# Corpus rejects: detailed profiles of past SCF rejections

The complement of `10-corpus-winners.md`. Use these by name when explaining to a client why a pattern in their dossier worries you.

## SCF #40 rejected dossiers (selected)

### Sorotrack, $150K + $50K + $50K, rejected three times (SCF #40, #41, #42)

- **Category:** Stellar tracker.
- **Profile:** solo dev only known by handle "Gemy" / "geemy8166".
- **Why rejected:** founders not identifiable for high-ask request (rejection pattern 1), maximum ask without team scope (pattern 2), retried unchanged dossiers.
- **Use as warning** when a dossier has a solo dev not fully doxxed.

### AION_FI Protocol, $146.5K, Panel Review Failed

- **Category:** Credit cards on Stellar.
- **Profile:** anonymous team, no BIN sponsor named, no regulatory plan.
- **Why rejected:** maximum ask with no team and no licensing partner.
- **Use as warning** for regulated payments dossiers without named partners.

### StellarRead, $150K, Panel Review Failed

- **Category:** Read-to-earn platform.
- **Why rejected:** rejection pattern 10 (earn-to-X category) plus pattern 2 (max ask without scope).
- **Use as warning** when a dossier uses earn-to-X vocabulary.

### Cicero, $150K, Panel Review Failed

- **Category:** C++ Soroban project.
- **Why rejected:** no team disclosed at maximum ask.

### Solar, $60K, Panel Review Failed

- **Category:** Africa unbanked banking.
- **Why rejected:** lost to TheXBank ($89.5K winner same round, pattern 7), plus brand collision with SatoshiPay Solar Wallet (pattern 4).
- **Use as warning** for Africa-banking dossiers and any project named "Solar".

### MOJA, $110K, Panel Review Failed

- **Category:** Group savings for refugees.
- **Why rejected:** vague TAM (pattern 9).

### Easner, $150K, Panel Review Failed

- **Category:** "Stripe for Stablecoins".
- **Why rejected:** generic positioning (pattern 3) plus no banking partner named (pattern 8) plus max ask (pattern 2).
- **Use as warning** for "Stripe for X" framing.

### Riwe, $115K (then $96K, both rejected)

- **Category:** unspecified DeFi.
- **Why rejected:** insufficient differentiation, retried with budget reduction but core issues persisted.

### Paenote, $150K, Panel Review Failed

- **Category:** Africa B2B payments.
- **Why rejected:** maximum ask with only $100K processed total volume.

### OverSync, $100K, Panel Review Failed

- **Category:** Sync infrastructure.
- **Why rejected:** unspecified scope issues.

### Stablpay, $129.1K, Panel Review Failed

- **Category:** Regulated stablecoin rail for India.
- **Why rejected:** no FIU details disclosed beyond registration mention (pattern 8).

### Stableyard, $119.5K

- **Category:** Asia QR network stablecoin.
- **Why rejected:** brand collision (pattern 4) plus vague TAM (pattern 9).

### Azawire, $80K

- **Category:** Web3 Banking for Africa.
- **Why rejected:** vague TAM.

### Gameduk, $60K

- **Category:** Gamified EdTech.
- **Why rejected:** rejection pattern 10 (earn-to-X).

### Stellar Nexus Experience, $60K

- **Category:** XP / badges learn-to-earn.
- **Why rejected:** rejection pattern 10.

### EduAfrica Learning App, $89K

- **Category:** Learn-to-earn Africa.
- **Why rejected:** pattern 9 (vague TAM) + pattern 10 (earn).

### PhishGuard, $65K

- **Category:** Anti-phishing tool.
- **Why rejected:** unspecified.

### Offer-Hub, $90K

- **Category:** B2B platform.
- **Why rejected:** unspecified.

### Stellar Playground v2, $90K

- **Category:** Soroban dev playground.
- **Why rejected:** duplication of SDF tooling (pattern 6).

## SCF #41 rejected dossiers (selected)

### Cushion, $118.4K, Information Collection

- **Why rejected:** dossier never compiled to panel.
- **Use as warning** for incomplete submissions.

### Payala to Stellar Integration, $150K, Information Collection

- **Why rejected:** dossier incomplete.

### Neon Wallet, $129K, Information Collection

- **Why rejected:** dossier incomplete plus brand collision (pattern 4).

### C-Address Toolkit, $120K, rejected

- **Why rejected:** lost to Latch + KMP same RFP (pattern 7).

### StellarScope, $90K, rejected

- **Why rejected:** lost to Orion + OctoPos same RFP (pattern 7).

### Soroban-first Block Explorer, $75K, rejected

- **Why rejected:** lost to Rumble Fish and OBSRVR Prism same RFP (pattern 7), generic naming (pattern 3).

