Celo Builder Fund

‍Structure Overview

Program Name: Celo Builder Fund
Ticket Size: $25K per project
Deal Type: Uncapped YC SAFE
Target Number of Investments: 10–15
Primary Criteria: Project is live on Celo and demonstrating early signs of growth or product-market fit.

Eligibility Criteria & KPIs‍

Projects must be:
Built on or deployed to Celo mainnet
In the post-launch phase (live MVP or v1)
Showing traction across key KPIs (see below)

Minimum Thresholds

‍1000 + MAUs Measured via on-chain usage or app analytics
500+ Daily Txs Sustained over a 2 week period
$50K+ TVL Locked liquidity of usage-based lending/borrowing
$5K+/month Revenue Total Transaction volume or net revenue of GMV
Developer activity Active GitHub + commits Continuous development

At least two KPIs must be met to be considered.

Support Offered
‍Seed funding ($25K)
Strategic growth support from the Celo Growth team
Exposure via ecosystem channels and events
Introductions to downstream investors (e.g., Verda, angels, accelerators)

‍Graduation Path to Verda / Follow-on Capital‍

Projects that hit scaled KPIs (e.g., 10K+ MAU, $250K+ TVL, sustained traction) may be:
Considered for larger capital through Verda or ecosystem follow-ons
Prioritized for deeper BD support and integrations

Next Steps‍

Reach out to sophia.dew@celo.org with a deck and/or product demo. 
In particular, we value any quantitative traction that you can point to.