Panel discussion on succeeding in the Stellar Community Fund, featuring winners from previous rounds sharing strategies for application, community engagement, and product development.
Anka Liu from the Stellar Development Foundation hosted a panel with SCF winners including Alfred Pay, BeansApp, Quidro, Leaf Global Fintech, and Stellar Global. The discussion covered how the Stellar Community Fund works, its bi-annual rounds with 8 million XLM available for round 11, and key strategies for success. Panelists emphasized early community engagement, humility in seeking feedback, building user validation before applying, designing professional submissions with visual assets, starting with smaller grant amounts, and iterating based on community input. They highlighted that SCF provides more than funding: access to community feedback, networking opportunities, and validation that opens doors to accelerators and investors.
