The document provides an overview of the founding members that will support the launch of Libra, including financial institutions like Mastercard, Visa, and PayPal, technology companies like Facebook, eBay, Uber and Spotify, blockchain companies like Coinbase, and nonprofit organizations. It lists each member's name, country of headquarters, year founded, and a brief highlight about their business profile and relevance to payments or financial services. In total, 27 potential founding members across industries are identified to help launch and govern the new Libra digital currency.
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1. Founding Member HQ Founding Year Profile Highlight Annoucement for Libra
Payments Mastercard U.S. 1966 Handled US$ 1484billion gross dollar volume transactions in 2019 Q1. /
Visa U.S. 1958 Handled US$ 2089billion total payment in 2019 Q1. here
PayPal U.S. 1998
Handled US$ 66billion mobile payment and US$ 161billion total payment in
2019 Q1 . here
PayU Neverlands 2002
Operates in 18 growth markets across Asia, Central and Eastern Europe,
Latin America, the Middle East and Africa to reach out 2.3 billion consumers. here
Stripe U.S. 2010 Served millions of companies over 120 countries for business payment. /
Tech &
Marketplaces
Facebook / Calibra U.S. 2004
2.1 billion people use Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, or Messenger every
day on average, and around 2.7 billion people use at least one of such
services each month. here
Ebay U.S. 1995 Serve 180 million active buyers, have 1.2 billion live listings. here
Uber U.S. 2009
Facilitats 17 million trips per day and an annualized gross bookings run-rate
is US$59 billion. /
Lyft U.S. 2012 Connected over 30 million riders with over 2 million drivers. /
Spotify Sweden 2006
Provided 100 million subscribers in 79 countries and territories the access of
more than 50 million tracks. /
Farfetch U.K. 2007
Served 2.8 million consumers, gross merchandise value in 2018 was US$ 1.4
billion. here
Booking Holdings U.S 1997
Leading provider of online travel and related services through 6 brands
(including Booking.com, Agoda, Priceline, Opentable, KAYAK, Retenlcars.
com) in 230 countries and territories. /
Mercado Pago Argentina 1999 Served 174.2 million users in Latin America for e-commerce in 2016. /
Telecommunic
ations
iliad France 1990 20 million subscribers in France, 3.3 million subscribers in Italy. /
Vodafone U.K. 1985
Operates in around 30 countries and partners with networks in over 50 more,
traffic across the networks is 2730 petabyte (PB). /
Blockchain
Coinbase U.S. 2012
A digital currency wallet and platform, served 20 million users and US$
150billion trading transactions. /
Anchorage U.S. 2017 Provides cryto-native digital asset custodian. here
BisonTrails U.S. 2018
Provides enterprise-grade security and infrastructure for a number of
blockchain platforms. here
xapo U.S. 2013 Cryptocurrency wallet, secured over US$10 Billion for its members. here
VC
a16z U.S. 2009
US$ 10billion assets under management, invested more than 10 crypto
projects, including Coinbase, Maker Dao, Cello. here
Breakthrough Initiatives U.S. 2015
Programs of scientific and technological exploration, including a US$100
million program of astronomical observations, a multi-million dollar
astronomical program to develop Earth- and space-based technologies, and
a $1 million competition to design a message representing Earth, life and
humanity. /
Ribbit Capital U.S. 2012 Invested more than 40 fintech companies, including Coinbase, Xapo. /
Thrive Capital U.S. 2009 / /
2. Founding Member HQ Founding Year Profile Highlight Annoucement for Libra
Union Square Ventures U.S. 2004 Invested more than 100 companies, including Coinbase. here
Nonprofit and
Multilateral
Organizations,
and Academic
Institutions
Creative Destruction LabCanada 2012
Provided not-for-profit seed-stage programs to companies which have
created US$ 4.2billion equity value. here
KIVA U.S. 2005
Connected 3.3 million borrowers with 1.8 million lenders in 78 countries,
facilitated US$1.32 billion loans. here
Mercy Corps U.S. 1979
Reached 22 million people, connected 1 million people with cash and infused
US$ 46million into local economics. here
Women’s World Banking U.S. 1976 Reached 30 million women, 53 institutions in 32 countries. /