What it funds
Teams building on Stellar and Soroban, across three programmes
- Instawards — small, accelerated funding through Ambassador Chapters, aimed at early-stage builders.
- Build — projects moving from concept to launch.
- Grow — post-launch support including marketing and enterprise funding.
Amounts
The Build track awards up to 150,000 USD in XLM. Instawards are deliberately small and no figure is published. Awards are paid in XLM, valued using CF Benchmarks Ltd pricing. The fund has awarded 42M in XLM to date.
Who is eligible
Teams building on Stellar or Soroban. The Build track expects a validated project moving from concept to launch. Detailed requirements live in the SCF Handbook and the Official Rules for Submissions.
How to apply
Through the SCF submission process. Allocations are decided by community voting using Neural Quorum Governance rather than by a panel alone.