Digital Ventures LLC
Hack VC
Alto Pharmacy, Deel, TaxBit, Molekule, Sendoso, Nav, Celo, Boba Network, SILQ
Valor Capital Group
Illumio, Bitso, CloudWalk, Olist, Gympass, Rubicon Global, Udacity, Strike, Celo, LiveIntent
Funding History
| June 2018 | $6.5M |
|---|---|
| April 2019 | $30.0M |
| May 2020 | $10.0M |
| February 2021 | $20.0M |
Management
Co-Founder
Sep Kamvar
Co-Founder
Marek Olszewski
Partner
Sonya Boralv
Early Backer
Simar Mangat
Co-Founder and President
Rene Reinsberg
Head of Ecosystem Growth
Xochitl Cazador
Software Engineer
Nam Chu Hoai
Founder in Residence
Charles Nichols
Partner, Engineering
Asa Oines
Partner & Security
Carlos Rienzi
Mentor
Ryan Berkun
Press
medium - Sep, 4 2022
The THEORY of the Savior Generationalleywatch - Jan, 22 2022
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 2/15/21bitcoinke - Aug, 25 2021
Are You an African Blockchain Project? Apply for the Second Celo Camp Wave Before October 5, 2020techcabal - Jun, 21 2021
Paychant Launches A New Crypto Payment Checkout To Accept Bitcoin As Payment With A Single Line Of Code On A Website.medium - Jan, 17 2021
The next up and coming startups to make a splash in cryptocelocamp - Jan, 17 2021
Enabling day-to-day commerce in Africa through digital currenciescointelegraph - May, 17 2020
Celo Founder on Raising $10M and Redefining Moneycoindesk - May, 13 2020
Investors on CoinList Pour $10M Into Celo Token Sale in Roughly 12 Hourscointelegraph - May, 10 2020
Top Korean Blockchain Platform Joins Celo Alliancethepaypers - May, 8 2020
Celo, Facebook Libra's competitor, brings total number of companies supporting to 75crowdfundinsider - May, 6 2020
Blockchain Platform Ontology Joins Celo Alliance for Prosperitycointelegraph - Apr, 23 2020
Celo Developer Bootcamp Announces 18 Finalists From 15 Countriescoindesk - Apr, 19 2020
Why This Global Crisis Is a Defining Moment for Stablecoinscointelegraph - Apr, 2 2020
Libra Rival Celo Announces $700,000 in Grant Funding for 13 Startupscointelegraph - Apr, 2 2020
Celo to Issue at Least $15.7 Mln in Community Grants During 2020cointelegraph - Mar, 25 2020
Celo’s Blockchain Accelerator Invites Devs to Compete for $25Kcointelegraph - Mar, 25 2020
Celo Alliance Is out to Challenge Libra, Hoping for Less Red Tapethepaypers - Mar, 14 2020
Celo Foundation to develop open-source platform for payments and moreTechCrunch - Mar, 11 2020
Libra rival Celo launches 50-member Alliance For Prosperitycoindesk - Feb, 13 2020
Libra Minus Facebook: Why Celo Is 2020’s Buzzy Token Projectfinance - Sep, 17 2019
Libra competitor Celo unveils mobile DeFi app tools for Ethereum developersTechCrunch - Sep, 5 2018
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