About Orka
The why
behind Orka.
Orka is the financial operating system for service businesses — built to simplify payments, escrow, milestones, and settlements on Stellar.
Transparent. Automated. Built for scale.
Fast, low-cost and borderless payments.
Freelancers, agencies and their clients.
Eliminate admin tax and bring fairness to payments.
Orka in numbers
Proof over promises.
50+
Active Users
$120K+
Value Locked (Testnet)
2.5K+
Transactions
10+
Integrations
2026
Mainnet Vision
Our Mission
We started Orka
to kill the admin tax.
Freelancers and agencies shouldn't need spreadsheets to run a project. Orka brings escrow, milestones and settlements on-chain — simple, transparent, and built for the real world.
Transparent
Clear flows and open systems. No hidden fees, ever.
Automated
We automate the boring, so you can focus on growth.
Secure
On-chain security with enterprise-grade infrastructure.
Fair
Fair escrows. Fair releases. Fair for everyone.
Our Journey
From an idea to something real.
The Spark
Faced real payment chaos while working with freelancers.
Building Orka
Shipped testnet, built core flows, got our first users.
Growing Together
Onboarded agencies, improved product, strong community.
What's Next
Official launch, more automations, global scale.
What We Believe In
Principles that guide every decision.
Transparency
Open systems build real trust.
Trust
Escrow, milestones and on-chain truth.
Automation
Remove friction. Empower people.
Simplicity
Powerful systems that are simple to use.
Ownership
We build with long-term vision, not quick wins.
Tech we build on
Modern. Scalable.
Future-ready.
A battle-tested stack: Stellar for settlement, Next.js on the edge, and smart contracts audited for real money.
The humans
The team behind Orka.
Two builders who have lived the admin tax — and decided to eliminate it for everyone else.
About ORKA
Questions
we get asked.
Straight answers about where ORKA is today, what we're building, and what agencies are already doing with it.
Why did ORKA start?
ORKA started from a simple frustration: managing projects and getting paid shouldn't require spreadsheets, scattered tools, and constant follow-ups. We wanted to make the financial side of service work feel as seamless as the work itself — and every release is tested with agencies running real engagements.
What does ORKA believe the future of service work looks like?
We believe financial operations should become invisible — automated, transparent, and built directly into the way service businesses work. Today that means escrow, verification, and payouts in one loop.
Why is ORKA building on Stellar?
Stellar gives us the infrastructure to build fast, low-cost, and borderless financial workflows that can work across markets — settlement in seconds, network fees in fractions of a cent, and USDC moving across 180+ countries.
What does “financial operating system” mean to ORKA?
It means bringing the financial workflows around a project — from agreements and milestones to payments and settlement — into one connected system, with an open audit trail instead of a patchwork of tools.
What are you building toward with ORKA?
A product that lets service businesses run their entire financial side automatically — milestones, escrow, payouts, invoices — no matter where their clients are.
What have you learned while building ORKA?
That financial infrastructure has to be simple for the people using it. Powerful technology only matters when it removes complexity rather than adding to it — so every feature ships with feedback from agencies running real engagements on ORKA.
What's next for ORKA?
Expanding milestone-escrow automation and verification, adding more automations, and opening onboarding to every agency and freelancer — starting with the free Starter plan.
Let's build the future
Ready to automate your financial operations?
Join agencies and freelancers using ORKA to kill the admin tax — proposals, escrow, milestones and payouts in one place.