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Celo Receives Additional $20 Million In Institutional Backing Amid Launch Of Global Payments Application And Exponential User Growth
February 10, 2021 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Celo, an open-source blockchain ecosystem focused on making decentralized financial (DeFi) systems and tools accessible to anyone with a smartphone, today announced $20 million in new backing from purchasers and partners including Andreessen Horowitz, Greenfield One, and Electric Capital. To date, Celo has garnered more than $65 million from backers including Polychain Capital, Reid Hoffman, Jack Dorsey, Coinbase Ventures, Social Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Version One Ventures, SV Angel, and Valor Capital, among others.