Prosperity for All
What if money were beautiful?
Mission
Our mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity—for everyone.
Celo Foundation
Believes in a future where everyone can prosper
The Celo Foundation is a non-profit organization based in the US that supports the growth and development of the open-source Celo Platform. Guided by the Celo community tenets, the Foundation contributes to education, technical research, environmental health, community engagement, and ecosystem outreach—activities that support and encourage an inclusive financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for everyone.
Meaning
Celo, pronounced /ˈtselo/ means ‘purpose’ in Esperanto.
The spirit of Esperanto and auxiliary languages, is to equip speakers with a means to connect, engage, and build trust with someone who speaks a different native tongue.
In a similar spirit, we are aiming to create a new platform to connect people globally and bring financial stability to those who need it most. We believe blockchain technology is one of the most exciting innovations in recent history and as a team we look to push the boundaries of what is possible with it today.
More importantly, we are driven by purpose – to solve real-world problems such as lack of access to sound currency, or friction for cash-transfer programs aimed to alleviate poverty.
Celo Values
Celo is founded on two core values: unique purpose and connectedness. These, in turn, lead to practices that foster personal growth and community.
Unique Purpose
We believe that everyone has their own unique path of growth, and that personal fulfilment depends in large part on being able to reach one’s potential along that path. We embrace values that enable people to grow towards their full potential.
Connectedness
We believe that people live primarily in connection to one another. We recognize that individuals are healthier and happier when they are members of a strong social community with meaningful relationships – that is, when they are living within a healthy and happy whole. We embrace values that strengthen community.
“How do we change the world?
Change the story.”
– Charles Eisenstein
Sacred Economics
Celo’s philosophy is grounded in the work of Charles Eisenstein’s .
Theory Of Change
A theory of change is a framework that describes how short-term actions will lead to long-term social impact. Celo’s aim is to create the conditions for prosperity, defined as: people fulfilling basic needs, growing along their own unique paths, and supporting each other. All of Celo’s projects have a specific hypothesis that tie our activities to one or more of these indicators of prosperity.
Contributors
Meet the contributors working on Celo from around the world. Our collective experience ranges from public and private sector, technology, nonprofits, and NGOs.
Celo Foundation, Research and Innovation
Create financial equality and empowerment for BIPOC communities
cLabs, Ecosystem Growth / Fellow
Creates frameworks for the future through design thinking
Early Backers
Early CELO holders include prominent venture funds, C-level operators, academics, and experts across a wide range of fields including
Reid Hoffman
Jack Dorsey
Naval Ravikant
Casey Neistat
Arianna Simpson
Tanguy Chau
Elad Gil
Keisuke Honda
Kilowatt Capital
Julia Popowitz
Linda Xie
Vijay Pandurangan
R&R Ventures
Nitesh Banta
Warren Hogarth
Curious Endeavors
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