When Celo Camp launched, Upright and cLabs went on a mission together to find and help startups who shared the same goal — “ to create prosperity for all.” Bringing equal opportunity to people all over the world and creating financial stability for those without access to proper banking via blockchain technology was a core goal of the project and the results have been astounding.

These are the inspiring stories, through the eyes of Celo Camp teams, of people and businesses positively impacted by their apps and through Celo technology, and of visions and archetypes of individuals some of these teams hope to impact.
Want to join the movement of developers, designers, dreamers, and doers dedicated to building prosperity for all? Celo Camp 2.0 is back this September 2020. Apply now and start creating your own hero story.

MugglePay: A 24-year-old builds a $1M noodle restaurant with MugglePay and Celo

Back in 2015, Zhang and Lee were college roommates in Canada who loved Guangxi noodles. Zhang started making the “Taste of Guangxi” and sales are expected to reach $1 million this year.

They realized 70% of their customers were tourists from Asia, including China, Vietnam and Philippines. They found that these tourists typically do not have a Visa card or Canadian dollars. Some customers would leave because their payments were declined.

“It’s time to change. I think there are many people with a lot of crypto currency, but they don’t have many places to spend it,” Lee said. “We are the first restaurant in Toronto to accept cryptocurrencies. It’s much easier than we originally thought. You can start accepting crypto payments on day one with MugglePay.”

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https://medium.com/celoorg/hero-stories-how-celo-camp-teams-are-impacting-the-world-through-celo-technology-210883bcea19

Investors from Silicon Valley to Switzerland are whispering about it. The team behind that project, cLabs, is combining the ethereum and Libra models with a $30 million war chest from the likes of Polychain Capital and Andreesen Horowitz (a16z).

The Celo mobile app, bringing stable payments and remittances to the unbanked, has a chance to bring broad swaths of people to the world of blockchain technology and crypto, but to also level up the economic well-being of those most in need across the globe,” said Polychain President Joe Eagan.

https://www.coindesk.com/libra-minus-facebook-why-celo-is-2020s-buzzy-token-project

Introducing Jango Labs and Upright’s exciting new virtual camp. I’m the program director of Celo Camp, a blockchain-project accelerator, which is open for team applications until April 4, 2020.

We can turbocharge the progress of your technology app, wherever you are based in the world. With $25,000 prize money up for grabs, plus an all-expenses-paid trip to San Francisco, as well as access to our extensive blockchain ecosystem of developers and investors, we urge you to sign up. After all, it’s free to enter.

As a community, we will all support every team’s project and collaborate to build viable products for the right market – and quickly. Make the most of this unique opportunity.Ž

APPLY NOW: https://celocamp.typeform.com/to/XxrJug


Up to ten lucky applicant teams selected for the virtual camp – which begins on April 20 and runs until June 15 – will benefit from the mentorship of leading blockchain and business specialists. These include experts from Andreessen Horowitz, Polychain, Winklevoss Capital and C-Labs.

The Celo Camp acceleration program, which is virtual – meaning teams from all over the world can apply – connects founders with developers and mentors. Members of the extensive community collaborate to speed transformational products to market. Our mentors come from the leading organizations within the blockchain space.

Selected teams
- Benefit from online meetings with Silicon Valley veterans and blockchain mentors from Andreessen Horowitz, Polychain, Winklevoss Capital and more.
- Participate remotely.
- Have an opportunity to win a flight to San Francisco and $25,000 in prizes.
- Gain a fast track for the chance to receive equity-free grants.
- Take advantage of a proven entrepreneurship curriculum.
- Connect to our vast community of developers, entrepreneurs and investors.
- Enhance visibility of your startup through our network on our virtual platform.

APPLY NOW: https://celocamp.typeform.com/to/XxrJug
Connect with Celo Camp: https://www.f6s.com/celocamp/apply