Kulipa
OperatingKulipa: Paris‑based fintech, B2B stablecoin infrastructure with Nigerian presence.
- Financial Services
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Seed
- Founded 2023
- kulipa.xyz ↗
- Total raised
- $9.2M
- disclosed
- Last round
- $6.2M
- Seed
- Rounds
- 2
- since 2023
- Employees
- 1-10
Kulipa founders and team
Kulipa was founded by Axel Cateland, Karl Vaillant and Michael Shynar. Axel Cateland is the CEO. We list 4 people on its team.
- Employees
- 1-10
- Founders
- 3
- Leadership
- 1
- C-level, heads & VPs
Kulipa founders3
Axel Cateland
Founder & CEO · since Jun 2023
Axel Cateland is the Founder and CEO of Kulipa, a Paris‑based fintech startup pioneering stablecoin‑native card issuing infrastructure. A graduate of Columbia Business School, he brings deep expertise in payments, compliance, and financial innovation to building bridges…
Karl Vaillant
Co-founder & Engineer · since Jun 2023
Karl Vaillant is the Co‑Founder and Engineer at Kulipa, a Paris‑based fintech startup pioneering stablecoin‑native card issuing infrastructure. A graduate of EFREI, he has over a decade of experience in backend and frontend development, DevOps, and cloud systems, specializing…
Michael Shynar
Co-Founder & CTO · since Jun 2023
Michael Shynar is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Kulipa, a Paris-based fintech startup pioneering stablecoin-native card issuing infrastructure. Based in London, he brings over two decades of engineering leadership experience from Google and WhatsApp, where he…
Kulipa executives1
- Victor GuiraudChief of Staff · since Jan 2024
Frequently asked about Kulipa
- Who founded Kulipa?
- Kulipa was founded by Axel Cateland (Founder & CEO), Karl Vaillant (Co-founder & Engineer) and Michael Shynar (Co-Founder & CTO).
- Who is the CEO of Kulipa?
- Axel Cateland is Kulipa's Founder & CEO.
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