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Celo Ecosystem Fund

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.0M

Portfolio

50+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

The Celo Ecosystem Fund supports projects building on the Celo blockchain that advance blockchain payments, commerce, and inclusive finance globally.

Meet the Team

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Elizabeth Peng

Chief Operating Officer

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Charlie Havens

Brand Marketing Manager

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Fintech
AI / ML
Developer Tools
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (50)

Other

VA

Valora

Fintech
ME

Mento

DeFi/Stablecoins·TBA·Celo Ecosystem Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Stablecoin protocol providing ERC-20 stable assets on Celo

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Celo

Blockchain Infrastructure·IEO (Apr 2020)·Celo Ecosystem Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Carbon-negative blockchain for payments and financial inclusion

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Resource Finance

Crowdfunding/Lending·IDO/IEO (Nov 2021)·Celo Ecosystem Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Crowdfunding and lending platform

CE

Celo Gold

Finance/Governance·IEO (May 2020)·Celo Ecosystem Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Governance asset for Celo network transactions

BI

Bitmama

Fintech/Payments·Grant (Mar 2021, $50K)·Celo Ecosystem Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Blockchain-based remittance and payment platform

KO

Kotani Pay

Remittances·Celo Ecosystem Fund

Mobile-first crypto wallet and payment solution

YE

Yellow Card

CeFi/Exchanges·Seed (Aug 2020, $1.5M)·Celo Ecosystem Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Crypto exchange and on/off-ramp for African markets

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VendEase

E-commerce/Supply Chain·Seed (Mar 2021, $125K)·Celo Ecosystem Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

B2B vending and distribution platform using blockchain

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Flowcarbon

Blockchain Service/ReFi·Series A (May 2020, $70M)·Celo Ecosystem Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Carbon credit tokenization and blockchain service

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