The Stellar Development Foundation is a nonprofit organisation founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, with a global presence. It works to create equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology.
The foundation maintains the Stellar network, an open-source, decentralised blockchain designed for fast, low-cost, and energy-efficient transactions. It also develops Soroban, a native smart contracts platform on the Stellar network built for payments, asset tokenisation, and decentralised finance (DeFi).
The foundation operates across several industry verticals, including financial access, payments, remittances, and real-world asset tokenisation. It supports the broader Stellar ecosystem through grants, funding programmes, developer resources, and strategic partnerships.
