Deadline: 6 May 2024
Celo Camp is pleased to announce the Build for MiniPay Incubator, a 5-week virtual experience where developers, designers and dreamers come together to build a monetary system that creates conditions of prosperity for all.
Connect with top tier mentors and partners: mentors from organizations such as Andreessen-Horowitz, Winklevoss Capital, Polychain and NFX.
What kind of projects does Celo Camp prioritize?
- Celo Camp looks for projects that lowers the barriers of access to crypto and DeFi building blocks, while contributing to financial inclusion. Some examples of projects they prioritize:
- DeFi / Financial primitives
- ReFi
- Uncollateralized Lending
- Remittances / Wallets
- On / Off ramps
- Financial inclusion / Donations / UBI
- Creator Economy / Gaming
- Community / Social tokens
- NFT marketplaces
- Environmental projects / ESG
- Stablecoin savings
- Robo advisor
- Yield Aggregators
- Identity / Social graph / Reputation
- Open source projects are prioritized
Benefits
- Funding
- Mentorship
- Network
- Curriculum
- Perks
- Support
- Their Alumni raised more then $230M in total.
- Grant and prizes: Last camp their teams received $25,000 equity free grants and prizes.
- Investment: Fast track for Celo ecosystem funds.
- Startup perks
- Global virtual program: Participate from everywhere in the world.
- Exclusive virtual events: networking event, and pitch event with their network of mentors and investors.
- Solidity compatible.
- Technology integration: One on one meeting with Celo engineers.
- Prize
- $10,000.
Why should startups join Celo Camp?
- You should join Celo Camp if:
- You have an idea for a product or service that will build an open monetary system.
- You want to grow and scale your project.
- You’d love to connect with like-minded entrepreneurs, developers, and creators.
- You want to receive advice and feedback on your project from thought leaders in product, design, engineering, and business development.
Eligibility Criteria
- Looking for companies:
- in Banking, Credit, Loans, Utilities, Wallets, Payments, Mobile Payments, Remittances, Commerce, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Financial Inclusion, Digital Banking, Web 3.0, Stablecoin, DeFi, GameFi.
- located in Africa, Asia, Australia/NZ, Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America.
- incorporated or not.
- prototype, users or paying users stage.
- have raised funding or not.
- currently raising funds.
- have revenue or not.
For more information, visit Celo Camp.