Meet the Celo Wave 1 Grantees. Developers, Designers, Dreamers, and…
By: Celo Foundation
Tags: Celo Grants, Alliance, Cryptocurrency, Social Impact, Blockchain

Meet the Celo Wave 1 Grantees

The Celo Foundation Grants Program is designed to support projects that are committed to building a financial system that creates the conditions of prosperity for everyone. Especially in the time of crisis, we all have the opportunity to impact communities in need and get them the relief that they urgently need. Only by working together can we help the world prosper.

We are thrilled to have received over 50 grant proposals from 16 countries, with the Celo Foundation awarding $700K worth of grants to the selected initiatives. The projects below each demonstrate a deep focus on building, growing and supporting the Celo ecosystem. The recipients selected provide building blocks to help strengthen the Celo protocol, provide more access to the financially underserved, and develop programs to help educate and nurture the Celo community.

Celo Grant Recipients

Build on Celo

Tools to provide access to financial products and services for communities in need.

Beam & Go empowers overseas Filipino worker to take care of their family’s needs.

eSolidar allows users to support the charities they love through charity shops, auctions, donations and volunteering.

LoveCrypto allows Brazilians to earn money by performing tasks, sharing contact information, answer surveys or giving feedback on a product.

Pay with Moon is a payments platform that allows you to pay with cryptocurrency anywhere instantly, securely and without fees.

SaldoMX helps migrant workers to support family members in Mexico by paying their bills directly.

Growing the Celo Community

Supporting organizations that educate and nurture the Celo community.

Blockchain for Social Impact (BSIC) incubates, develops, and collaborates on blockchain products and solutions that can address social and environmental challenges across the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Contribute to Celo

Grants for building blocks to strengthen and scale the Celo platform.

Chorus One builds technology replacing inefficient legacy structures based on coercion with an emerging open financial system facilitating efficiency and permissionless innovation. Their purpose is to maximize the choice and freedom for token holders and users of blockchain networks.

Forbole is a pioneer in Blockchain Fault Tolerence (BFT) staking and technology solution. Their purpose is to reimagine our social network through a blockchain-based social community and rewards.

Gitcoin is a community for developers to collaborate and monetize their skills while working on Open Source projects through bounties. Their purpose is to cultivate communities united by a mission to grow open sources.

Stake.fish is a staking service provider for blockchain projects. Their purpose is to help secure networks and helps coin holders earn rewards.

Figment is a blockchain infrastructure, software and staking provider. Their purpose offer institutional grade infrastructure, software & tools for token holders and stake-based blockchains.

Gauntlet is building a blockchain simulation and testing platform that leverages battle tested techniques from other industries to emulate interactions in crypto networks. Their purpose is to help make blockchain protocols and smart contracts safer and more trustworthy for users.

Chainsafe designs and develops scalable solutions for the decentralized web. Their purpose it to build the next phase of web3 infrastructure.

Do you have an idea of your own?

Submit your application by May 19th, 2020. Applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis for this cycle.

Please note, Terms and Conditions will apply. By submitting an application, you agree to the Privacy Policy.

Other Ways to Contribute to Celo

As a decentralized platform, anyone can contribute to the codebase and help educate the broader community. In an effort to accelerate the development, a set of funding initiatives have been launched to encourage our community to participate and make Celo their own. Read more here.