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We’re teaming up for trust and sustainability as we build trust in the digital world, one badge at a time. We believe that small actions—like a single badge or a single acorn—can grow into something much greater, especially when done collectively.

If you're building in this space, I’d love to hear how you're approaching these layers—or where this framing might fall short.

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📎 Check out Heather’s blog. Link to her original post along with my comment: www.linkedin.com/posts/hlflan...

WebBadge is excited to keep learning from the community and contributing to standards-aligned innovation, while collaborating across domains to advance shared innovation and uphold trust, accountability, and accessibility.

This framing helps clarify how digital identity systems—legacy, modern, and emerging—can work together more consistently.

3️⃣ “Are you who you say you are?”

#Verification ✅: Confirming the truth of a claim—whether the entity’s stated identity or role is valid. This often involves checking credentials, documents, or other forms of proof.

2️⃣ “Can someone tell who or what this is?”

#Identity 🆔: Refers to the attributes, labels, or identifiers that describe an entity. It’s about recognizability—whether the system or others can understand who or what the entity is, based on available signals.

1️⃣ “Are you the same entity each time?”

#Authentication 🔐: Confirming continuity—whether the entity interacting with a system is the same one that interacted before. It doesn’t necessarily prove who they are, just that they’re consistent across sessions or actions.

On the ocean floor, spider-shaped walking robots explore near a sunken ship, symbolizing deep tech experimentation, legacy challenges, and the startup’s journey guided by market insights, user experience, and core values while staying connected to the surface.

#AltText: Cross-section of the ocean showing startup dynamics: sailboats and a cruise ship float at the sunlit surface. Below them, a submarine descends into deeper, darker waters, tethered to a floating platform above.

When they resurface, it’s with something designed to be widely usable, enduring, and hopefully delightful.

💭 What do you think—are submarines a real, differentiated startup type? And do they reveal a true gap in early-stage investing?

Submarines begin with an initial float at the surface—stable, visible, and gaining traction—then dive deep, guided by user experience, market insights, and core values, exploring deep tech to refine or even define their technology.

📩 Ready to join the mission and help us earn our series A+?
mitchell@webbadge.com

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While no grade captures everything, this A- reflects the hard work, clarity of vision, and differentiated approach we’re building at WebBadge. It also leaves room for the right people and partners to help us push it to the next level.

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More detailed breakdowns on LinkedIn:

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