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May 5, 2020
In a world of centralized mobile money solutions, do decentralized, permissionless currencies matter? Around the world, an estimated 1.7 billion people remain unbanked and lacking access to high-quality financial services. Some projects see cryptocurrency as an answer. In this episode of The Breakdown, NLW speaks with Celo co-founder Marek Olszewski about: How Celo was designed differently to address financial inclusion as a primary use case The problems with centralized approaches to mobile money like m-pesa Why true financial inclusions solutions must be permissionless Why technology design isn’t enough and projects that seek to gain adoption require ground-up, go-to-market strategies The impact of libra’s launch on the “bank the unbanked” narrative How the COVID-19 crisis has changed the narrative around and demand for stablecoins globally Read more about...
Marek Olszewski Investments
4 Investments
Marek Olszewski has made 4 investments. Their latest investment was in impactMarket as part of their Seed VC on January 1, 2022.
Marek Olszewski Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/26/2022 | Seed VC | impactMarket | $1.6M | Yes | Albert Wenger, Celo, Davoa Capital, Diogo Monica, Eutopia Foundation, Flori Ventures, Undisclosed Angel Investors, and Valora | 3 |
12/1/2021 | Seed VC | |||||
6/2/2016 | Seed VC | |||||
4/2/2015 | Seed VC |
Date | 1/26/2022 | 12/1/2021 | 6/2/2016 | 4/2/2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Seed VC | Seed VC | Seed VC | Seed VC |
Company | impactMarket | |||
Amount | $1.6M | |||
New? | Yes | |||
Co-Investors | Albert Wenger, Celo, Davoa Capital, Diogo Monica, Eutopia Foundation, Flori Ventures, Undisclosed Angel Investors, and Valora | |||
Sources | 3 |
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