The Financial OS for Global Trade
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Global trade is moved by an invisible network of independent freight forwarders. We've spent months on the ground meeting them in Hamburg, New York, São Paulo, and Kuala Lumpur
Starting this week, we'll share their stories in their words.
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We asked freight forwarders how they ended up in the industry that moves everything you own.
Almost none of them chose it. They all used the same word. Accidentally.
And they are all still here, years later, loving it.
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Janus was awarded an SCF #45 grant from @StellarOrg.
Freight moves across borders in days. The payments behind it still crawl through correspondent banks. We are building carrier payments and customer invoicing for freight forwarders on Stellar.
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We asked four people building the future of payments what the hardest part of their job is. All of them said the same thing: the boring, invisible stuff nobody ever sees.
Meet them.
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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
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Meet Davis Hart of Omnia. As a founder at the intersection of traditional finance and Web3, he answered a few questions about building a neobank.
His favorite team in the ecosystem? The wallet infrastructure crew at @dfnsHQ
Responsive and ahead of the curve.
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"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.
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Meet Leandro Meneses. He's a co-founder of Mandioca. He gave us three of the most honest answers we have heard about running a stablecoin payments business.
The hardest part customers never see? Compliance. What they ask for but don't need? Obscure blockchains with no liquidity
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We asked Chuk Okpalugo @chuk_xyz what he believes the future of finance will look like. As an angel investor and industry expert, he gave us a brief look into what matters. Real usage beats a story in the deck every time.
Meet Chuk.
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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.
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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.
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He started a shipping company at 22. His secret after 28 years: shipping never stops, and neither does he.
Meet Biju, Sreetrans, India.
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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.
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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.
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His rule after nearly 30 years in freight: stay close enough that when something breaks, you fix it yourself.
Meet Rizal, AEO Freight, Malaysia.
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"Relationships are more important than the business."
Santiago has worked for Global Logistical Connections for the last 6 years, where he's helped the 20-year-old firm move freight from the US, Mexico, Colombia, and Asia.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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