Celo

Fintech · San Francisco, United States · Founded 2017

Celo is a mobile-first decentralized finance (DeFi) platform designed to facilitate fast, secure, and stable digital payments. Operating in the blockchain and cryptocurrency market, Celo serves a diverse range of clients including developers, businesses, and individual users. The platform is proof-of-stake, EVM-compatible, open-source, and governed by CELO asset owners. Celo's ecosystem supports over 1,000 projects, partners, and developers, backed by millions of CELO owners globally. The business model revolves around transaction fees, staking rewards, and the development of decentralized applications (dApps) that operate across various chains, carriers, and countries. By enabling the use of cryptocurrency like everyday money, Celo aims to make digital finance accessible to all. Keywords: DeFi, digital payments, blockchain, cryptocurrency, mobile-first, proof-of-stake, EVM-compatible, open-source, dApps, staking rewards.

Valuation $100–500M

Revenue $10–50M

Headcount <100

Total funding $50–100M

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Investors

20 investors on Celo's cap table

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Seed 1 investor entered at this stage

DWF Labs

Series A 19 investors entered at this stage

Vijay Pandurangan

Tanguy Chau

Julia Popowitz

Reid Hoffman

Naval Ravikant

Coinbase Ventures

Linda Xie

Arianna Simpson

Electric Capital

Greenfield One

Deutsche Telekom

Global footprint

Where Celo has talent and traffic

Workforce by country

🇺🇸 United States · San Francisco HQ

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Talent graph

The shape of Celo's talent

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64 team members profilednamed & role-tagged by Dealroom

66 employeestotal headcount

3 executives & foundersidentified by name

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Celo

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