Trusted

What Trusted does

Trusted Inc. is a Washington, D.C.-based technology firm founded in 1993 that operates as a multi-product portfolio company centered on blockchain-enabled trust infrastructure. Its core technology offering is TrustedBlockchain, which combines proprietary blockchain architecture with oracles, gemstone fingerprinting, and fair trade biometrics under the SecureGem™ brand to deliver tamper-proof authentication and provenance tracking. This technology underpins a commercial gemstone sub-brand, Panjshir Valley Emeralds, which sources natural emeralds from what Trusted describes as "privileged, conflict-free Panjshir mine access" in Afghanistan.

Beyond blockchain and gemstones, the company's portfolio spans education (OPBEE — an Organic Project Based Entrepreneurial Ecosystem), alternative energy (Piezo Energy Carpet), video collaboration (InspireMe), project management (Nemby), and strategic consulting (Emergent Strategies). Trusted has established offices in Washington, D.C. (headquarters), Dubai, and Kabul, positioning itself as building international and local human security through technology patents in blockchain, energy, education, and entrepreneurial economics. The stated target customer segment is "developing nations and underserved neighborhoods" targeted for economic transformation via entrepreneurial education.

No revenue figures, pricing models, funding history, customer logos, management team, or partnership agreements are disclosed. The company appears to be founder-led and privately held, with no identified institutional investors, parent company, or public listing. The breadth of product lines combined with the absence of disclosed financial or operational metrics suggests a holding structure spanning ventures at very different stages of maturity, with limited external validation available to assess commercial traction.

Name

Trusted

Legal name

Trusted Inc.

Website

https://trustedinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Trusted Inc. is a Washington, D.C.-based technology firm developing patented blockchain authentication (TrustedBlockchain, SecureGem™), ethically sourced gemstones (Panjshir Valley Emeralds), and a project-based entrepreneurial education system (OPBEE), with offices in Dubai and Kabul.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Blockchain-Based Trust Infrastructure

NAICS

Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (522320), Investigation and Security Services (5616)

SIC

Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

NFT Authentication, Provenance & Anti-Fraud (verification, provenance graphs, wash-trade detection) (FSAPAFAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

RWA Oracles, Data Attestation & Proof-of-Reserve/Proof-of-Collateral (FSADAEAM), Digital Asset Risk, Security & Audit Tooling (Smart Contract Audit, Threat Monitoring) (FSAGAMAJ)

Keywords

• Blockchain technology
• Gemstone provenance tracking
• Project-based education
• Ethical supply chain verification
• Entrepreneurial ecosystem development

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Core offering

Trusted Inc. develops and commercializes patented TrustedBlockchain and SecureGem™ technology that combines blockchain, proprietary oracles, gemstone fingerprinting, and fair trade biometrics to deliver tamper-proof authentication and provenance tracking. The company applies this technology commercially to responsibly-sourced Panjshir Valley Emeralds and bundles it with an OPBEE (Organic Project Based Entrepreneurial Ecosystem) education system, piezoelectric energy harvesting products, collaboration tools, and strategic consulting services aimed at building human security in developing nations and underserved neighborhoods.

Product overview

Trusted Inc. operates as a multi-product portfolio company built around blockchain-enabled trust infrastructure. The core offering is TrustedBlockchain with its proprietary SecureGem™ technology, which combines blockchain, oracles, gemstone fingerprinting, and fair trade biometrics for tamper-proof authentication. This technology is applied to Panjshir Valley Emeralds as a commercial product sub-brand. The portfolio also includes OPBEE (Organic Project Based Entrepreneurial Ecosystem) for education, alongside affiliated brands covering energy (Piezo Energy Carpet), collaboration tools (InspireMe Video Collaboration, Nemby), and strategic services (Emergent Strategies). The company positions itself as building international and local human security through technology patents in blockchain, alternative energy, project-based education, and entrepreneurial economics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Panjshir Valley Emeralds: Blockchain protected, responsibly-sourced natural emeralds with legendary color and award-winning cutting, all from privileged, conflict-free Panjshir mine access.
• TrustedBlockchain
• OPBEE
• Piezo Energy Carpet
• Emergent Strategies
• InspireMe Video Collaboration
• Nemby

