About - TRUE

About

IT'S TRUE.

The leading platform for digital Diplomas, Certificates, Awards and Credentials.

How it started.

I can be absent-minded and distracted. Since I’ve was little, I’ve misplaced and forgotten items that most people view as important; ID’s, Licenses. Diplomas. My wallet..

I’ve gone to the airport without a Passport more times than I’d like to admit.  I’ve missplaced important receipts, and I lost my Vehicle Registration documents for the first car I owned in United Stated, where I attended College.

But, enough about me. My friends are clumsy too! I’ve stood on the beach with buddies on a diving trip, 4000 miles aways from home, and they couldn’t do what they came for, because they left their plastic divers-license back in a freezing Stockholm. I’ve waved goodbye to a friend on the China border, because he forgot his Visa. And from almost everyone at I know age of  35 and over, I hear the same thing: “I don’t even know where my College Degree is.. I think maybe my moms’ got it somewhere”.

As far as forgeries go, I’ve been exposed to the normal stuff. Fake invoices. People who lie on Resumes. Fake IDs (which had their upside). I once had a guy put a Police Badge in my face, claiming to be an officer.

Then, there’s the problem with outright theft of physical documents; I’ve seen my buddys car-window smashed, because someone wanted his handicap-sticker which was sitting on the dashboard. Another friend had a Rolex Certificate of Authenticity stolen, which immediately made his timepiece worth 30% less.

All these occurrences have 1 thing in common; there was never an easy fix. Some problems took months to rectify, at a great cost. Some couldn’t be fixed at all. And every single one were a total pain in the a$$.

Meanwhile, the era of AI is all around us. Everything is smart and digital. But, for some reason NOT these important certificates and credentials. They’re still paper, plastic or pdf’s. And as such: Impossible to verify. Easy to lose. Simple to destroy and falsify.

A long time ago, kings would stamp documents with a wax-candle to ensure the content was intact, meaningful, and read by the intended party. For hundreds of years after this, we stopped caring about the importance of document integrity. We did pretty much nothing to keep documents secure and verifiable.

At TRUE we believe that this makes no sense. We want minimise waste. End forgeries. Stop theft.

We want everyone to care about the integrity of documents, and ultimately create trust in using them. So we did something about it.

And, we’ve made it super easy for organisations to benefit from the change. Join us! The more of us that change, the better it is. Trust moves mountains.

New technology helped us solve everyday problems.

In early 2019, TRUE’s founders were working on a software for a client, when an idea was ignited; “if we secure the metadata (the letters and numbers) of digital documents in blockchain, they will become impossible to falsify”. 

-Wait, documents that cannot be forged?  Everybody wants that! We were hooked.

We learned. Tested. Listened. And built the TRUE platform. With the help of clients, we continued to learn and get better.

One thing is for sure; without blockchain, TRUE would not be possible.

Before blockchain, the idea of offering secure and verifiable true original documents would have only been trusted to “the big tech” – companies.

Now, trust is built in to the platform. Trust is really the reason we exist. Trust makes everything easier, faster and smoother.

Our team.

We are based in Stockholm and consist of fantastic Developers, Communicators, Digital Specialists and engaged Customer Success personel.

We are here to make your collaboration with us as easy and fun as possible, and create the most value for you.

TRUE Award.

Every fall, we award a digital prize to the organizations that have saved the most trees by switching their physical document management to TRUE.

In Europe, we use around 80 kilos of paper per inhabitant. That equals 56 million trees yearly to make paper for Europe alone.

Thats millons of trees which cannot absorb carbon dioxide. And its totally avoidable. There is technology which is better in every way, and we wish to draw attention to all who exchange their printed documents for a digitally secure alternative.

What value can TRUE bring for you?
Take our quiz to find out what your company can benefit from using TRUE.
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TRUE connects with your CRM or LMS, or you can simply upload your participants using excel or csv files.
What we believe.

Trust is at the heart of everything we do. 

Genuine

Let's be authentic and honest in a world full of fake news and missinformation.

Secure

Security is our highest priority. Once a TRUE original document is published and secured in blockchain, it cannot be altered.

Modern

Our new standard for official documents let good organisations protect and authenticate achievements as real. We are always learning, and we strive to be "best in class", both for our customers, and for Recipients.