### Reactor Trade, $115K, rejected

- **Why rejected:** same co-founder as Helix Labs same-round winner (pattern 7).

### Kyros OS, $135K, rejected

- **Category:** Spanish tax compliance.
- **Why rejected:** no named AEAT/Hacienda partnership shown (pattern 8).

### Goated App, $120K, rejected

- **Category:** Predictions/gambling.
- **Why rejected:** no licensing plan (pattern 8).

### $NRG Token by BLOND:ISH, $150K, rejected

- **Category:** Solana fan token porting to Stellar.
- **Why rejected:** rejection pattern 10 (earn) + pattern 5 (bolt-on) + pattern 2 (max ask).
- **Use as warning** for fan token launches.

### Astrix, $95K, rejected

- **Category:** Algorand fan platform porting.
- **Why rejected:** bolt-on (pattern 5).

### WOWMAX, $109K, rejected

- **Category:** EVM DEX aggregator.
- **Why rejected:** bolt-on (pattern 5).

### ViFi Labs, $150K, rejected

- **Category:** Multi-chain DeFi.
- **Why rejected:** already-funded multi-chain team at max ask.

### Nebula Wallet, multiple rounds, rejected

- **Category:** Post-quantum cryptography wallet.
- **Why rejected:** duplicates SDF roadmap work (pattern 6).

### Stellar Fintech OS, $140K, rejected

- **Category:** generic fintech infrastructure.
- **Why rejected:** generic naming (pattern 3) + brand collision (pattern 4, Romanian core-banking FintechOS).

## SCF #42 rejected dossiers (selected)

### reb.cash, $150K, rejected

- **Why rejected:** anonymous, no website, max ask.

### Lend.xyz, $120K, rejected

- **Category:** RWA real estate.
- **Why rejected:** lost to Bando same round (pattern 7), no specific pilot.

### Tessera Labs, $150K, rejected

- **Why rejected:** anonymous team (pattern 1) plus brand collision (pattern 4, a16z's Tessera) plus duplication of Protocol 25 X-Ray (pattern 6).

### Remitance, $150K, rejected

- **Why rejected:** vague TAM, max ask.

### StellarCredit, $55K, Panel Review Failed

- **Category:** Invoice factoring.
- **Why rejected:** regulated lending without licensing plan (pattern 8).

### Resolva, $120K, Panel Review Failed

- **Category:** Africa crypto-to-fiat.
- **Why rejected:** no license disclosed (pattern 8) plus pan-Africa TAM (pattern 9).

### Galeon, $88K, Panel Review Failed

- **Category:** Privacy/compliance tooling.
- **Why rejected:** overlaps with Protocol 25 X-Ray (pattern 6).

### REAPP, $115K, rejected

- **Category:** x402 implementation.
- **Why rejected:** anonymous (pattern 1).

### Nuvolari.ai, $84K, rejected

- **Category:** Sonic-native AI yield, port to Stellar.
- **Why rejected:** bolt-on (pattern 5).

### Nomadz, $150K, rejected

- **Category:** Solana travel app.
- **Why rejected:** bolt-on (pattern 5) plus max ask.

### PathPulse AI, $137K (SCF #41) and $128K (SCF #42), both rejected

- **Category:** Computer-vision data network.
- **Why rejected:** bolt-on (pattern 5) on both submissions.

### All Access Fans, $150K, rejected

- **Category:** Nigerian Web2 OnlyFans-alt with Stellar bolt-on.
- **Why rejected:** bolt-on (pattern 5) plus max ask.

### Pollar, $72K, rejected

- **Why rejected:** anonymous (pattern 1).

### ASGCard, $120K, rejected

- **Category:** Virtual card issuance for AI agents.
- **Why rejected:** no BIN sponsor named (pattern 8).

### Move-to-Stellar, $115K, rejected

- **Category:** Alternate VM runtime.
- **Why rejected:** contradicts SDF's deliberate Rust+WASM choice (pattern 6).

### The Strategists, $150K, Information Collection

- **Why rejected:** dossier never compiled to panel.

### SendbyKatika, $150K (SCF #40)

- **Why rejected:** never passed pre-screen completion.

## How to use this catalog

When you advise a client, name 2 or 3 past rejects whose pattern matches what worries you in the current dossier. Specific past failures are more persuasive than generic warnings.

Example client framing:
- *"The Q2 description currently uses 'earn rewards by attending events' language. Three past dossiers were rejected for the same framing: StellarRead at $150K, Stellar Nexus Experience at $60K, and EduAfrica Learning at $89K. The fix is to reframe the customer as the protocol (B2B) rather than the user (B2C earning), which the same kind of dossier, The Signal, used to win $121K."*