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Celo

CELO

  • Layer1
  • Infra
Established Year
2017
Headquarter
United States
Operating Status
Active
Celo is a mobile-first blockchain that makes decentralized financial (DeFi) tools and services accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. Its mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for everyone. Celo enables native and non-native digital assets—both cryptographic and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)—to circulate freely across devices, carriers, and countries, making money mobile, global, and more accessible than ever before.

Financial Portfolio

Funding

Public Sale
0 Investors
$10 M

    Investment

    Canza Finance
    Canza Finance
    		Seed
    $3.27 M

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    What Is Celo (CELO)?

    [Celo](https://celo.org/) is a carbon-negative, permissionless, blockchain with a rich ecosystem of global partners building innovative Web3 dapps to support a more inclusive financial system. Accessible to anyone with a mobile phone, the Celo ecosystem consists of a decentralized, proof-of-stake blockchain technology stack (the Celo platform), CELO governance asset, and several [Mento](https://www.mento.org/) stable assets (cUSD, cEUR, cREAL) that allow for real-world users to use digital assets. The open source [Celo mainnet launched on Earth Day 2020](https://blog.celo.org/its-official-celo-mainnet-is-here-6a3a71763f68#:~:text=Celo%20native%20asset%20transfers%20enabled,April%2022%2C%20is%20officially%20Mainnet!). The Celo community [passed](https://celo.stake.id/#/proposal/116) an indicative on-chain governance [proposal](https://forum.celo.org/t/clabs-proposal-for-celo-to-transition-to-an-ethereum-l2/6109) (temperature check) to have Celo migrate to an Ethereum layer-2. Google Cloud, Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica, and many others run validators on the Celo Platform. Today, the Platform supports 1,000+ projects in over 150 countries are building on Celo to, helping to create the conditions of prosperity for all. For more information, please visit [Celo.org](https://celo.org/).