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We're very excited to present at the upcoming Meridian Conference by @StellarOrg
Ahead of Stellar Meridian 2026, we’re introducing the founders of the Stellar x CV Labs Accelerator, in their own words 👋
First up are @Kutanapay, @crebitpay, and @TradeJanus. In the video below, their founders share what they’re building and why, with the rest of the cohort to follow throughout the week.
Over the past few months, they’ve been building alongside the @StellarOrg Development Foundation, CV VC, and the @CV_Labs team. On 28-29 October, they’ll take the stage at Stellar Meridian in Lisbon to share what they’ve built.
If you’re heading to Lisbon, come and meet them in person at the live Demo Day! And if you haven’t registered yet, secure your ticket: meridian.stellar.org/
@StellarOrg @BuildOnStellar
"You cannot build a business selling a dollar for ninety cents."
Meet Matheus. He runs Avenia. We asked him what running payment infrastructure is really like.
He went to 100+ conferences and saw the same flaw every time: the networks were too big to trust. So he built a smaller one.
Meet Sohrab Khan, GCA.
From Nepal to Osaka. Tsugaru studied in Japan, worked at a big Japanese firm, then moved into freight.
Worldwide coverage with strong lanes across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Nepal, and India, through Kansai and Narita.
He started a shipping company at 22. His secret after 28 years: shipping never stops, and neither does he.
Meet Biju, Sreetrans, India.
We've been selected as one of the 8 finalists for this year's @thestablecon pitch competition sponsored by @Ripple. If you're in DC next week, please reach out to @launchnoodles to connect.
Janus retweeted
How does crypto disrupt a $200B freight forwarding industry?
Newton Davis, co-founder of @TradeJanus, starts somewhere unglamorous:
"Turning these paper documents into things that can be even stored on a blockchain."
No rails matter until the documents are machine readable.
His rule after nearly 30 years in freight: stay close enough that when something breaks, you fix it yourself.
Meet Rizal, AEO Freight, Malaysia.
Ejinkumar started in cargo in 2006.
20 years later, he runs one of India's largest tonnage operations at Akbar Express Cargo. With their own customs house and coverage across air, sea, road, and rail, they can help move things almost anywhere in the world.
Jens owns Crossfreight. They specialize in pharma, aircraft spare parts, project cargo, oil & gas.
His customers don't ask for price; they ask for a solution within a specific deadline.
Rashed on his biggest strength: "I never say no, and I fight to the end."
From India to an MBA in the UK to building Metro Logistics in London, he's a freight forwarder, importer, and distributor with agents across China, India, Pakistan, the Gulf, Malaysia, and N. America.
35 years in logistics. Brought in by his older brothers, learned it step by step, then built his own company.
Sofiane runs DLS out of Paris CDG, Le Havre, and Lille. AOG, perishables, pharma, the shipments that cannot go wrong
Berta studied international trade and made it her whole life.
She's now the director of new projects at Beyond 3PL México. With offices across Canada, the US, Mexico, Central America, plus Dubai and Spain.
Janus retweeted
Freight forwarding is massive and still runs on paper. AI and crypto rails are maturing at the same moment, so for the first time, you can digitize and digitalize the industry together instead of one waiting on the other.
It is always daytime somewhere, so the goods never stop moving. But the money stops Friday at 5pm. That is what we are fixing at @tradejanus
Thanks to the @nitrodotacc for letting me tell part of the story.