The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) is an open-application awards program that draws on community input to support developers and startups building on Stellar.
Congratulations to all submitters on your achievement. We received 73 submissions, 38 of which were submitted for their first ever SCF Build awards.
Thank you to all submitters and reviewers for your hard work!
SCF #34 kept the momentum going from the launch of SCF 6.1 in the previous round–and the builder energy is only getting stronger! With an even smoother process for applicants and reviewers, this round brought in a wave of talented teams ready to ship real products and push boundaries. From DeFi to developer tools to gaming, the projects funded in SCF #34 show that Stellar is becoming a home for serious builders. The future is getting brighter with every round!
We awarded $1,717,287.00 worth of XLM to 17 projects in total for SCF #34.
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Build Award
Projects can request a Build Award up to $150,000 worth of XLM*. The SCF Build Award is for projects which have significant (user) traction OR teams that are experienced in the Stellar ecosystem and have identified a validated need, both with a well thought out plan and architecture to be ready to build upon receiving the SCF Build Award. Learn more in the SCF Handbook.
Greep Pay — $70,000.00 worth of XLM*
Greep Pay is a stablecoin POS that allows merchants abroad to accept African currencies seamlessly, settle instantly, and grow globally.
Payrit — $47,792.00 worth of XLM*
Payrit is a fintech service aimed at bridging the gap between the banked and the unbanked, allowing payments from, within, and to both user groups. It redefines in-person payments in Nigeria and Africa at large by using modern technologies like QR payments and tap-to-pay for local and international transactions — creating a cashless society that’s more dependable and safer for individuals and business owners.
Comunitaria — $49,000.00 worth of XLM*
Comunitaria empowers governments and NGOs with a scalable tool to deploy community currencies as electronic vouchers, delivering immediate support to underserved communities. The platform integrates the Stellar Disbursement Platform and Stellar smart contracts to enable stablecoin payments and manage multi-party operations efficiently. It offers a simple yet powerful system that boosts local commerce and supports cross-border disbursements.
JetPad — $75,500.00 worth of XLM*
JetPad is redefining finance for Africa’s 500 million unbanked and underbanked youth by building an on-chain banking experience powered by stablecoins and seamless blockchain transactions.
PMS & OEMS for DeFi & RWAs on Stellar — $150,000.00 worth of XLM*
Autowhale is building the infrastructure for institutional investors to access Stellar DeFi and RWA ecosystem. The team is developing a tailored Portfolio Management System (PMS) and Order Execution Management System (OEMS) to address the current lack of robust trading and portfolio tools. By filling this gap, Autowhale aims to drive institutional adoption on Stellar.
Logistech — $101,120.00 worth of XLM*
Logistech is a payment processor serving clients like cruises, hotels, and hostels — industries often burdened by high check-out fees. By integrating Stellar through the Beans merchant SDK, they aim to lower these fees and streamline the check-out experience. The integration leverages global on-ramps and a check-out API to keep the crypto experience seamless for end users.
NebulaVRF — $45,000.00 worth of XLM*
NebulaVRF is the first fully on-chain Verifiable Random Function (VRF) built for the Stellar smart contracts platform, delivering secure and verifiable randomness without relying on external oracles like Chainlink. It enables trustless, tamper-proof randomness for gaming, DeFi, NFTs, governance, and more on Stellar. Using techniques like commit-reveal and threshold cryptography, NebulaVRF ensures transparency and low-cost execution. It’s designed for easy integration and wide adoption across dApps. The project will be open-source, empowering developers with native randomness tools on Soroban.
DappRadar — $95,000.00 worth of XLM*
DappRadar is integrating the Stellar smart contracts to track dApp data and activity on the Stellar network. The goal is to increase visibility, bring in crypto-native users, and grow Soroban’s presence across the broader ecosystem.
Laina — $115,000.00 worth of XLM*
Laina is a low-fee, trustless decentralized loan platform focused on simplicity and accessibility. By offering single-token lending pools, it removes the need for token swapping and avoids liquidity fragmentation. The goal is to make DeFi easy to use and understand for everyone, regardless of their technical or financial background.
JLending — $145,000.00 worth of XLM*
JLending is a lending protocol with looping functionality built on Stellar. It leverages the network’s low-cost transactions and the efficiency of the Stellar smart contracts platform to deliver a smooth user experience. The project aims to diversify the Stellar DeFi ecosystem with new lending mechanics.
Human.tech — $150,000.00 worth of XLM*
Human.tech provides infrastructure for digital rights, focusing on privacy, security, and financial freedom. The project aims to empower individuals by enabling more control over their digital identity and assets.
Loto Punto — $75,975.00 worth of XLM*
Loto Punto kiosks enable fast and affordable self-service cash transactions, making it easy to pay, send, and receive money. By integrating Stellar with their microservice architecture, Loto Punto aims to simplify cross-border remittances. The system converts physical fiat into crypto and vice versa, partnering with Stellar wallets for on and off-ramps across LATAM.
Flashback — $120,000.00 worth of XLM*
Flashback is one of the world’s first multi-cloud storage platforms that empowers companies to diversify and orchestrate their data across centralized providers (like AWS and Google Cloud) and DePIN networks (like Filecoin and Siacoin). It leverages Agentic AI recommendations and smart contracts to optimize storage decisions and efficiency.
Mobula Labs — $122,000.00 worth of XLM*
Mobula Labs provides a wide range of Data APIs designed for dApps, enabling real-time data access and seamless integration. It also offers blockchain analytics tools for foundations to track user engagement and growth. For builders, Mobula delivers powerful data warehousing solutions to improve storage and performance.
Upwealth — $88,000.00 worth of XLM*
Upwealth is an AI-powered, Web3-native investment and management platform registered with the SEC (US) and AMF (EU), built for financial professionals to offer digital asset investments. Its off-chain proof of concept includes a trading engine, portfolio rebalancing tools, and an asset aggregator supporting 350+ protocols and platforms. Upwealth plans to integrate the Stellar smart contracts platform for decentralized portfolio management and leverage Stellar AMMs, Allbridge, and Blend Protocol for improved DeFi access and liquidity.
Unstoppable Wallet — $128,900.00 worth of XLM*
Unstoppable Wallet is an open-source, non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet that supports multiple blockchains including Bitcoin and Ethereum. It offers secure asset storage, swapping, and DeFi integration, with full transparency and verifiability through its open-source code. The wallet is available on both iOS and Android.
Range — $150,000.00 worth of XLM*
Range integrates the Stellar ecosystem with its cross-chain explorer and real-time forensic intelligence platform, Range Trail. The goal is to equip Stellar teams with advanced analytics tools and improve the onboarding experience for new users.
A big congratulations to these standout projects! Your creativity and innovation have truly made an impression, and we’re eager to see the positive impact you’ll bring to the Stellar ecosystem. Stay tuned for details on how we will be working together to support and nurture your ideas.
*The USD valuation of the Award in XLM is calculated using the CF Stellar Lumens-Dollar Settlement Price on the day of payment as administered, maintained, and reported by the cryptocurrency index provider CF Benchmarks Ltd. (using the ticker XLMUSD_RR) (available at https://www.cfbenchmarks.com/indices/XLMUSD_RR).
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