Market map / Verifiable credentials & decentralized ID
SpruceID
Open-source, standards-based credentialing including mobile driver's licenses.
- Category
- Open-source digital credentialing
- Lane
- Verifiable credentials & decentralized ID
- Founded
- 2020
- Ownership
- Private; VC-backed (a16z)
- HQ
- New York, US
Summary
A technology company building open-source, standards-compliant digital credentialing infrastructure to issue, verify, revoke, and hold credentials such as mobile driver's licenses, with a focus on user-controlled identity and government credential programs.
Best for
Teams and governments wanting open-source credentialing, including mDL.
Consider if
You want a managed, closed platform rather than open-source infrastructure.
Strengths
- Open-source credentialing infrastructure
- mDL and user-controlled identity focus
- a16z-backed
Considerations
- Infrastructure and standards focus
- Integration effort