Rizoma Technologies

What Rizoma Technologies does

Rizoma Technologies GmbH is a Potsdam, Germany-based company operating rizomaID, an open-standards verifiable credentials platform. The platform enables organizations in regulated industries to issue cryptographically signed digital credentials (employment confirmations, sea service records, medical fitness certificates, funding confirmations), holders to store them in a mobile wallet, and verifiers to validate authenticity via QR code or API in seconds. The company's primary vertical is maritime (STCW and MLC 2006 compliance), and it has extended its go-to-market to nine additional verticals—healthcare, HR, training, construction, government, education, VCs/accelerators, startups, and vendors—each with a dedicated landing page.

The technical stack is built entirely on open standards: W3C Verifiable Credentials v2, OID4VCI, OID4VP, Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs), and SD-JWT, with Ed25519 cryptographic signing implemented via a self-hosted instance of the open-source walt.id identity engine (Apache 2.0). The product surface includes an Issuer Portal (self-serve web app), a public Verification Service, an Android mobile wallet, an Agentic Identity module that issues DIDs and scoped delegation credentials to AI agents, and a side product, GDPR Scanner, for automated website compliance auditing. Distribution is entirely self-serve / PLG: the issuer portal is free to use, enterprise tiers are sold via direct contact, and the GDPR Scanner offers freemium, Pro subscription, and Premium credit-based tiers via Stripe.

Rizoma was founded in 2024, is led by Managing Director Nikolay Chekan, operates with a team of 1–10 employees, and has raised approximately $108,006 in a pre-seed round from Antler in October 2024. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; the company appears to be in a pre-revenue or very early revenue stage given its small team, modest funding, and lack of named customers or disclosed contracts.

Name

Rizoma Technologies

Legal name

Rizoma Technologies GmbH

Website

https://rizoma-tech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Rizoma Technologies operates rizomaID, an open-standards verifiable credentials platform that enables organizations in regulated industries—primarily maritime, plus healthcare, HR, government, construction, and education—to issue, hold, and verify tamper-proof digital credentials built on W3C and OpenID standards.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Identity / Verifiable Credentials Platform

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (561611)

akta.pro primary industry

Identity Verification, Proofing & KYC (IDV) (HDAEAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fraud Prevention & Identity Verification (IDV/KYC) (BPAMAEAI), Data Privacy, Consent & Compliance Management (HDAEADAG)

Keywords

• Verifiable credentials platform
• Digital identity infrastructure
• Decentralized identifiers
• Credential verification services
• Seafarer credential management

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. rizomaID Platform - Issuer Portal: Free tier for issuers to get started and create first credentials. Enterprise pricing for organizations requiring bulk issuance, advanced features, API access, and dedicated support. Contact sales for custom quotes.
2. rizomaID Platform - Enterprise Subscriptions: Enterprise pricing for larger organizations requiring bulk issuance, API access, advanced management features, and dedicated support.
3. GDPR Scanner - Paid Subscriptions: Pro plan (paid subscription) with up to 10 domains, priority scanning, score change alerts. Premium scans available via credit purchase. Free tier with limited scans available.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Rizoma Technologies operates rizomaID, a verifiable credentials platform that lets organizations issue tamper-proof digital credentials, lets individuals hold them in a mobile wallet, and lets third parties verify them instantly via QR code or API. Built on open W3C and OpenID standards, the platform includes pre-built credential schemas for regulated industries (maritime STCW/MLC, healthcare, HR, training, construction, government, education) and supports selective disclosure, real-time revocation, and bulk issuance. The company also offers a separate GDPR Scanner compliance tool and an Agentic Identity capability for AI agents.

Product overview

Rizoma Technologies offers rizomaID, a single verifiable credentials platform for regulated industries. The platform consists of the Issuer Portal (web portal for organizations to issue credentials), rizomaID Mobile Wallet (Android app for credential holders), and Verification Service (public QR code/API verification). Supporting products include Agentic Identity for AI agent credentials and GDPR Scanner for compliance scanning. Credential types include Employment Confirmation, Sea Service Confirmation, Medical Fitness Certificate, Funding Confirmation, and Custom Templates. Built on W3C Verifiable Credentials, OID4VCI, OID4VP, and DIDs with cryptographic signatures (Ed25519). Serves maritime, healthcare, HR, education, government, construction, training, and venture capital industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• rizomaID: Verifiable credentials platform for issuing, holding, and verifying tamper-proof digital credentials built on W3C Verifiable Credentials and OpenID standards
• GDPR Scanner