Transparent

All the information we help secure is traceable. Our clients are vetted and ready to explain why a Recipient has received a document with any assertion.

Intelligent

Our technology make documents something new; something smarter. Issuer control the documents origin and history, and collect valuable data for business intelligence throughout its lifetime. Recipients are in full control of their document's visibility and use.

Helpful

We will always do our utmost to make our clients happy. We help them build trust, gain traffic, save time, and more. Our technology is built for long-term relationships.

For a secure and trusted society.
We believe that the negative impact of fake news, misinformation, and the advancement of AI has brought 1 positive thing with it:

It has generated a countermovement; a thirst for the real thing.

Together with clients, partners and users we are on a journey to create trust, by keeping things real and verifiable.
Fake credentials & diplomas is a Billion dollar industry -and growing.

(The New York Times)
3300
Diploma Mills worldwide, who sell fake transcripts, certificates and diplomas.

(Wikipedia)
500%
The number discovered falsified documents worldwide rises exponentially each year.

(US Chamber of Commerce)
86%
of Americans admitted to lying on their resumes.

(INC.com)
Trusted by
True-document-photo
Kristian Schmidt
Make your corporate assets TRUE.

Your Certificates and Credentials are important extensions of your brand; and your organisation.

Our technology can give you a multitude of advantages which can never be achieved with paper or pdf.

Reach out to discuss your digital strategy, and the advantages of issuing TRUE original documents.

Thanks PDF,
we'll take if from here.

Our clients automatically generate and issue completely secure and verifiable certificates, diplomas, awards; and gain a ton of new value from the new technology.

Upgrade from paper and PDF today.

Questions (FAQ)

TRUE documents are secured with Blockchain technology, and can be verified as authentic. This inherently makes each documents issued with TRUE more valuable, and infinitely more reliable than paper and pdf. 

Anyone can verify a TRUE document by clicking the button next to a document (on the web), or by scanning the QR code that appears on the document when it is printed on paper.

You easily scan the QR-code with any smartphone camera. No app is required.

Each TRUE document has its own unique URL. Often shown on the subdomain of the issuing organisation. It can always be reached as long as you have an internet connection. From anywhere, at anytime.

A TRUE document cannot be lost or destroyed. Should a Recipient for any reason wish to delete their document, they can simply contact the issuing organisation, who can easily assist. 

Recipients can hide their document behind a password, which then has to be used to access the document. 

Paper documents often end up in a binder or drawer somewhere, while TRUE documents can be shared with the click of a button. It can be added to a digital resume, or sent via any type of digital channel. Just simply use the unique link of the document. 

No copies are needed. We all look at the same TRUE original.

The icons for sharing, downloading or sending a document can be found right next to each document.

In some cases the document cannot be downloaded by anyone except the owner. TRUE offer the issuing organisations different settings for download and sharing.

As a Recipient/Owner of a TRUE document, you can log in and see your own statistics (unless prohibited by the Issuing Organisation). You can see how many people have viewed your document, and where they found the link to your document.

If you share it on social media, you can from where the traffic came.

For example, if a Diploma is added under Education on LinkedIn, or posted as an update, you as the Recipient will be able to see how many people found the document on LinkedIn.

Recipients can Log In to view stats and change their email and phone, this way the issuer can always reach them if necessary.

The Login-link is located below the document.

Some documents come with an Emblem, a so-called ‘Badge’.

The Badge is a small representation of the document and can be added to a website or in an email signature.

You will find the Badge below your document (when the document has a Badge). There are links next to the Badge explaining how to add it to a website or in an email signature.

At TRUE, we want Issuers and their customers (Recipients) to love the documents, so we feel it’s worth putting an extra effort into design.

With that said, we can have a design done in a day or two if you have a clear view what you want, or if you have a ready PDF/ InDesign or Illustrator file. 

Yes – simply send us your Indesign or illustrator files and we will implement them as is, or add an animation to make them look more modern.

If you want an upgrade to your current design just send us your brand guidelines and we will create something great for you.

You can see how much traffic is generated from which channel, like Linkedin, FB, IG, Email, Whatsapp and more, on individual documents as well as for all of them.


You can connect your own Google Analytics and add FB pixels to documents.

We are available office hours, but you can email us anytime. We often respond promptly even ‘after hours’.

Yes, for non-profits and certain EDU’s. You can pay monthly, quarterly or yearly. 

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