Products and services

• TrustedBlockchain Patented blockchain platform with proprietary oracles, gemstone fingerprinting, and fair trade biometrics for tamper-proof authentication and provenance tracking of physical and digital assets.
• Panjshir Valley Emeralds Blockchain-protected, responsibly-sourced natural emeralds with legendary color and award-winning cutting, sourced from privileged conflict-free Panjshir mine access and authenticated via SecureGem™ technology.
• OPBEE (Organic Project Based Entrepreneurial Ecosystem) A 21st-century, organic, project-based entrepreneurial education system with mentors, facilitators, and leaders, designed to replace 19th-century lecture-based education and stimulate entrepreneurial opportunity creation in developing nations and underserved neighborhoods.
• Emergent Strategies Strategic consulting and collaboration services supporting clients in entrepreneurial breakthrough economy development.
• InspireMe Video Collaboration Video collaboration platform supporting team communication, engagement, and distributed collaboration.
• Nemby Collaboration and project management tool within the Trusted Inc. ecosystem.
• Piezo Energy Carpet Piezoelectric energy harvesting technology that generates electricity from footsteps and movement.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Everledger: Everledger provides blockchain-based provenance and authentication for diamonds, colored gemstones, and other luxury goods. It is the most direct competitor to TrustedBlockchain/SecureGem, applying immutable ledger technology to verify gemstone origin and ethical sourcing—directly overlapping with Trusted's Panjshir emerald authentication use case.
• Tracr (De Beers Group): Tracr is De Beers' blockchain platform for end-to-end diamond traceability from mine to retail. It is a direct peer in gemstone provenance and authentication, with the additional strength of industry-incumbent backing from the world's largest diamond producer—making it the most consequential competitor in the verifiable-gemstone space.
• Circulor: Circulor provides blockchain-based supply chain traceability for high-value materials including minerals, batteries, and electric vehicles. It directly competes with TrustedBlockchain in provenance verification and ESG/ethical-sourcing attestation for natural resources.

Broad incumbents

• VeChain: VeChain is a public blockchain platform specializing in enterprise supply chain management, product authentication, and anti-counterfeiting across luxury, agriculture, and logistics. It is a broader incumbent offering overlapping provenance and authentication capabilities that compete with TrustedBlockchain's value proposition for luxury goods and ethical sourcing.
• IBM Food Trust: IBM Food Trust is a blockchain-based supply chain traceability network used by major food retailers and producers. As a broad incumbent with deep enterprise reach, it represents the kind of large-scale platform that could expand into gemstone and luxury provenance, competing for the same enterprise authentication contracts Trusted targets.
• SAP (Blockchain Supply Chain): SAP offers enterprise blockchain and supply chain traceability solutions integrated into its ERP platform. As a broad incumbent serving Fortune 500 supply chains, SAP competes with TrustedBlockchain for enterprise-grade provenance and authentication contracts, particularly with vertically-integrated mining and luxury goods companies.
• ConsenSys: ConsenSys is a major Ethereum infrastructure and enterprise blockchain solutions provider. As a broad incumbent, it develops enterprise-grade blockchain tools and provenance applications that overlap with TrustedBlockchain's enterprise blockchain stack and could partner with or compete against Trusted's offerings.
• R3 (Corda): R3's Corda is an enterprise blockchain platform used by financial institutions and supply chains for verifiable transactions and provenance. As a broad incumbent in permissioned enterprise blockchain, R3 competes with TrustedBlockchain for enterprise supply chain and provenance contracts in regulated industries.

Emerging players

• OriginTrail: OriginTrail provides a decentralized knowledge graph for supply chain interoperability and product provenance across industries. It is an emerging player with overlapping capabilities in trust and traceability infrastructure, addressing similar enterprise use cases to TrustedBlockchain's provenance oracle stack.
• Provenance Ltd: Provenance is a UK-based blockchain startup focused on supply chain transparency and product traceability for sustainable goods. It is an emerging player with overlapping mission and technology to TrustedBlockchain, particularly in ethical sourcing verification for consumer products.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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