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    Stellar Development Foundation

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2014

    The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2014 that supports the development and growth of the open-source Stellar blockchain network. SDF provides grants, investments, and funding to builders and organizations creating equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology.

    35% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $58.7M (across 15 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    15

    Fund Size

    $100M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    AH

    Asiff Hirji

    CK

    Candace Kelly

    DM

    David Mazières

    DD

    Denelle Dixon

    GB

    Ginger Baker

    JK

    Jason Karsh

    JM

    Jed McCaleb

    JF

    Jose Fernandez da Ponte

    JR

    Justin Rice

    LW

    Lin-Hua Wu

    LM

    Lisa Macnew

    LR

    Liz Ray

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    17 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Kaiko logoKaikoSeries B$110MSep 2026
    MM1X GlobalSeed$8.5MJul 2026
    Diameter Pay logoDiameter PaySeries A$10MJan 2026
    COCA logoCOCAUnknown—Mar 2025
    Huma Finance logoHuma FinanceSeries A$38MSep 2024
    Etherfuse logoEtherfuseSeed$3MJul 2024
    Arf logoArfSeed$13MOct 2022
    Stablecorp logoStablecorpSeed$1.5MApr 2022
    Tala logoTalaSeries E$145MDec 2021
    Tala logoTalaUnknown$145MOct 2021
    Tribal Credit logoTribal CreditSeries A$34.3MApr 2021
    Tala logoTalaSeries E$360MJan 2021
    Abra logoAbraUnknown—May 2020
    Honeycoin logoHoneycoinSeed$4.9M—
    Puntored logoPuntoredUnknown$2M—
    Honeycoin logoHoneycoinSeed$4.9M—
    SatoshiPay logoSatoshiPayUnknown$550K—

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026