Our Guiding Principles
We are passionately committed to maintaining a grassroots grant funding initiative, spearheaded by proven and reputable members of our community. By reimagining the traditional model of foundation-funded grants, we introduce community-driven grant programs as a dynamic and complementary alternative. Leveraging our extensive experience, we aim to deliver framework that empowers other community members and projects in the space. This initiative is rooted in the true spirit of open source, embracing collaboration and innovation to foster a vibrant and diverse funding ecosystem
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Maya
COO | DIRECTOR
Founder and steward of Prezenti, with a background in project management, grants and INGOs. During 2021-22 she was the Chief Operating Officer for a UK based fintech building on Celo, helping them deliver cash transfer programs to help vulnerable users use Celo to meet their basic household needs. Previous to she spent 5 years running a low carbon technology grant programme for a UK quango, disbursing over £50m, and for 7 years worked for Save the Children UK supporting end-to-end grant management in East Africa managing funds from a variety of donors.
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Wade
CTO | DIRECTOR
Wade's career transitioned into crypto, founding TPT, an independent validator firm, and w3sc, a consultancy supporting blockchain projects. His early work with Celo influenced his role in Prezenti and other ventures. Wade actively contributes to open-source projects and is a council member at Staking Defense League. Prezenti, funded by Celo, reflects his commitment to funding Open Source Public Goods.
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Aaron
STRATEGIC ADVISOR | DIRECTOR
A career software engineer, technologist, and founder and operator of atalma.io: a protocol-aligned infrastructure company validating on Celo, Ethereum, and expanding to the Cosmos ecosystem. Aaron has deep experience in the Celo ecosystem, having been a validator since genesis, and a Foundation grant recipient for the node visualization tool Vido (https://vido.atalma.io/) used to debug and review network performance. One of the founding members of the Staking Defense League, an infrastructure special interests group aimed at promoting decentralization int he staking space. Freelance Solidity, blockchain, and cloud engineer.