Products and services

• rizomaID Credential Platform End-to-end verifiable credentials platform for organizations to issue, hold, verify, and manage tamper-proof digital credentials. Built on W3C Verifiable Credentials and OpenID standards, it supports three user roles: Issuers (organizations), Holders (credential recipients), and Verifiers (third parties checking authenticity).
• Issuer Portal Web portal for organizations to create and issue cryptographically signed verifiable credentials. Supports individual and bulk credential issuance using templates, with API access for integration with existing HR and crew management systems.
• rizomaID Mobile Wallet Mobile wallet application for credential holders to store, manage, and present verifiable credentials. Uses biometric lock, on-device storage, and optional server-side encrypted backup. Supports offline credential presentation.
• Verification Service Public credential verification service enabling third parties to verify credential authenticity via QR code scanning or API, returning cryptographic proof and an audit log in under 3 seconds.
• Agentic Identity Identity infrastructure for AI agents: Agent DID Provisioning, Scoped Delegation VCs, Agent Audit Trail, and Instant Revocation — enabling cryptographically attributable and authorized AI agent actions.
• GDPR Scanner Automated GDPR compliance scanner that analyzes websites for third-party vendor tracking, consent management configuration, and potential GDPR/ePrivacy compliance issues. Available in free, Pro (paid subscription), and Premium (credit-based) plans.
• Sea Service Confirmation Credential STCW-compliant verifiable credential for maritime that extends Employment Confirmation with vessel, rank, IMO number, voyage area, and sea-days details for seafarers.
• Medical Fitness Certificate Credential STCW A-I/9 and MLC A1.2 compliant verifiable medical fitness credential capturing examination results, fitness categories, restrictions, and practitioner details.
• Funding Confirmation Credential
• Employment Confirmation Credential Generic verifiable credential for any industry confirming the employment relationship between an organization and an individual, including position, department, and employment period.

Quantifiable outcome

• Instant verification replaces 3-5 calls and up to 2 weeks of manual verification
• +1 more outcomes

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• walt.id GmbHcore infrastructureTechnology or IntegrationrizomaID is built on the walt.id identity infrastructure (credential engine, wallet SDK, and verification components), an open-source stack developed by walt.id GmbH (Vienna, Austria) licensed under Apache License 2.0. The walt.id stack is self-hosted by Rizoma on its own infrastructure. No user data is shared with walt.id GmbH. walt.id is a software licensor, not a data processor or sub-processor.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Dock Labs: Dock provides a verifiable credentials platform with a credential wallet, issuer tools, and verifier API for enterprise KYC, education, and employment use cases — a direct functional peer to rizomaID's multi-vertical credentialing platform.
• Affinidi: Affinidi offers a decentralized identity and verifiable data platform built on W3C and OID4VC standards, enabling consent-based data and credential sharing — architecturally analogous to rizomaID and targeting similar identity-verification use cases.
• Indicio: Indicio provides open-source verifiable credential infrastructure (Indicio Ledger, issuer/verifier tooling) built on Hyperledger Aries and W3C standards — directly comparable to rizomaID's open-standards issuer/holder/verifier architecture and regulated-industry focus.
• Trinsic: Trinsic offers a SaaS platform for issuing, holding, and verifying W3C-compliant verifiable credentials with an API-first developer experience — directly overlapping rizomaID's Issuer Portal + Verification API model and targeting similar regulated-industry use cases.
• Hyland Credentials (formerly Learning Machine): Hyland Credentials offers blockchain-anchored verifiable digital credentials for education, workforce, and government issuers — a direct peer in the multi-vertical issuance/verification space Rizoma occupies.

Broad incumbents

• ID.me: ID.me is a large-scale identity verification and digital credential platform primarily serving U.S. government and commercial sectors — a broad incumbent in the regulated-industry identity/credential space overlapping Rizoma's healthcare, government, and HR use cases.
• Credly (Pearson): Credly, owned by Pearson, is the largest digital credentialing network for issuing and verifying professional certifications and learning credentials — a broad incumbent serving the same HR, training, and education verticals Rizoma targets.
• Microsoft Entra Verified ID: Microsoft's enterprise-grade verifiable credential service is part of the broader Entra identity suite and competes for the same regulated-industry verifiable credential workloads Rizoma serves, but bundled with Microsoft's much larger enterprise IAM portfolio.
• IBM Verify Credentials: IBM's verifiable credential offering is part of its broader identity and security portfolio — a broad incumbent targeting regulated industries with credential issuance and verification capability directly comparable to Rizoma's core service.

Emerging players

• Sertifier: Sertifier provides digital credential issuance and verification focused on education and training providers — an emerging player with partial overlap to Rizoma's Training and Education credential types.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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