Celo is a mobile-first, EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain focused on financial inclusion and stablecoin payments.

KKR portfolio company. Asset class: Tech Growth. Industry: Financials. Region: Americas.

AppTech Payments Corp is a specialty fintech company that provides businesses with digital payment processing solutions through its Commerce platform, including patented Text-to-Pay technology for contactless SMS payments. Publicly traded (APCX). HQ Carlsbad, California.

KKR portfolio company. Asset class: Private Equity. Industry: Financials. Region: EMEA.

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KKR portfolio company. Asset class: Private Equity. Industry: Financials. Region: Asia Pacific.

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Babylon is a Bitcoin staking protocol developing BTCVaults, a decentralized protocol for Bitcoin collateralization without relinquishing control of the cryptocurrency, enabling native Bitcoin use in DeFi without wrapping or custodians. Founded 2021 by Stanford professors David Tse and Fisher Yu. a16z Crypto portfolio company.

Chia is a blockchain and cryptocurrency network using a proof-of-space-and-time consensus mechanism as a more energy-efficient alternative to proof-of-work.

USDC stablecoin issuer. NYSE listed Apr 2025. $73.7B USDC in circulation. 2024 revenue $1.7B, net income $155.7M.