Carel van Wyk

CEO and Cofounder, MoneyBadger

Carel van Wyk is CEO and Cofounder of MoneyBadger.

MoneyBadger lets South Africans pay for goods and services with Bitcoin and other crypto at retailers and service providers. It was founded in 2021.

In the job

  1. Raised about R7 million in pre-seed funding led by P1 Ventures, partly funded in Bitcoin. Source

Career before

  1. 2013Co-founder, Luno
  2. Early engineer, SnapScan
  3. Director of software development, Bazooka Games

Education

Bachelor's degree in electronics (2008) and master's degree in augmented reality (2010), Stellenbosch University

Sources

  1. moneybadger.co.za
  2. itweb.co.za
  3. wearetech.africa

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