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Verified Former Founder

About a personCan be applied forValid for one year
Certifies

This person founded or co-founded a registered company that they have since left, sold, or handed over.

Does not certify

Any current role at that company, or the terms of the exit.

Evidence a reviewer reads

  1. 01Identity: a company-vouched register entry, or an identity document check
  2. 02Founding: incorporation document or registry filing naming them at formation
  3. 03Exit: a transfer, sale, resignation filing, or public record showing the role ended

Evidence is read by a person, kept private, and never republished. Decisions and their reasons are recorded in the rulebook.