SCF Kickstart #10 Recap

The Stellar Community Fund Kickstart (SCF Kickstart) is a five-day virtual program created to fast-track blockchain startups through a focused and immersive design sprint. This structured approach guides participants through five essential development phases — defining the MVP, refining UX, designing technical architecture, building GTM strategy, and preparing their SCF Build Award submission.

Cohort 10, held in March 2025, brought together a diverse mix of 32 projects from 16 countries. Over the course of 5 days, teams engaged in collaborative workshops, received tailored mentorship, and worked intensively on strengthening their proof of concept and technical integration. Out of those 32 teams, 28 received Kickstart Awards with a combined total of $290,000 worth of XLM.

Here’s what some of the teams from our Kickstart 10 cohort had to say about their experience in the program:

“The SCF Kickstart was an incredibly valuable experience for our project, and we’d like to express our gratitude to the entire team for their support. A special shoutout goes to the mentors who provided actionable feedback on integrating Stellar blockchain tools, particularly Anchors and Stellar smart contracts, into our technical architecture.”

“The facilitators’ expertise and encouragement were instrumental in shaping our go-to-market strategy and funding approach. Thank you for your dedication and support!”

“It was truly an amazing experience for me and my team, one that helped us significantly refine our idea, strategy, and overall direction.”

Thank you to all participants, mentors, and reviewers who made this cohort a success!

A few projects received top recognition from the selection committee for their standout progress and potential — here are the projects that stood out:

Abokyh — Ivory Coast

Abokyh offers crypto-based gift cards to help Francophone Africa users top up mobile services, and send and receive crypto easily with day-to-day local shopping.

Dayfi: Pay, receive, and trade — Nigeria

Dayfi uses Stellar smart contracts for seamless transfers and trading, backs multi-currency wallets (NGN, USD, GBP, EUR) with stable coins displayed as fiat, supports BTC and Stellar trading, and plans safer, interest-bearing investments.

DeFarm — Brazil

DeFarm leverages blockchain to enhance cattle traceability and tokenization, ensuring transparent, verifiable livestock records while enabling financialization through NFT-based asset representation.

Everest — Malta

Everest is a regulated and licensed crypto custodian with a universal biometric-based multi-currency wallet platform (fiat and various cryptos into a single wallet), and its own chain capable of tokenizing almost any asset.

FacuSchool — Peru

FacuSchool is an educational platform that offers company-created courses on various topics, seamlessly integrating blockchain-powered credentials and rewards to onboard web2 users into web3.

NemorixPay — USA

NemorixPay is a cross-border payment platform leveraging the Stellar blockchain to provide fast, low-cost, and secure transactions.

SecureX: AI-Powered Security Platform — UK

SecureStellar offers interactive labs teaching Stellar blockchain security where users exploit vulnerabilities in smart contracts to earn badges, complemented by an AI auditing tool that provides security recommendations for Stellar contracts.

SurgePay — USA

SurgePaystreamlines global payments & P2P via Stellar with virtual cards, universal access. Professional, low-cost financial solutions.

Tokenpad on Stellar — USA

Tokenpad helps users become smarter investors. Through them, users are able to connect all their wallets to view their portfolio performance across holdings and DeFi protocols and discover new opportunities to invest. Tokenpad is not a wallet by itself, but an app to view the wallet on-chain data.

Rooter — Malta

Rooter is a payment terminal that supports both fiat and crypto out of the box, hiding the complexity from the merchant and the user.

Stellar Visa Cards / Laso Finance — USA

Laso Finance provides prepaid cards to crypto consumers. Instant issuance. No personal information. Spend it anywhere prepaid cards are accepted.

In addition to the top-recognized teams, every project in this cohort contributed to an exciting and diverse range of innovations. Meet the full cohort below.

Axal Autopilot — USA

Autopilot is a chain-abstracted autonomous trading platform that will integrate with Stellar.

CoopStable — Curacao

CoopStable (Breadchain for Stellar) is a yield-sharing stablecoin for cooperatives, designed to empower collective financial growth

DIAGON — Nigeria

Diagon aims to transform the way brands engage and retain customers through innovative, gamified loyalty experiences

Decentralized Fact-Checking Toolkit — Brazil

Decentralized Fact-Checking Toolkit aims at redefining fact-checking by structuring and supporting collaborative verification processes.

EcoSphere — India

EcoSphere is a Web3-powered content monetization platform that empowers creators to earn through subscriptions, fiat/crypto payments, and NFT-based memberships while retaining full ownership of their content.

Eppy — Lithuania

Eppy aims to reduce transaction delays and extra costs by bypassing traditional payment processors.

Forestio — Czech Republic

Forest.io channels the rising demand for offsets into tangible impact — empowering local communities, generating economic returns, and forging a self-sustaining cycle that harmonizes environmental, social, and financial impact.

GAPP — Nigeria

Gapp is a blockchain-powered network that connects mobile POS agents to users, enabling seamless cash transfers in rural areas without relying on internet access or traditional banking services.

KNOW — Nigeria

Know is an e-commerce platform designed to empower African artists by connecting them with a global audience, bridging the gap between creators and the market, providing artists with the tools, visibility, and value-added services they need to thrive.

NFT Bridges — USA

NFT Bridges aims to develop a secure and efficient NFT bridge between CCIP-enabled and non-CCIP chains, integrating Stellar as a key hub for NFT migration.

Blockera: Realty on Chain — Turkey

Realty on Chain enables fractional ownership of real estate by tokenizing properties on the blockchain, making global property investment accessible for everyone while integrating unique DeFi wealth-generation mechanisms.

Roots Studio — USA

Roots Studio is reimagining cultural sustainability onto new formats through IP licensing, integrating blockchain for traceability, provenance, and ease of payments globally.

Sendy — Ukraine

Sendy aims to build a mobile-first P2P fundraising platform designed to make raising and donating funds simple, fast, and accessible worldwide.

Stallion — Nigeria

Stallion connects Stellar ecosystem projects with skilled talents to drive innovation and growth.

StellarOdoo — Portugal

The integration of the Stellar network, a fast, scalable, and low-cost blockchain, into the Odoo ERP system, will empower Odoo users to leverage the benefits of blockchain technology for enhanced financial operations, supply chain management, and new business mode.

Stellar Talent — USA

Stellar Talent is a Web3-powered freelance hiring and payroll platform that combines a freelance job marketplace and a business payroll system into a single seamless platform.

StellarRead — MENA

StellarRead is a Stellar-based reading platform that rewards users with crypto incentives, promoting literacy and engagement through tokenized rewards.

Tutum Financial — Singapore

Tutum is designed to deliver stable, real-world yield generation across market cycles, ensuring consistent returns regardless of bull or bear conditions.