Name

TrustChain

Legal name

TrustChain Open-Source Software Foundation

Website

https://trustchain.ro

Company type

Private

Founded year

2026

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

TrustChain is a Romania-based open-source foundation that builds blockchain and distributed ledger technology to supplement EU eIDAS trust services, integrated with EBSI and the EUDI Wallet ecosystem.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Blockchain Trust Infrastructure

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Regulatory Reporting, Tax & Audit Trails (reconciliation, provenance) (FSAPAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Digital Asset Risk, Security & Audit Tooling (Smart Contract Audit, Threat Monitoring) (FSAGAMAJ)

Keywords

• Blockchain trust infrastructure
• Digital identity management
• Open source foundation
• EIDAS compliance services
• Distributed ledger services

Headquarters

HQ city

Ploiesti

HQ country

Romania

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Diversified Revenue Streams: The TrustChain Foundation is structured for long-term sustainability through diversified revenue streams and governance oversight, designed to bridge decentralised research and industrial adoption.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

TrustChain develops an open-source blockchain and distributed ledger technology stack that supplements the EU's eIDAS trust service framework across certificate management, remote signing auditing, long-term signature preservation, timestamping, and content provenance. The offering is delivered as 118 open-source projects stewarded by the TrustChain Open-Source Software Foundation and a community of 300+ developers, targeting trust service providers, governments, and underserved communities in Europe.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TrustChain Open-Source Projects Portfolio of 118 open-source projects delivering blockchain-based digital trust infrastructure for privacy, trust, and data governance under the EU's Next Generation Internet initiative, including dedicated solutions for underserved communities such as refugees.
• TrustChain Blockchain Trust Services Blockchain and distributed ledger technology system that complements the EU's eIDAS trust service framework across certificate management, remote signing auditing, long-term signature preservation, timestamping, and content provenance, for trust service providers and government adopters.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• EU Next Generation Internet InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 April 2026TrustChain Foundation launched to build on three years of work under the EU's Next Generation Internet initiative, developing secure, decentralised, human-centric digital infrastructure focused on privacy, trust, and data governance.
• European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrustChain blockchain technology is part of the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure ecosystem, providing blockchain-based trust services within the European digital infrastructure.
• EUDI Wallet EcosystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrustChain operates within the EUDI Wallet ecosystem, supporting digital identity and trust services for European users.

Scale indicators3 records

Direct peers

• Hyperledger Foundation (Linux Foundation): Hyperledger is an open-source umbrella for enterprise blockchain frameworks (Fabric, Besu, Indy) widely used for permissioned ledgers and digital identity. It is the closest open-source foundation peer to TrustChain, sharing the community-led, framework-based approach to enterprise blockchain trust infrastructure.
• R3 (Corda): R3 develops Corda, an enterprise distributed ledger platform purpose-built for regulated financial workflows including identity, notarization, and auditability. It competes with TrustChain in providing permissioned blockchain infrastructure for trust services and regulated use cases.
• Namirial: Namirial is a European provider of eIDAS-aligned trust services including digital signature, certified email, and identity verification. It is a direct commercial peer competing for the same EU regulated trust service workloads TrustChain targets.
• InfoCert: InfoCert is one of Europe's largest qualified trust service providers, offering eIDAS-compliant digital signature, identity, and document preservation services. It is a direct commercial peer to TrustChain's eIDAS trust service supplementation offering.
• Signicat: Signicat is a pan-European digital identity and trust services provider offering eIDAS-aligned identity verification, electronic signatures, and trust frameworks. It is comparable as an EU-focused digital trust infrastructure provider targeting regulated industries.
• ConsenSys: ConsenSys builds enterprise blockchain infrastructure and developer tools (including line-of-business identity and credentialing solutions) used by public and private sector clients. It overlaps with TrustChain in providing blockchain-based trust, identity, and audit infrastructure for European institutions.

Broad incumbents

• DocuSign: DocuSign is a global incumbent in electronic signature and agreement management with eIDAS-compliant offerings in Europe. It is comparable as a broader, commercially established trust service provider whose product surface (signature auditing, timestamping, certificate management) overlaps with TrustChain's feature set.
• IDnow: IDnow is a broader European digital identity incumbent providing identity verification, KYC, and e-signature services across multiple regulated verticals. It is comparable as a larger, commercially established player in the EU digital identity and trust services space.

Others

• INATBA (International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications): INATBA is an EU-based multi-stakeholder association promoting trusted blockchain applications and policy alignment with EU regulators. It is comparable as a European institutional/ecosystem peer that operates in the same policy and adoption lanes as TrustChain.
• European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI): EBSI is the EU's cross-border blockchain infrastructure initiative that TrustChain is integrated with. It is relevant as the public-sector counterpart/host platform against which TrustChain's blockchain trust services are deployed.

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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